Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1989, 10:18 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 040218
TORSDF
INC061-040245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1018 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...HARRISON
AT 10 PM...A SECOND LINE AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES ON THE INDIANA SIDE OF THE OHIO RIVER...NORTH OF
BRANDENBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 6 PM EST A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF KENTUCKY NEAR LONDON. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE SHOULD REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE INTO FAR WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:18 PM EDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 714 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING... THE NEW TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 77 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST PARTS OF KENTUCKY. AT 7 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF KENTUCKY WITH CLOUDY SKIES TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S OVER THE REST OF KENTUCKY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. LARGE HAIL AND EVEN A TORNADO HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BUT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE INDIANA COUNTIES TO THE NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. < OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL BE MOVING INTO FAR WEST KENTUCKY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. IF YOU AREE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNSUALLY THREATENING SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 814 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 810 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN BOURBON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF PARIS, KENTUCKY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDER/ STORM WAS LOCATED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT OLIVET, KENTUCKY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHT5NING..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 814 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 810 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN BOURBON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF PARIS, KENTUCKY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDER/ STORM WAS LOCATED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT OLIVET, KENTUCKY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHT@NING..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 910 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 906 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN FLEMING COUNTY BETWEEN EWING AND FLEMINGSBURG, KENTUCKY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO OTHER ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..SMALL H^AIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 10:09 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 1004 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 10 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NO ACTIVITY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER AND MOVING INTO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SZAPPANOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 57 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.