Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 5:03 PM EDT for Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Oldham, KY | |
| Jun 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Shelby, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-062010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ORANGE...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON AND HARRISON AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN INDIANA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM EDT. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFE TY INSIDE A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE FASTEST AND MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-062045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN INDIANA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IN THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEAR PAOLI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL REACH DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 430 AND 500 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SOME STORMS HAVE BEEN QUITE DESTRUCTIVE AND ALSO MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. IF A STORM APPRAOCHES YOU...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. TUCEKC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.