Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1990, 1:23 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 1990, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1990, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY
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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 041723
SVRSDF
KYC029-093-041800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
123 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...WESTERN BULLITT...NORTHERN HARDIN
AT 120 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR MULDRAUGH IN EASTERN MEADE COUNTY.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH
HARNED IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ITS TRACK WILL TAKE IT
INTO THE TOWN OF STITES BY 140 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.G
KIRKPATRICK
NWhat 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, May 4, 7:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
KYZ007-041345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 740 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL THIS MORNING AT 730 AM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY MOVING TOWARD LAWRENCBURG. THERE WERE OTHER STORMS OVER THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY OVER GEORGETOWN...NORTHERN JESSAMINE COUNTY..ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY THE STRONGER STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH 930 AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAIN AMOUNTS OF NEARLY AN INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. SOME AREA ROADS MAY TEMPORARILY FLOOD OR HAVE STANDING WATER CAUSING LOCALIZED PROBLEMS FOR MORNING MOTORISTS. IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM POSSIBLY DAMAGING WEATHER THIS MORNING., ULLOM
Special weather statement, May 4, 8:13 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
KYZ004-041300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 804 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER MANY PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 8 AM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE JUST NORTH AND OVER LOUISVILLE AND JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD BE THROUGH LOUISVILLE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. OTHER STORMS WERE FORMING NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN. IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 4, 8:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
KYZ007-041330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 830 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 AT 830 AM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER HARRISON BOURBON NICHOLAS AND FLEMING COUNTIES...NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HARRISON ROBERTSON NICHOLAS AND FLEMING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 930 AM EDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDIN*G. WHITE
Special weather statement, May 4, 9:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ004-041400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 904 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER MANY PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 9 AM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE JUST EAST OF LOUISVILLE AND BETWEEN LOIUSVILLE AND CINCINNATI. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEAHDLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD BE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...GO INDOORS. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 4, 12:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KYZ004-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1215 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST KENTUCKY TIL 6 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM OWENSBORO SOUTHWEST TO THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES IN WEST KENTUCKY WILL MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 2 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND...IN A FEW...LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPORACHES...TAKE SECURE INDOOR SHELTER. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REITMEYER
Special weather statement, May 4, 1:04 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
KYZ007-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 100 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 1990 AT 100 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY OR 20 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUST8Y WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER FROM ANY DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING. WHITE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 52 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.