Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 4:21 PM CDT for Green County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 062123
SVRSDF
KYC229-087-155-217-062215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
521 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...WASHINGTON
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...GREEN...MARION...TAYLOR
AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR FREDERICKTOWN KENTUCKY
TO 40 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET KENTUCKY IN GREEN COUNTY.
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...LEBANON AND TAYLORSVILLE
BY 540 PM EDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
KIRKPATRICKWhat 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, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 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, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KYZ007-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 505 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS IN SHELBY OLDHAM AND SPENCER COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME OF THSES STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 600 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SOME STORMS HAVE BEEN QUITE DISTRUCTIVE AND ALSO MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOU...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WOYNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.