Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jun 7, 1990, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1990, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
501 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...ADAIR...CASEY...TAYLOR
 
AT 450 AM EDT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY COUNTY POLICE ON
THE MARION...TAYLOR COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SCHOLZ

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
440 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING AT 430 AM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
LINE WAS GENERALLY FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO THROUGH FLEMINGSBURG AND
WINCHESTER THEN SOUTHWEST TO DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER FLEMING COUNTY NEAR FLEMINGSBURG...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON
...AND OVER SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...24 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

WITH THE HEAVY AND SUDDEN DOWNPOURS PRODUCED BY SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS THIS MORNING...YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF PONDING AND STANDING
WATER ON AREA ROADS. POORLY DRAINING DITCHES AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS MAY ALSO
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF AREA ROADS.
ULLOM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.