Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 6:56 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 6:56 AM EDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson 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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 071058
SVRSDF
KYC111-071145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
656 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...JEFFERSON
AT 650 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AROUND 20
MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR CORYDON INDIANA. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 715 AM EDT.
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.
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USrING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
HOLDERBACHWhat 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 7, 4:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ007-071030- 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:05 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
KYZ007-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 600 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON. AT 550 AM...THERE WERE MAINLY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION. THE ONLY AREAS NOT RECEIVING SHOWERS WAS THE COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...MERCER...BOYLE AND WOODFORD. THERE WAS AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE AREA THIS MORNING AT 545 AM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN MOST AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 7 PM. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AROUND THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BE CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING< AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:07 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ007-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 600 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON. AT 550 AM...THERE WERE MAINLY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION. THE ONLY AREAS NOT RECEIVING SHOWERS WAS THE COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...MERCER...BOYLE AND WOODFORD. THERE WAS AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE AREA THIS MORNING AT 545 AM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN MOST AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 7 AM. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AROUND THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BE CAUTIOUS TAHIS MORNING AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. ULLOM ...CORRECTION TO THE LAST LINE OF PARAGRAPH 2...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.