Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 8:03 PM EDT for Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 090006
SVRSDF
KYC093-090045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
803 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...HARDIN
AT 8 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN HARDIN
COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. AT 750 PM REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN WERE RECEIVED FROM BRECKINRIDGE AND MEADE COUNTIES.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
ELIZABETHTOWN BY 830 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. RuEMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
AMMERMANWhat 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 8, 3:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-082010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 310 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 3 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEWLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE IN WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA NEAR FRENCH LICK. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM EDT. SINCE THE AIR IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BE PREPARED FOR RCAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE QUICKLY INSIDE A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-082010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE IN ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA JUST SOUTH OF PAOLI. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. SINCE THE AIR IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE QUICKLY TO A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING. LISTEN TVO NOAA WEATHER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 615 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA... AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA...20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY BY 7 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. AMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:16 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
KYZ04-KYZ09-INZ015-082355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 715 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...20 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY BY 8 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOASA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:53 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
KYZ007-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 750 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AT 745PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 8PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THESE COUNTIES ARE LAWRENCEBURG IN ANDERSON COUNTY 14 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON AND FRANKFORT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR ...AND WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING GROUND STRIKES...AND HAIL IS POSSIBLEm. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU OBSERVE DAMAGE FROM STORMS GIVE YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HENRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 38 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.