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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 5:29 PM EDT for Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trimble County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Trimble, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 222129
SVRSDF
KYC223-222215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
529 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...TRIMBLE
AT 525 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 520 PM EDT
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN MADISON INDIANA BY THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA POLICE AS THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED
THROUGH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BEDFORD
AREA BY 545 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.
HOLDEJRBACHWhat 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 22, 4:48 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
KYZ007-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 445 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT WEATHER RADRA WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OVER THE CITY OF FRANKFORT...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A SAFE BUILDING WHEN STORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. TURN OFF ALL UNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. BH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
INZ013-015-KYZ004-222215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...STORM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 5 PM EDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH INDIANA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST LOUISVILLE OVER CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...AND CHARLESTON INDIANA BY 545 PM EDT AND THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AROUND 6 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE FOR D<EADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THESE STORMS REACH YOUR LOCATION. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
INZ013-015-KYZ004-222215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 5 PM EDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH INDIANA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST LOUISVILLE OVER CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...AND CHARLESTON INDIANA BY 545 PM EDT AND THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AROUND 6 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STOR@MS...PREPARE FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THESE STORMS REACH YOUR LOCATION. GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.