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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

June 22, 1990Trimble County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Trimble, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.
 
HOLDEJRBACH

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski44 min
Jun 22, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel35 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.