Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1990, 6:39 PM EDT for Menifee County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 10, 1990, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1990, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Menifee County, KY, Rowan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Menifee, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 KLEX 102240
SVRLEX
KYC165-205-102330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
639 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...EASTERN MENIFEE...SOUTHERN ROWAN
AT 640PM EDT WEATHER SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
EASTERN PARTS OF MENIFEE AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF ROWAN COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEASTEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Jul 10, 4:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 410 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTS OF WIND WERE 25 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATHO FO A THUNDERSTORM SEEK INSIDE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 520 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WERE GUSTS OF WIND WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET IN WAYNE COUNTY KENTUCKY AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET IN CASEY COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK INSIDE SHELTER. THEY COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE WARNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 520 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WERE GUSTS OF WIND WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET IN WAYNE COUNTY KENTUCKY AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET IN CASEY COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK INSIDE SHELTER. THEY BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE WARNING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
KYZ007-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 540 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 540 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN PARTS OF NICHOLAS COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN BATH COUNTY BOTH 35 MILES EAST- NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...AND IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MENIFEE COUNTY ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING GROUND STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:16 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ007-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER EASTERN BATH COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN PARTS OF ROWAN COUNTY OR 45 TO 50 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF WINCHESTER 20 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. ANOTHER WAS IN WESTERN POWELL COUNTY NEAR CLAY CITY WHICH IS 33 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING GROUND STRIKES AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:33 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 630 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK INSIDE SHELTER. THEY BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE WARNING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 39 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.