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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 2:44 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana; Meade 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
- May 15, 1990, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, IN, Meade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Meade, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 151843
SVRSDF
INC061-KYC163-151915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
244 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...HARRISON
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...MEADE
AT 240 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30
MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ANDYVILLE IN MEADE COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ITS TRACK WILL TAKE IT
INTO THE CITY OF CORYDON INDIANA BY 300 PM EDT.
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
KIRKPATRICKWhat 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, May 15, 11:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1003 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 955 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY NEAR PAOLI INDIANA AND 60 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE JUST WEST OF ENGLISH INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS iAND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1103 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1055 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY NEAR PAOLI INDIANA AND 60 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE JUST WEST OF ENGLISH INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNINnG...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
KYZALL-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1154 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF KENTUCKY TODAY... VERY WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR HAD MOVED INTO KENTUCKY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER AIR SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TO CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL $BE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER THE WEST... CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF KENTUCKY TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1200 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1150 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR HARDINSBURG KENTUCKY TO 50 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 40 MILES WEST OF LOUSIVILLE NEAR LEAVENWORTH INDIANA AND 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR LITTLE YORK INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. THE STO+RMS SHOULD BEGIN ARRIVING IN THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 1 PM EDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 105 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 8 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1250 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH COVINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE JUST SOUTHEAST OF CORYDON INDIANA AND 15 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVLLE NEAR CHARLESTOWN INDIANA. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRANDENBURG KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER....INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. A RISK OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WHERE THE GREATEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:19 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 215 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 8 PM EDT... AT 210 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE OR JUST SOUTH OF CORYDON INDIANA IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA. AT 200 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR WOLFE CREEK KENTUCKY IN NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. GUSTY WINDS....DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. > HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AND MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN TODAY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SHANKLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 39 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 116 min |
| May 15, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Russell | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.