Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 1990, 7:25 PM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 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
- Sep 11, 1990, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 | 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 112321
SVRSDF
KYC163-120015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...EAST CENTRAL MEADE
AT 715 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST
OF LOUISVILLE IN EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRANDENBURG AND PAYNEVILLE
KENTUCKY. THOSE ON THE OHIO RIVER IN SMALL BOATS SHOULD HEAD TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTI5L THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Sep 11, 6:59 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 700 PM EDT MON SEP10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHHWEST OF LOUISVILLE IN MEADE COUNTY... AT 650 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR WOLF CREEK AND ANDYVILLE IN MEADE COUNTY KENTUCKY. RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE ON THE OHIO RIVER NEAR WOLF CREEK OR IN MEADE COUNTY...THIS STORM IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN A SMALL BOAT...HEAD TO SHORE UNTIL IT PASSES. IF YOUR ON LAND...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. SINCE THE STORM IS HARDLY MOVIN*G...FLOODIING OF ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES OF WATER IN CULVERTS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. < LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-112355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 715 PM EDT MON SEP10 1990 ...PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WEST OF LOUISVILLE IN MEADE COUNTY... AT 705 PM EDT...MEADE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED AT 30 MILES AN HOUR NEAR WOLF CREEK IN MEADE COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA. IF YOU ARE ON THE OHIO RIVER NEAR WOLF CREEK IN MEADE COUNTY...THIS STORM IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN A SMALL BOAT...HEAD TO SHORE UNTIL IT PASSES. IF YOUR ON LAND...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM MOVES OUT OF YOUR AREA. SINCE THE STORM I3S MOVING SO SLOWLY...FLOODIING OF ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES OF WATER IN CULVERTS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. < LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM. TUCEK
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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.