Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 4:51 PM EDT for Hardin County, Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue 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, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Larue, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 152050
SVRSDF
KYC093-123-152130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
451 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...HARDIN...LARUE
AT 444 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH OF
LOUISVILLE...NEAR SPURRIER IN SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST 35 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MAGNOLIA AREA OF
SOUTHERN LARUE COUNTY BY 510 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.
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 UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
GOETSCHWhat 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, 12:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 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, 3 hours 43 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, 2 hours 32 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
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:11 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
KYZ007-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 410 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT FOR MERCER BOYLE ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 410PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CINCINNATI OHIO SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES 25 TO 30 MILElS WEST OF LEXINGTON BY 430PM EDT. THE STORMS COULD BE IN THE LEXINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA BY 5 PM EDT. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:26 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-009-152125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 325 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 8 PM EDT... AT 313 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN A LINE FROM COVINGTON KENTUCKY TO BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND HAIL WERE LOCATED BETWEEN SHELBYVILLE AND FRNAKFORT KENTUCKY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...ANOTHER STORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOIUSVILLE IN GRAYSON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. THERE COULD BE MINOR FLOODING THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE QUICLY TO A A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY . WILSON
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:38 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
KYZ007-1522100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 435 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT FOR MERCER BOYLE ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 435PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CINCINNATI OHIO SOUTHWEST THRU FRANKLIN COUNTY KENTUCKY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN KY. THE STRONG STORMS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO SCOTT COUNTY NORTH OF LEXINGTON BY 5PM EDT. ALTHO NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOWER LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| May 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 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 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.