Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 5:32 PM CDT for Green County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green 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, 6:05 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Green, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 152231
SVRSDF
KYC087-152315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
632 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...GREEN
AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 55 MILES WEST
OF SOMERSET...NEAR MUNFORDVILLE IN CENTRAL HART COUNTY. AT 625 PM
EDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MUNFORDVILLE. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE IN THE GREENSBURG AREA BY
7 PM THIS EVENING.
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, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KYZ007-1522130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 505 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 505PM EDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM NEAR AUGUSTA KENTUCKY ON THE OHIO RIVER SOUTH THRU HARRISON COUNTY NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO MIDWAY IN WOODFORD COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON SOUTHWEST TO ANDERSON COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO FAYETTE COUNTY BY 515PM EDT.
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:33 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-009-152225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 525 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 525 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN A LINE FROM LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL CLEAR:4 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, 4:39 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-009-152225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECETION FOR MISSENT STATEMENT.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 525 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 525 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN A LINE FROM LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE FROM CORINTH KENTUCKY...62 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE TO CANEYVILLE KENTUCKY...62 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE QUICKLY TO 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, 5:26 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-009-152335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 625 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 625 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND MOST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE QUICKLY TO 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, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KYZ007-152300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 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. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PASSED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WAS DIMINISHING TO MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. AT 630PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS OVER TAYLOR AND GREEN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH EAST AND MAY ENTER BOYLE AND GARRARD COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATER THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| May 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 116 min |
| May 15, 6:53 PM CDT | 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.