Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, April 1989
30 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1989. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- April 4, 198916 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Marion, Taylor | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spencer County5
- Shelby County4
- Bullitt County3
- Jefferson County3
- Nelson County3
- Garrard County3
- Hardin County2
- Oldham County2
- Mercer County2
- Ballard County1
- McCracken County1
- Meade County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Hopkins County1
- Henry County1
- Casey County1
- Marion County1
- Taylor County1
- Washington County1
- Boyle County1
- Lincoln County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Fayette County1
- Madison County1
- Morgan County1
- Wolfe County1
- Lee County1
- Owsley County1
- Anderson County1
- Letcher County1
- Jessamine County1
- Rowan County1
- Knox County1
- Breathitt County1
- Knott County1
- Perry County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.