Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT for Grant County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Grant, KY | |
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Grant, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 141 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN STARTING TO DEVELOP IN ESTERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 138 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO NORTH VERON INDIANA TO NEAR LOUIVILLE KENTUCKY...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. TWO LARGE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREENSBURG TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA ACONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 2 PM EDT AND 230 PM EDT. AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY...PEOPLE IN THESE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER. ALSO...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE CAUSING WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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OHZ007-009-011-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 345 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...CINCINNATI...DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FINDLAY TO TROY AND CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OHIO BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR WARNINGS. LVW .
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
5 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
ATTN: JOHN KWIATOWSKI - STORM REPORT FOR WED JUN 17 1992
1032 PM EDT 59 MPH AT EMA OFFICE IN VAN WERT.
1045-1100 PM EDT TWO POWER POLES DOWN..ONE LARGE TREE ACROSS ROAD.
1108 PM EDT 60 PLUS MPH AT WILSHIRE.
1145 PM EDT NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN WESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY
BETWEEN 1045-1115PM EDT.
1137 PM EDT TREE DOWN ON CAR IN MENDON IN MERCER COUNTY.
1203 AM EDT MERCER CO. OREGON RD TWO MILES NORTH CELINA US 127
6/18/92 SIXTY MPH WIND GUST WITH WALL CLOUD SIGHTING.
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3AM EDT DARKE CO SHERIFF REPORTED 52 MPH WIND.
THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
PARTIAL ROOF OFF BARN. A FEW TREES DOWN
12 X 16 FOOT SHED DESTROYED..GENERALLY
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
DEANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 5:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Gallatin | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Gallatin | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 62 min |
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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.