Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 9:13 AM CDT for Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barren County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 957 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 181417 FFWEVV KYC009-181615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 913 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BARREN COUNTY AT 912 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN WARREN COUNTY WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WERE ALONG THE WARREN...BARREN COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH GLASGOW KENTUCKY BY 945 AM AND WILL PRODUCE FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. HOOPER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
335 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992
TIME LOCATION EVENT
0230 EST SE RUSH CO PSBL TORNADO...
BARN GONE, SHED AND GRAIN
BINS DESTROYED
MESSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 4:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
INZ009>015-161020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 900 AM EST... AT 410 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. THE STORMS WERE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF STATE ROAD 37. STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE IN AN AREA FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO EDINBURGH AND GREENSBURG. OTHER HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SCATTERED FROM BEDFORD EAST TO AROUND NORTH VERNON. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THI'S MORNING. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
INZ009>015-161150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CONNERSVILLE...COLUMBUS AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE UNTIL 900 AM EST... AT 535 AM EST THE BACK EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS FROM NEAR CONNERSVILLE... THROUGH SEYMOUR TO NEAR OWENSBORO. STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE IN AN AREA FROM JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS TO NORTH VERNON. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
INZ010-013-015-161230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 625 AM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND THEN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND COULD FILL DRAINAGE DITCHES IN A HURRY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING kEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
INZALL-161300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 704 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN... SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOmUTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF INDIANA. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Barren | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hart | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.