Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 12:02 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 181704 RRA FFWEVV KYC171-182100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1202 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...MONROE COUNTY AT 1201 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MONROE COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOOU 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 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, 4 hours 57 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, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Barren | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hart | 52 min |
Nearby
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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.