Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:08 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hart County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 182109 SVREVV KYC099-182200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 408 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...HART COUNTY AT 405 PM CDT...GRAYSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE GRAYSON...HART COUNTY LINE...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN HART COUNTY TOWARDS BONNIEVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASbIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOOPER
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, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
INZALL-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1255 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 12 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 12 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND... COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OF STATEMENT...
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
INZALL-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 140 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND... COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG. AT 135 PM EST SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
INZALL-182015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO 25 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON...SCOTTSBURG AND CORYDON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZALL-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND... COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG. AT 255 PM EST SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MUNCIE TO EAST OF BLUFFTON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND AND OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVG EAST 35 MILES AND HOUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:17 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
INZALL-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...10 MILES WEST OF MUNCIE TO ANGOLA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...NEW CASTLE...MADISON ...RUSHVILLE...VERSAILLES...AND CONNERSVILLE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT :CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:54 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
INZALL-182230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401 HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONNERSVILLE...TO 10 MILES EAST OF GREENSBURG...TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE REMAINDER OF TORANDO WATCH NUMBER 401 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF FAR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. TMA
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, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 4 hr |
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.