Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 240110 TOREVV KYC091-240145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 809 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 805 PM CDT...REPORTS FROM SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS AND INDIANA STATE POLICE INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR LEWISPORT KENTUCKY 15 TO 20 MILES EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR UTILITY KENTUCKY AROUND 815 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODYh. AVOID WINDOWS. SUMMY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 23, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
INZALL-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 414 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 411 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN OWENSBURG...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AT 412 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN MOORESVILLE...ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. PRICE PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
INZALL-232235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 432 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 430 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM AROUND MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO AROUND BLOOMINGTON AND THEN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT e25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZALL-232340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 536 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. AT 535 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MUNCIE AREA SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 10 TO 25 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS. SOME SOF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
INZALL-240030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 625 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND LOGANSPORT...25 TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM AROUND BLOOMINGTON EAST TO COLUMBUS AND TO GREENSBURG AND ALSO SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO BEDFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THUS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:37 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
INZALL-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR WELLS...ADAMS... BLACKFORD...AND JAY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE WATCH WILL ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST SOUTH OmF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN OTHER AREAS THAT WERE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
INZALL-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 800 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED AT 120 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EF|FECT FOR ANY PORTION OF INDIANA. PRICE
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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.