Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1992, 5:50 PM EDT for Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Woodford County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 102151 RRA FFWLEX KYC239-102245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 550 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...JESSAMINE COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...TO NEAR DANVILLE...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RIECK
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, Aug 10, 11:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ15-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1145 AM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...HOT VERY HUMID WEATHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON... HOT AND VERY HUMID WEATHER WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S OVER FAR EAST KENTUCKY TO 90 TO 95 ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION...PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN THE AIR WILL CREATE HIGH HUMIDITY. AS A RESULT...HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 110 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND WEST SECTIONS. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR CONSIDERING BOTH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. THESE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. ALL PERSONS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. REDUCE OUTSIDE ACTIVITY AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IF YOU MUST WORK OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE...STAY INDOORS WHERE AIR CONDITIONING OR A FAN CAN PROVIDE RELIEF. CHECK ON THE VERY YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY IF POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...ESPECIALLY WATER. SOME RELIEF TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. FUNK
Local storm report, Aug 10, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
345 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992
TIME EVENT
830AM EDT LARGE HAIL...LEXINGTON, FAYETTE COUNTY REPORTED
BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
KYZ007-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 500 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 500 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...15 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...TO JUST NORTH OF HARRODSBURG ...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUS2TY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. RIECK
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ15-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 5 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY SOUTH OF HARDINSBURG...50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THROUGH 7 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO HARDIN COUNTY... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SUMMIT AND CECILIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE...BUT THEY WILL GENERATE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS. TO THE NORTH OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING ENGLISH...PAOLI AND FRENCH LICK. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. RESPECT EVERY THUNDERSTORM...LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. REITMEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 92 min |
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 92 min |
| Aug 10, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 92 min |
| Aug 10, 8:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 8:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Estill, Powell | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill, Powell | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott | 56 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.