Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1992, 6:19 PM EDT for Fayette County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 102219 FFWLEX KYC067-209-102315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 619 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FAYETTE COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY 620PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FAYETTE SCOTT COUNTY LINE 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON. WIND DAMAGE AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH SOME OF THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. 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.
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, Aug 10, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:11 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
KYZ009-110010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ADAIR AND SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTIES...25 TO 35 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH 8 PM EDT. THESE STROSM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS JUST NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER BETWEEN BURKESVILLE AND WHITLEY CITY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST. TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. 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 | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 55 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.