Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:56 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 KSDF 182259 FFWLEX KYC067-190000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY ISSUED BY LOUISVILLE KY 656 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 650 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR LEXINGTO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF PRICETOWN AND ATHENS BEFORE 715 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WEST ACROSS WOODFORD AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. DUE TO PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN IN FAYETTE COUNTY...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY IYNSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LGL
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, Jun 18, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
505 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
450 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL ON TAYLOR AND ADAIR COUNTY LINE.
27 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET.
500 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND TREES IN THE ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF ELIZABETHTOWN IN HARDIN COUNTY...30 MILES SW OF
LOUISVILLE.
505 PM EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IN ELIZABETHTOWN
IN HARDIN COUNTY...30 MILES SW OF LOUISVILLE.
DATTILOLocal storm report, Jun 18, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
525 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
510 PM EDT DES IN SHELBY COUNTY KENTUCKY REPORTED TORNADO ON
5 THE GROUND NEAR BAGDAD...20 MILES EAST OF SDF.
DES ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IN SHELBY COUNTY.
FUNKLocal storm report, Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
545 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
530 PM EDT CENTRAL DISPATCH IN GREENSBURG...50 MILES SOUTH OF
SDF...REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL
CALLAHANLocal storm report, Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
618 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
550 PM EDT IN THE COMMUNITY OF GABE IN GREEN COUNTY ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...POWER LINES WERE
DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. REPORT FROM TAYLOR
COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH.
LGLSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 6:44 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
KYZ002-004-182315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 640 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401 IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SIMPSON...WARREN...BUTLER...EDMONSON...GRAYSON...HART...HARDIN... BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...BULLITT...JEFFERSON THE TORNADO WATCH REMAAINS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:47 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
KYZ002-004-182315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 645 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401 IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SIMPSON...WARREN...BUTLER...EDMONSON...GRAYSON...HART...HARDIN... BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...BULLITT...JEFFERSON THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCE%LLED FOR THE CITIES OF LOUISVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 10:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 12:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 110 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 110 min |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 18 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 47 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.