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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:21 PM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Oldham County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDTHail 1.75Oldham, KY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY.
1130AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME EDT       EVENT

0955           FLEMING COUNTY...TREES DOWN ON KY57
0945           ANDERSON COUNTY...FLASH FLOOD CROOKED CREEK...6 HOMES
               EVACUATED PUNCHEON CREEK. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY
               2.34 INCHES RAIN IN 70 MINUTES. HWY KY53 AND US62 BLOCKED
               BY TREES. CONSIDERABLE LOCAL FLOODING.
0920           FAYETTE COUNTY...FEW TREES DOWN WITH ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
               FLOODING MOSTLY NORTH AND WEST OF CITY.
0930           WOODFORD COUNTY...NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESS FLOODED. 21/2-
               INCHES RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. HUNTERTOWN RD BLOCKED BY TREES.
               TELEPHONE LINES DOWN AROUND COUNTY.
0945           NICHOLAS COUNTY...TREES DOWN HEADQUARTERS RD.
0954           JESSAMINE COUNTY...TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. TWO
               LIGHTNING FIRES.  US68 AND KY29 BLOCKED BY TREES
1012           CLARK COUNTY...TREES DOWN 2-MILE ROAD
1005        BOYLE COUNTY...DOWN POWER LINES AROUND COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE
            KY52

THESE COUNTIES WERE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ONLY BY T
HE WSO LEXINGTON AT 0930. THERE WERE
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS DURING THIS PERIOD AND ONLY NWR
WAS OPERABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD TO GET THE WARNINGS OUT.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
KYZ004-181810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...40 MILES NORTH
OF SOMERSET...HAS EXPIRED
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-013-181810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL HAVE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVLOPING THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING 50 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISVILLE.  SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
MID 70S TO MID 80S.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
IN NUMBERS AND INTENSITY.  KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
SINCE SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL POSSIBLE.  TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE LOWER 80S IN CLOUDIER AREAS AND TO AROUND 90 IN SUNNIER AREAS.

...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...
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AT 1 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF KENTUCKY.  AREAS TEMPERATURES WERE HOLDING AROUND 70 AS
THE RESULT OF THE RAIN.

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. FLASH
FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS.  REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S.

...CORRECTED TO MAKE THE NOWCAST A COMBINED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
AND NOWCAST...THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN INFORMATION...

TUCEK
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette45 min
Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark40 min
Jun 18, 10:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle37 min
Jun 18, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln65 min
Jun 18, 12:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln115 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington110 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue110 min
Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer49 min
Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington52 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen40 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby39 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin34 min
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue18 min
Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin34 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Nelson26 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford42 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford42 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor40 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette32 min
Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer29 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette64 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette64 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJessamine, Woodford47 min
Jun 18, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson42 min
Jun 18, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.