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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Estill County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:24 PM EDT for Estill County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Estill County, KY, Madison County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 8:38 PM EDT	Hail 1.25	Madison, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 8.4

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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, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 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.

FUNK

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 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

CALLAHAN

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 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.

LGL

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 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, 1 hour 37 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

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992

TIME               EVENT

510 PM EDT         IN THE COMMUNITY OF BAGDAD IN SHELBY COUNTY...
                   25 MILES EAST OF SDF...16 HOUSES AND A FEW BARNS
                   RECEIVED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE FROM POSSIBLE
                   TORNADO.  FROM SHELBY COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH.

CALLAHAN

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.