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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 1992Nelson County, Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 11:49 PM EDT for Nelson County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1992, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nelson County, KY, Washington County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3554 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson50 min
Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby43 min
Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt43 min
Jul 2, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin42 min
Jul 2, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark29 min
Jul 2, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison54 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.