Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 5:47 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 10, 1992, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Harrison County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:56 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Harrison, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 PM EDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA... AT 4 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE OCCURRING WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY EAST ALONG THE OLDHAM AND SHELBY COUNTY LINE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE EAST OF NEW CASTLE IN HENRY COUNTY AND IN INDIANA 25 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR HENRYVILLE IN CLARK COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST OF LOUISVILLE WITH HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. d IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:58 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 458 PM EDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF LOUISVILLE... AT 450 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS HAD MOVED EAST ALONG THE SHELBY...HENRY COUNTY LINE...JUST TO THE EAST OF SHELBYVILLE AND EMINENCE...OR 30 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS HAS THEY MOVED THROUGH LOUISVILLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST OUT OF HENRY AND SHELBY COUNTIES BY 6 PM AND WILL BE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR FRANKFORT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:10 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
KYZ007-022200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 505 PM EST FRI APR 10 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 5PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING GROUND STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM TAKE SHELTER INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
KYZ009-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 509 PM EDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 5 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF LONDON TO SOUTH OF LAKE CUMBERLAND...NEAR MONTICELLO. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH OF COMLUMBIA NEAR ALBANY TO NEAR LONDON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 PM EDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 5 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN HENRYVILLE AND SCOTTSBURG...25 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS HAS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUTY INDIANA AND TRIMBLE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM EDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WEST OF SALEM INDIANA AND EAST OF LOUISVILLE. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:22 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
KYZ007-022225 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 525 PM EST FRI APR 10 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 520PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SCOTT AND HARRISON COUNTIES BEFORE 6PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM TAKE SHELTER INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
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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.