Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 6:13 PM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oldham County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 302216 SVRSDF KYC185-302245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 613 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...OLDHAM COUNTY AT 610 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING INTO OLDHAM COUNTY. DES PERSONNEL REPORT TREES AND FENCES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN OLDAM COUNTY ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LAGRANGE...15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...BY 630 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND bSOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FUNK
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, Jul 30, 5:16 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-302210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 AT 505 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF ENGLISH INDIANA...35 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE AND NEAR SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY INDIANA...35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THEN INTO LOUISVILLE THROUGH 615 PM EDT. A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 10 PM EDT. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:18 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
KYZ008-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 515 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR: ANDERSON..BOURBON..BOYLE..CLARK.. FAYETTE..FLEMING..FRANKLIN..GARRARD..HARRISON..JESSAMINE..MERCER.. NICHOLAS..ROBERTSON..SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING. AT 510 PM EDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST NORTH OF FORT CAMBELL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO ENTER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM THE WEST AFTER 630 PM EDT THIS EVEING. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANDEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO( NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:22 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
KYZ007-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 523 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR: ANDERSON..BOURBON..BOYLE..CLARK.. FAYETTE..FLEMING..FRANKLIN..GARRARD..HARRISON..JESSAMINE..MERCER.. NICHOLAS..ROBERTSON..SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING. AT 510 PM EDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST NORTH OF FORT CAMBELL KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO ENTER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM THE WEST AFTER 630 PM EDT THIS EVEING. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM OR IN A LOW LYING AREA KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CO0NDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:23 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
KYZ009-302215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE COUNTIES OF METCALFE...ADAIR...GREEN...TAYLOR... MARION...AND CASEY AND THE CITY OF CAMPBELLSVILLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER INSIDE. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-302310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 605 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 AT 600 PM EDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TO MEADE AND EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...OR FROM ABOUT 10-15 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH COULD TEMPORARILY FLOOD ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PM EDT AS WELL AS ADJACENT COUNTIES NORTXH AND SOUTH OF THE CITY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 10 PM EDT. LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
KYZ009-302310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE COUNTIES OF METCALFE...ADAIR...GREEN...TAYLOR... MARION...AND CASEY AND THE CITY OF CAMPBELLSVILLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 610 PM...RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO COUNTIES WITHIN THE WATCH ...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GREENSBURG AND CAMPBELLSVILLE BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EDT (OR 6 TO 7 CDT). STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOC\AL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER INSIDE. FUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.