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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

April 11, 1992Bourbon County, Harrison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 5:47 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1992, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Harrison County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1992-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 1992-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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