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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY

July 30, 1992Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 6:39 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 30, 1992, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Larue County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 7:00 PM EDTHail 1.75Larue, 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1024 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 16 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, 33 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, 29 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
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:28 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham32 min
Jul 30, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson37 min
Jul 30, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson32 min
Jul 30, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin31 min
Jul 30, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer42 min
Jul 30, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson42 min
Jul 30, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor38 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.