Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 9:30 AM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 9:30 AM EDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 181332 SVRLEX KYC067-181415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY ISSUED BY LOUISVILLE KY 930 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FAYETTE COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. AT 925 PM EDT...THE WEATHER SERVICE INLEXINGTON REPORTED WINDS AROUND 65 MPH AT BLUEGRASS AIRPORT. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR LEXINGTON...MOVE INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TUCEK
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, Jun 18, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-181310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 800 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...FLOODING RAINS IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 8 AM EDT...A 40 MILE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN MANY AREAS RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY. < IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...USE EXTRA CAUTION. MOST ROADS HAVE WATER PROBLEMS. TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE OUT IN MANY AREAS. IF YOU ARE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN AREAS...SKIES WERE CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE 70S. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. LOCAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KYZ004>007-181300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 810 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...FLOODING RAINS WILL OCCUR AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN BAND OF STORMS WAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR OWENSBORO THROUGH THE LOUSVILLE AREA AND WAS APPROACHING LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHERN INDIANA BY 9 AM EDT AND WILL BE OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 11 AM EDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE OHIO VALLEY...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING AND REPORT INFORMATION TO YOUR NEARECST LAW AGENCY FOR RELAY TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVCIE. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KYZ007-181330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 825 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... HOWEVER...AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM SOUTHERN OHIO SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOREHEAD...60 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LEXINGTON TO 20 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON NEAR LAWRENCEBURG. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT AND GEORGETOWN...NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF LEXINGTON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. KERR
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KYZ007-181330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 825 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... HOWEVER...AT 815 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM SOUTHERN OHIO SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR MOREHEAD...60 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LEXINGTON TO 20 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON NEAR LAWRENCEBURG. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT AND GEORGETOWN...NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF LEXINGTON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. KERR
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:12 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
KYZ007-181430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 910 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON NEAR CYNTHIANA SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON NEAR LAWRENCEBURG. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS THE LINE MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS OA FLOODED ROADWAY. IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS OR SMALL STREAMS...MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. KERR
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:23 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-181410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 920 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...HEAVIEST RAINS MOVING RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE OHIO RIVER... AT 9 AM EDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN ELIZABETHTOWN AND FRANKFORT. THE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION BUT WILL LIKELY CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SKIES WILL THEN BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB THROUGH THE 70S. ONE TO THREE INCH RAINS HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS PROMPTING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND CINCINNATI. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY THIS MORNING BE PREPARED FOR BLINDING RAINS AND HAZARDOUS ROADS DUE TO HIGH WATER. IF YOU ARE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...WATCH FOR FLOODING. REPORT SEVERE WEATwHER INFORMATION TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TUCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 10:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 12:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 110 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 110 min |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 18 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 47 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.