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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Fayette County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 180 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark40 min
Jun 18, 10:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle37 min
Jun 18, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln65 min
Jun 18, 12:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln115 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington110 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue110 min
Jun 18, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer49 min
Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington52 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen40 min
Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham39 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby39 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin34 min
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue18 min
Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin34 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Nelson26 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford42 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford42 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor40 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette32 min
Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer29 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette64 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette64 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJessamine, Woodford47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.