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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 2:18 PM EST for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 2:18 PM EST (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 2:45 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 181919
TORSDF
INC077-181945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
318 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY
INDIANA WAS LIKELY TO BE DEVELOPING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MADISON
COUNTY INDIANA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...HEAD TO REINFORCED
SHELTER OR A BASEMENT NOW!
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NhEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TUCEK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 8:23 AM EST, 5 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:07 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
KYZ004-181510-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1005 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...HEAVIEST RAINS FROM LEXINGTON TO ELIZABETHTOWN MOVING SOUTHEAST...

THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED.  HIGH WATERS ON ROADS HAVE
BEEN RECEDING IN THESE AREAS BUT BE CAUTIOUS NEAR STREAMS.

URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUE UNTIL 11 AM EDT FOR JEFFERSON...OLDHAM
BULLIT...SPENCER AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
11 AM EDT.  THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES AND
WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN RECEDING ON ROADS AND THEN IN THE STREAMS.

AT 10 AM EDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
IN A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE FLOODING RAINS AND LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS.
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IF YOU ARE TRAVELING SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY...BE PREPARED FOR
BLINDING RAINS AND HAZARDOUS ROADS DUE TO HIGH WATER.
IF YOU ARE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...WATCH FOR FLOODING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TUCEK
Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:47 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1040 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992

TIME               EVENT

500-1030 AM EDT  REPORTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
                 IN NEARLY ALL COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
                 AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. REPORTS FROM
                 PUBLIC...WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL...LOCAL POLICE
                 AND LOCAL EMS MEMBERS.  RAINFALL RATES AVERAGED
                 TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR.

                 COUNTIES INCLUDE HARRISON...FLOYD...CLARK IN SOUTH
                 CENTRAL INDIANA.  JEFFERSON...OLDHAM...HENRY...SHELBY
                 BULLITT...SPENCER...HARDIN AND WASHINGT1ON COUNTIES IN
                 KENTUCKY SO FAR.

1025 AM EDT      4.86 INCHES TOTAL RAINFALL FROM STORMS 5-10 AM EDT IN
                 BULLITT COUNTY REPORTED BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
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TUCEK
Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:37 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY.
1130AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME EDT       EVENT

0955           FLEMING COUNTY...TREES DOWN ON KY57
0945           ANDERSON COUNTY...FLASH FLOOD CROOKED CREEK...6 HOMES
               EVACUATED PUNCHEON CREEK. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY
               2.34 INCHES RAIN IN 70 MINUTES. HWY KY53 AND US62 BLOCKED
               BY TREES. CONSIDERABLE LOCAL FLOODING.
0920           FAYETTE COUNTY...FEW TREES DOWN WITH ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
               FLOODING MOSTLY NORTH AND WEST OF CITY.
0930           WOODFORD COUNTY...NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESS FLOODED. 21/2-
               INCHES RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. HUNTERTOWN RD BLOCKED BY TREES.
               TELEPHONE LINES DOWN AROUND COUNTY.
0945           NICHOLAS COUNTY...TREES DOWN HEADQUARTERS RD.
0954           JESSAMINE COUNTY...TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. TWO
               LIGHTNING FIRES.  US68 AND KY29 BLOCKED BY TREES
1012           CLARK COUNTY...TREES DOWN 2-MILE ROAD
1005        BOYLE COUNTY...DOWN POWER LINES AROUND COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE
            KY52

THESE COUNTIES WERE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ONLY BY T
HE WSO LEXINGTON AT 0930. THERE WERE
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS DURING THIS PERIOD AND ONLY NWR
WAS OPERABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD TO GET THE WARNINGS OUT.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:11 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ004-181810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...40 MILES NORTH
OF SOMERSET...HAS EXPIRED
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:19 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-013-181810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL HAVE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVLOPING THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING 50 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISVILLE.  SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
MID 70S TO MID 80S.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
IN NUMBERS AND INTENSITY.  KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
SINCE SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL POSSIBLE.  TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE LOWER 80S IN CLOUDIER AREAS AND TO AROUND 90 IN SUNNIER AREAS.

...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...
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AT 1 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF KENTUCKY.  AREAS TEMPERATURES WERE HOLDING AROUND 70 AS
THE RESULT OF THE RAIN.

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. FLASH
FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS.  REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S.

...CORRECTED TO MAKE THE NOWCAST A COMBINED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
AND NOWCAST...THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN INFORMATION...

TUCEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson42 min

Nearby

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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.