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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 182037
TORSDF
KYC103-185-211-182115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
436 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...EASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 431 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LOUISVILLE OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE KENTUCKY IN EASTERN
OLDHAM COUNTY. THE LA GRANGE STATE POLICE POST REPORTED HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL
MOVE ALONG THE HENRY...SHELBY COUNTY LINE INCLUDING THE CITIES
EMINENCE AND PLEASUREVILLE KENTUCKY BY 515 PM EDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
SHANKLIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette45 min
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, 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

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.