Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 5:26 PM EDT for Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Franklin, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 182133 COR TORLEX KYC073-182200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY...CORRECTED 526 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON IN NORTHEAST SHELBY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 530PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. ...CORRECTED 2ND LINE OF TEXT FOR LOCATION FROM LEXINGTON...
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, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KYZ007-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 425 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 425PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST INTO MERCER AND BOYLE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY.
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
440 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
1120 AM EDT WASHINGTON CTY...KY...MANY ROADS FLOODED THROPUGHOUT CTY.
SEVERAL HOUSES AND TRAILER FLOODED...WITH SOME RESCUES
REQUIRED. FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1045 AM EDT MARION CTY...KY...SEVERAL ROADS AND YARDS UNDER WATER.
FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.
235 PM EDT BULLITT CTY...KY...ONE IN HAIL REPORTE BY PUBLIC.
300 PM EDT JEFFERSON CTY...IN...WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL CLOUD FROM
OBSERVER AT JEFFERSON PROVING GROUND.
355 PM EDT WASHINGTON CTY...KY...RESCUE PERSONNEL REPORTE PEA SIZE
HAIL 5W OF WASHINGTON CTY ON HIWAY 150.
427 PM EDT JEFFERSON CTY...IN...SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
HAIL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PART OF COUNTY.
427 PM EDT OLDHAM CTY...KY...STATE POLICE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
BETWEEN 1BUCKNER AND LA GRANGE...NEAR HIWAY 71. FUNNEL CLOUD
ALSO OBSERVED. 1/2 INCH HAIL ALSO REPORTED NEAR LA GRANGE BY
ANOTHER OBSERVER.
REITMEYERSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 4:52 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
KYZ004-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 AT 445 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE NELSON- SPENCER COUNTY LINE...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF BLOOMFIELD...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN SPENCER COUNTY INTO FAR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY AROUND 520 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...VERY "HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
KYZ007-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 500 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 500PM EDT A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD FRANKLIN COUNTY OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO AS IT MOVED EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO APPROACH FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FRANKFORT WITH THE TRACK ALSO TOWARD SCOTT AND NORTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY SCOCO
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:03 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ007-182215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 500 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 500PM EDT A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD FRANKLIN COUNTY OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO AS IT MOVED EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO APPROACH FRANKLIN COUNTY !AND THE CITY OF FRANKFORT WITH THE TRACK ALSO TOWARD SCOTT AND NORTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY.
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:08 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
505 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
450 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL ON TAYLOR AND ADAIR COUNTY LINE.
27 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET.
500 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND TREES IN THE ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF ELIZABETHTOWN IN HARDIN COUNTY...30 MILES SW OF
LOUISVILLE.
505 PM EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IN ELIZABETHTOWN
IN HARDIN COUNTY...30 MILES SW OF LOUISVILLE.
DATTILOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 45 min |
| 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, 5:38 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.