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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 1992Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:13 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
32 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, 10.2 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 KLEX 182216 COR
TORLEX
KYC067-182245-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
613 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...FAYETTE COUNTY

AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON.

PERSONS IN FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD 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 SH3ELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

KERR

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, 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, 6:46 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.