Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 7:28 PM EDT for Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 182330 TORLEX KYC113-239-190015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY ISSUED BY LOUISVILLE KY 728 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...JESSAMINE COUNTY...SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY AT 722 PM EDT...A CITIZEN IN SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY REPORTED THROUGH DES A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR TROY...10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO JESSAMINE COUNTY BY 740 PM EDT. THE TOWNS OF WILMORE AND NICHOLASVILLE IN JESSAMINE COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. 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. FUNK
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
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
525 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
510 PM EDT DES IN SHELBY COUNTY KENTUCKY REPORTED TORNADO ON
5 THE GROUND NEAR BAGDAD...20 MILES EAST OF SDF.
DES ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IN SHELBY COUNTY.
FUNKLocal storm report, Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
545 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
530 PM EDT CENTRAL DISPATCH IN GREENSBURG...50 MILES SOUTH OF
SDF...REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL
CALLAHANLocal storm report, Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
618 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
550 PM EDT IN THE COMMUNITY OF GABE IN GREEN COUNTY ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...POWER LINES WERE
DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. REPORT FROM TAYLOR
COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH.
LGLSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 6:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
KYZ002-004-182315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 640 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401 IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SIMPSON...WARREN...BUTLER...EDMONSON...GRAYSON...HART...HARDIN... BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...BULLITT...JEFFERSON THE TORNADO WATCH REMAAINS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FUNK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:47 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
KYZ002-004-182315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 645 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401 IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SIMPSON...WARREN...BUTLER...EDMONSON...GRAYSON...HART...HARDIN... BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...BULLITT...JEFFERSON THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCE%LLED FOR THE CITIES OF LOUISVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM EDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FUNK
Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:09 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992
TIME EVENT
510 PM EDT IN THE COMMUNITY OF BAGDAD IN SHELBY COUNTY...
25 MILES EAST OF SDF...16 HOUSES AND A FEW BARNS
RECEIVED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE FROM POSSIBLE
TORNADO. FROM SHELBY COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH.
CALLAHANThe 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, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 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 |
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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.