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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 1993Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1993, 2:35 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1993, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 101935 RRA
SVREVV
KYC003-009-061-227-102015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
235 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...EDMONSON COUNTY
   ...EASTERN WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR JUST EAST AND
SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
MOVE TO NEAR SCOTSVILLE BY 300 PM CDT AND TO NEAR GLASGOW BY 315 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER IN THE LOWEST PART OF
A BUILDING IN THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
BLOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd40 min
Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBarren40 min
Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.