Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 1:37 PM CST for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 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 KEVV 211936 SVREVV KYC031-212015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 137 PM CST SUN FEB 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BUTLER COUNTY AT 131 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF MORGANTOWN MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF MORGANTOWN BY 145 PM CST. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATLY. X A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOOPER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 21, 9:48 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-211700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1030 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON... MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON OVER FAR NORTH INDIANA. DRIVING AT REDUCED SPEED IS THE SMART THING TO DO. ALSO ALLOWING A GREATER DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL MAKE FOR A SAFER TRIP. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IN FAR NORTH INDIANA WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN POSSIBLY CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARDS EVENING ...AS LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI MOVES TO NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN BORDER BY EVENING.j DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THIS PART OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE THE MESSAGE TYPE...
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 11:33 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-211900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1230 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON... MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE. DRIVING AT REDUCED SPEED MAY ENSURE THAT YOU WILL ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. ALSO ALLOWING A GREATER DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL MAKE FOR A SAFER TRIP. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS OCCURRING OVER THE FAR NORTH PART OF THE STATE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN POSSIBLY CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARDS EVENING ...AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS MOVES TO NORTHERN INDIANA. DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WAS OCCURRING OVER MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HVISIBILITIES WERE NEAR ZERO IN SOME PLACES. THE VISIBILITY AT EVANSVILLE HOWEVER HAD IMPROVED TO 4 MILES AROUND NOON...AND MAY STAY UP FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 12:41 PM CST, 56 minutes before
INZ000-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 140 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA ...EAST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... NORTH VERNON...LAWRENCEBURG...NEW ALBANY...MADISON AND TELL CITY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 1:30 PM CST, 7 minutes before
INZALL-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 225 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700PM FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED TO 32 DEGREES OR A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING IN NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS HAS ALLOWED THE FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CHANGE TO DRIZZLE. THE DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR. DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO COVER CENTRAL INDIANA. VISIBILITIES ARE WELL BELOW 1/2 MILE. AT 200 PM INDIANAPOLIS AND TERRE HAUTE HAD 1/16 OF A MILE WITH COLUMBUS HAVING 1/8 OF A MILE. THE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE AT OR NEAR ZERO. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 145 PM THE PUBLIC AT ST. MINEARD INDIANA WITH IS IN PERRY COUNTY @ALONG THE OHIO RIVER REPORTED 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL AND CREEKS FULL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL EARLY EVENING. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Allen, Barren | 27 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.