Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 11:10 AM CDT for Henderson County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, KY, McLean County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 3217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 4, 6:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
INZALL-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER... FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE. 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. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
INZALL-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER... FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE. 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. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INZ009-041400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 837 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE APPROACHING THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 830 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 830 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 845 AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 915 AM. HEAVY DOWPOURS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAIN SLICKENED ROADWAYS. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
INZ009-041400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 837 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE APPROACHING THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 830 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 830 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 845 AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 915 AM. HEAVY DOWPOURS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RATIN HAS OCCURRED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAIN SLICKENED ROADWAYS. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:10 AM CDT, 1 hour before
INZ011-013-014-015-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER ...FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE. 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. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:12 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
INZ011-013-014-015-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER ...FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE. 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. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 8:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 9:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Ohio | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Barren, Hart | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Allen | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, Webster | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 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.