Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 12:11 PM CDT for Barren County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barren County, KY, Hart County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KEVV 041712 RRA SVREVV KYC009-099-041800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1211 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BARREN COUNTY...HART COUNTY AT 1208 CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF OWENSBORO NEAR TELL CITY INDIANA...SOUTH THROUGH LEITCHFIELD KENTUCKY...AND FURTHER SOUTH TO BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE ENDED IN YOUR AREA. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SUMMY
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, 8:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 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, 3 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 RATIN HAS OCCURRED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAIN SLICKENED ROADWAYS. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 59 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
Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:18 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993
...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 4TH...
TIME LOCATION EVENT
806 AM EST CLAY CO TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN CLAY CITY DAMAGED
12 STRUCTURES. REPORTED BY CLAY CO SHERIFF
915 AM EST JOHNSON CO TWO TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS ON AIRPORT
ROAD SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN. TREES DOWN AT
SR252 AND COUNTY RD 650S. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
950 AM EST JENNINGS CO TORNADO TOUCH DOWN UPROOTED TREES 2 MILES
NORTH OF BREWERSVILLE IN NORTHERN JENNINGS
COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
.
LINDSEYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 11:18 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993
...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 4TH...
TIME LOCATION EVENT
806 AM EST CLAY CO TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN CLAY CITY DAMAGED
12 STRUCTURES. REPORTED BY CLAY CO SHERIFF
915 AM EST JOHNSON CO TWO TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS ON AIRPORT
ROAD SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN. TREES DOWN AT
SR252 AND COUNTY RD 650S. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
950 AM EST JENNINGS CO TORNADO TOUCH DOWN UPROOTED TREES 2 MILES
NORTH OF BREWERSVILLE IN NORTHERN JENNINGS
COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
.
LINDSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Henderson, McLean | 65 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, 12:28 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 |
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.