Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 8:40 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edmonson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 2380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 19.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 050144 COR SVREVV KYC061-050245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 840 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...EDMONSON COUNTY AT 838 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN OR JUST EAST OF CANEYVILLE AND MORGANTOWN KENTUCKY. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL REACH ROUNDHILL AND LEITCHFIELD KENTUCKY AROUND 850 PM CDT AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 55 TO 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE ENDED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR GRAYSON AND BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT. 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. SUMMY ...CORRECTED TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
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, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
INZALL-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 525 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 AT 500 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MIGRATED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS HAVE ENTERED NORTHERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 515 PM EST. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 3/4 TO 1.00 INCH HAIL IN THE ADJACENT ILLINOIS COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS IT ENTERED NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONGER AGAIN OVER INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFULL FOR THE APPROACHING STORMS. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE . KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZALL-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 525 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 AT 500 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MIGRATED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS HAVE ENTERED NORTHERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 515 PM EST. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 3/4 TO 1.00 INCH HAIL IN THE ADJACENT ILLINOIS COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS IT ENTERED NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONGER AGAIN OVER INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFULL FOR THE APPROACHING STORMS. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE . KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
INZALL-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 615 PM EST. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED AS THE STRONG STORM MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL OF 1.10 INCH WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. SO FAR ONLY HEAVY RAIN WITH WINDS OF 23 TO 28 MPH WAS PRODUCED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. THIS STORM ALSO PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THAT AREA. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
INZALL-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 615 PM EST. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED AS THE STRONG STORM MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL OF 1.10 INCH WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. SO FAR ONLY HEAVY RAIN WITH WINDS OF 23 TO 28 MPH WAS PRODUCED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. THIS STORM ALSO PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THAT AREA. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVEPRE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ014-015-050500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF INDIANA AND INCLUDE CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON ...PERRY...CLARK...FLOYD AND HARRISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...NEW ALBANY AND CHARLESTOWN. 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. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ014-015-050500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF INDIANA AND INCLUDE CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON ...PERRY...CLARK...FLOYD AND HARRISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...NEW ALBANY AND CHARLESTOWN. 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. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hopkins | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg, Ohio | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hart | 62 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.