Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 7:20 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 918 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 100021 RRA SVREVV KYC047-177-219-100100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 720 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...MUHLENBERG COUNTY...TODD COUNTY AT 712 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY IN NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH AND AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MUHLENBERG AND TODD COUNTIES BY 725 PM CDT AND NEAR GREENVILLE KENTUCKY BY 745 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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. MM
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 9, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ011-014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238PM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXTENDED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM CDT/EST THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES KNOX COUNTY. OTHER COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH ...WARRICK...AND GIBSON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE ...AND PRINCETON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ011-014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238PM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXTENDED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM CDT/EST THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES KNOX COUNTY. OTHER COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH ...WARRICK...AND GIBSON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE ...AND PRINCETON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:11 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
INZ011-014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705PM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHWEST INDIANA CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 700 PM EST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL RUMBLING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA BUT NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:11 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
INZ011-014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705PM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHWEST INDIANA CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 700 PM EST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL RUMBLING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA BUT NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Barren | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Allen | 25 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.