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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 1993Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:31 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1993-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2404 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1993-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 050031
TOREVV
KYC107-050100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
731 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
AT 726 PM CDT...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO MADISONVILLE BY 735 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
B 
SUMMY
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Ohio37 min
Jun 4, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler, Grayson62 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson65 min
Jun 4, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHart62 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.