Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1993, 4:56 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1993, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1993, 5:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTS 112056 RRA SVRHTS OHC053-WVC053-112200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 456 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH OHIO ...EASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...WESTERN MASON COUNTY AT 453PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO IN THE MERCERVILLE AREA AND IN WESTERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF POINT PLEASANT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. AT 450PM A SPOTTER IN MASON COUNTY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. END/DG &
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, May 11, 1:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
KYZ008-1111900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 155 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY... AT 145 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY...30 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF HARLAN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LINDQUIST f
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KYZ008-1111900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 155 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY... AT 145 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY...30 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF HARLAN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST vWEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ008-1111930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 240 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 230 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE BOARDER NEAR HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LINDQUIST
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KYZ008-1111930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 240 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 230 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE BOARDER NEAR HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LINDQUIST
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
KYZ008-1111930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 255 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 230 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA BOARDER NEAR HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LINDQUIST
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KYZ008-1111930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 255 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 230 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA BOARDER NEAR HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LINDQUIST
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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.