Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1993, 2:48 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1993, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1993, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabell County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 121852 SVRHTS WVC011-121930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 248 PM EDT WED MAY 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN CABELL COUNTY AT 246PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM JUST 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER NORTHERN CABELL COUNTY..NEAR LESAGE..DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAG(ING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 12, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
KYZ008-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1105 AM EDT WED MAY 12 1993 ...A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO FOR PIKE COUNTY THIS MORNING... AT 11 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...FROM 25 MILES EAST OF PIKEVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY AND INTO VIRGINIA. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSEDYOUR LOCATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, May 12, 2:05 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
KYZ008-121900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 205 PM EDT WED MAY 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH PIKE COUNTY... AT 2 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PIKE COUNTY...20 MILES EAST OF PIKEVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER TO NEAR JENKINS...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SMITH WWUS35KHAR +=
Special weather statement, May 12, 2:05 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
KYZ008-121900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 205 PM EDT WED MAY 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH PIKE COUNTY... AT 2 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PIKE COUNTY...20 MILES EAST OF PIKEVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER TO NEAR JENKINS...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SMITH WWUS35KHAR +=
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 64 min |
| May 12, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Mason | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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.