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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

June 4, 1993Greenup County, Kentucky; Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 1:30 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky; Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greenup County, KY, Scioto County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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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, 10:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
KYZ008-041530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1035 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1030 AM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON NEAR WINCHESTER. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL THREATEN LEE...WOLFE AND
MORGAN COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 1100 AM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES
TO THE NORTHWEST OF JACKSON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA
AROUND 1130 AM.

IF A THREATENING STORM APPROACHES...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND
REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SMITH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ008-041530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1035 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING TOWARD SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1030 AM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON NEAR WINCHESTER. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL THREATEN LEE...WOLFE AND
MORGAN COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 1100 AM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES
TO THE NORTHWEST OF JACKSON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AREA
AROUND 1130 AM.

IF A THREATENING STORM APPROACHES...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND
REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SMITH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan45 min
Jun 4, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin42 min
Jun 4, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Lawrence65 min
Jun 4, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd38 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin54 min
Jun 4, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike48 min
Jun 4, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence56 min
Jun 4, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLewis65 min
Jun 4, 1:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMagoffin3 hr
Jun 4, 2:17 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike28 min
Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley64 min
Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee64 min
Jun 4, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan, Wolfe54 min
Jun 4, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Leslie, Perry54 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox59 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott59 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike56 min
Jun 4, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan4 hr
Jun 4, 3:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLWayne115 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.