Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 2:41 PM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4 hours 6 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, 4 hours 3 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
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
^SDFLSRJKL
PRELIMINARLY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
135 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
COUNTY TIME EVENT
FLOYD 1150 EDT PEA SIZE HAIL IN PRESTONSBURG.
MORGAN 1145 EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CANNEL CITY AREA IN
SOUTH END OF COUNTY.
MORGAN 1150 EDT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WEST LIBERTY.
FLOYD 1200 -
1215 EDT TREES DOWN NEAR ABBOT...3 MILES NORTH OF
PRESTONSBURG.
FLOYD 1205 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT DEWEY LAKE STATE PARK.
FLOYD 1305 EDT TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
IN THE COMMUNITY OF DAVID.
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 4, 1:42 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
^SDFLSRJKL
PRELIMINARLY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
135 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993
COUNTY TIME EVENT
FLOYD 1150 EDT PEA SIZE HAIL IN PRESTONSBURG.
MORGAN 1145 EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CANNEL CITY AREA IN
SOUTH END OF COUNTY.
MORGAN 1150 EDT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WEST LIBERTY.
FLOYD 1200 -
1215 EDT TREES DOWN NEAR ABBOT...3 MILES NORTH OF
PRESTONSBURG.
FLOYD 1205 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT DEWEY LAKE STATE PARK.
FLOYD 1305 EDT TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
IN THE COMMUNITY OF DAVID.
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Greenup | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pike | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Leslie, Perry | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 115 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.