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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY

June 9, 1993Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 1:56 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1086 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.1

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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 9, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KYZ008-091730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1229 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1220 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON...NEAR IRVINE IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO BY 1 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE SOMERSET AREA AND WILL
APPROACH JACKSON COUNTY BY 1 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF A
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS.


WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KYZ008-091730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1229 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1220 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON...NEAR IRVINE IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO BY 1 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE SOMERSET AREA AND WILL
APPROACH JACKSON COUNTY BY 1 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF A
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TbUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS.


WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KYZ008-091730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1232 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1220 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON...NEAR IRVINE IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WOLFE COUNTY BY 1 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE SOMERSET AREA AND WILL
APPROACH JACKSON COUNTY BY 1 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF A
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS.


WAIDLEY...CORRECTED 1ST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KYZ008-091730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1232 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1220 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON...NEAR IRVINE IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WOLFE COUNTY BY 1 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE SOMERSET AREA AND WILL
APPROACH JACKSON COUNTY BY 1 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF A
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL pTHE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS.


WAIDLEY...CORRECTED 1ST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:18 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
KYZ008-091830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
118 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR BREATHITT...
FLOYD...JACKSON...KNOTT...LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...OWSLEY...PIKE AND
WOLFE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
JACKSON TO THE SOMERSET AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
KYZ008-091830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
118 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR BREATHITT...
FLOYD...JACKSON...KNOTT...LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...OWSLEY...PIKE AND
WOLFE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 1 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
JACKSON TO THE SOMERSET AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. WAIDLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLScioto63 min
Jun 9, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence32 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike33 min
Jun 9, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMason64 min
Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLCabell51 min
Jun 9, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne66 min

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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.