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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Jackson, KY

July 1, 1993Adams County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 6:34 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1993, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1993, 7:11 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1993-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 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 1993-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jul 1, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KYZ008-012200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
505 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR BREATHITT...FLOYD...
   LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE...

AT 5 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PIKEVILLE IN EXTREME EASTERN
KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER.
DURING THE EVENING STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS.

IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KYZ008-012200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
505 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR BREATHITT...FLOYD...
   LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE...

AT 5 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PIKEVILLE IN EXTREME EASTERN
KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER.
DURING THE EVENING STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS.

IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
KYZ008-012300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
610 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR BREATHITT...FLOYD...
   LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE...

AT 6 PM A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER PIKE COUNTY IN EXTREME EASTERN KENTUCKY.
THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE REGION...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOS.

IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

LINDQUIST
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
KYZ008-012300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
610 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR BREATHITT...FLOYD...
   LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE...

AT 6 PM A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER PIKE COUNTY IN EXTREME EASTERN KENTUCKY.
THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE REGION...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOS.

IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RA@DIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

LINDQUIST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLewis56 min
Jul 1, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLCarter57 min
Jul 1, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLewis62 min
Jul 1, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLCarter56 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLScioto62 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence61 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.