Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 7:33 PM EDT for Carter County, Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carter County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 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
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, Jul 1, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 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, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 19 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
KYZ008-020030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 706 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR BREATHITT... FLOYD...LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE COUNTIES... AT 7 PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ...SOME WHICH COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. 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. WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:08 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
KYZ008-020030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 706 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR BREATHITT... FLOYD...LEE...MAGOFFIN...MORGAN...PIKE AND WOLFE COUNTIES... AT 7 PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ...SOME WHICH COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. 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. WAIDLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Carter | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Scioto | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Adams | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.