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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

June 4, 1993Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 2:17 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1993, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1993, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Pike County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 041817
TORJKL
KYC195-041845-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON  KY
217 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
      EASTERN PIKE

AT 215 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF
PIKEVILLE MOVING E AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
META AND SYDNEY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO YOUR BASEMENT
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BASEMENT...GO TO AN INTERIOR
WINDOWLESS ROOM OR HALLWAY.

ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON

WAIDLEY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3 hours 42 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, 3 hours 39 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, 42 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.

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:42 PM EDT, 35 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.

SMITH

The 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, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Owsley	64 min
Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee	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

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.