Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1993, 5:51 PM EDT for Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTS 302152 TORHTS KYC089-135-302300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 551 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...NORTHWESTERN GREENUP COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY AT 550PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO IN SOUTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS NORTHEASTERN LEWIS AND NORTHWESTERN GREENUP COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING A SMALL TORNADO WITH DAMAGE FOR THE LAST HOUR AS IT MOVED THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHEL"TER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. END/DG &
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 30, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KYZ008-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 435 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOYTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 430 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF JACKSON IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE CITY OF BEATTYVILLE BY 515 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LINDQUIST
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KYZ008-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 435 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOYTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 430 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF JACKSON IN ESTILL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE CITY OF BEATTYVILLE BY 515 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LINDQUI ST
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:20 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
KYZ008-302230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 520 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 520 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:22 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
KYZ008-302230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 520 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 520 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTXIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ADDINGTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter, Lewis | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Greenup | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Boyd | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 36 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.