Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1993, 6:14 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenup County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 302214 TORHTS KYC089-302315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 614 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY AT 614PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO IN NORTHWESTERN GREENUP COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MIELES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STORM WAS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF GREENBO LAKE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CUTLVERT. 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 39 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 35 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, 54 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, 52 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:05 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
KYZ008-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 605 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 605 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR HAZARD... AND ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF JACKSON OR NEAR PRESTONSBURG. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON AND 20 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET...OR NEAR LONDON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDINGTON
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:08 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
KYZ008-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 605 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 605 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR HAZARD... AND ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF JACKSON OR NEAR PRESTONSBURG. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON AND 20 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET...OR NEAR LONDON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Greenup, Lewis | 69 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.