Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 7:49 PM EDT for Carter County, Kentucky. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 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, 11.8 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTS 012350 TORHTS KYC043-020045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 749 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...CARTER COUNTY AT 745 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OBSERVERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNERSTORM WITH A HOOK INDICATING TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
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, Jul 1, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 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 40 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 39 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 35 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, 43 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, 41 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, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lewis | 62 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.