Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 2:29 PM EST for Boyle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 2:29 PM EST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boyle County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 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 KLEX 311930 SVRLEX KYC021-312015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 229 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BOYLE COUNTY AT 230PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BOYLE COUNTY JUST WEST OF DANVILLE MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF DANVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HENRICK
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, Mar 31, 11:37 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KYZALL-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MUCH OF KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF KENTUCKY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS KENTUCKY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND COOL AIR ALOFT MOVE OVER TOP THE WARM MOIST AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVLOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTRNOON AND TONIGHT. FUNK
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:04 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KYZ007-311800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1205 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... THE ATMOSPHERE IS FORECAST TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS...ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG...OR SEVERE. IN FACT...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS INDICATED A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF KENTUCKY. IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DEVELOPING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. KERR
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:50 PM EST, 39 minutes before
KYZ004-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 146 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY... THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA IS NOT IN THIS WATCH. AT 145 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE RAIN EXTENDED WELL INTO INDIANA. MOST OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. SKIES WERE BEGINING TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WEST OF LOUISVILLE. A COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE AREA AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFT RNOON AND TONIGHT. WILSON
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:11 PM EST, 18 minutes before
KYZ007-312010 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 210 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 215PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MARION AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES JUST WEST OF THE BLUEGRASS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BOYLE COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN END OF MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO BOYLE AND MERCER COUNTIES. ALSO SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BH
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:13 PM EST, 16 minutes before
KYZ004-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 146 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY... THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA IS NOT IN THIS WATCH. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST. AT 145 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE RAIN EXTENDED WELL INTO INDIANA. MOST OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. SKIES WERE BEGINING TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WEST OF LOUISVILLE. A COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE AREA AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHDER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTRNOON AND TONIGHT. WILSON ADDED A SENTENCE IN FIRST PARAGRAPH AND A WORD IN LAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 63 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.