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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

March 31, 1993Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 3:56 PM EST for Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 1993, 3:56 PM EST (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 1993, 4:30 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2:13 PM EST, 1 hour 43 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:51 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:04 PM EST, 52 minutes before
KYZ001>003-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...INCLUDING
THE PADUCAH AREA...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH
THIS AREA...AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT JUST EAST OF
THIS AREA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OWENSBORO AND HOPKINSVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST (8 PM CST) FOR BOWLING GREEN.

FUNK
AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:08 PM EST, 48 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-013-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND AREAS TO
THE SOUTH AND EAST UNTIL 9 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF LOUISILLE AND SCOTTSBURG INDIANA
UNTIL 5 PM EST.

AT 3 PM EST A THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN.
THIS STORM WAS INCREASING IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND
WILL BE MOVING JUST NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN THROUGH 3 30 PM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IN
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE.
ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACES OF
SAFETY AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:28 PM EST, 28 minutes before
KYZ009-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
325 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST...

A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

AT 315 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF COLUMBIA AND
NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS...20 TO 30 MILES WEST OR SOMERSET. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF LONDON. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH A THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH COLUMBIA.
THE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND ANY OF THESE MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND*S...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS
AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:53 PM EST, 3 minutes before
KYZ007-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
355 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST OF MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN.

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ONCE YOUR SAFETY IS ASSURED...REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
DAMAGING WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KERR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle46 min
Mar 31, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen28 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine45 min
Mar 31, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt38 min
Mar 31, 5:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln36 min
Mar 31, 6:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby63 min
Mar 31, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby63 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.