Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 46 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.