Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 2:18 PM EST for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 2:18 PM EST (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KY
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, Feb 21, 10:02 AM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:16 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
KYZALL-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1010 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... VERY MILD MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL SURGE NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORMS... SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE STATE. BE ALERT TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. AN INTENSE PRE-SPRING STORM MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE SPRINGLIKE 60S OVER THE SOUTH. REITMEYER
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:19 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1015 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...FOG AND RAIN CREATING POOR VISIBILITY THIS MORNING... AT 1015 AM EST...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH FOG WERE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN WILL END IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA BY NOON BUT CONTINUE IN THE SOMERSET AND LONDON AREAS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BE AWARE OF SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IF YOU ARE LATE THIS MORNING. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:26 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1020 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...FOG AND RAIN CREATING POOR VISIBILITY THIS MORNING... AT 1015 AM EST...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH FOG WERE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN WILL END IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA BY NOON BUT CONTINUE IN THE SOMERSET AND LONDON AREAS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BE AWARE OF SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IF YOU ARE TRAVELING LATE THIS MOR NING. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 12:55 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KYZ009-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1250 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 200 PM EST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES. BE AWARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 2:14 PM EST, 4 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 210 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 7 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. AT 2 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HENRYVILLE IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF HARDINSBURG IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FROM SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY INDIANA TO ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM EST. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE TO SECURE SHELTER AT ONCE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 3:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bath, Fleming, Nicholas | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bath, Fleming, Nicholas | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Menifee, Rowan | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 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.