Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

February 21, 1993Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 1:26 PM CST for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 1993, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 1993, 2:00 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1993-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 9:02 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:16 AM CST, 4 hours 10 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, 9:19 AM CST, 4 hours 7 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, 9:26 AM CST, 4 hours 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 MORNING.

D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 31 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, 1:14 PM CST, 12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble27 min
Feb 21, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson27 min
Feb 21, 1:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham38 min
Feb 21, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson33 min
Feb 21, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue35 min
Feb 21, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue35 min
Feb 21, 2:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer60 min
Feb 21, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer60 min
Feb 21, 3:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison61 min
Feb 21, 3:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKJessamine61 min
Feb 21, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison61 min
Feb 21, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Jessamine61 min
Feb 21, 3:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBath, Fleming, Nicholas56 min
Feb 21, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Fleming, Nicholas56 min
Feb 21, 3:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMenifee, Rowan37 min
Feb 21, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson39 min

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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.