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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 1993Bullitt County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 1:19 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2854 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 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
2854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:31 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
KYZALL-041700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1230 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 331 FOR WEST AND CENTRAL
KENTUCKY HAVE BEEN CLEARED...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CLEARED THAT PORTION
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMMBER 331 TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM
20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH.
THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BALLARD...CARLISLE...HICKMAN...FULTON
...MCCRACKEN...GRAVES...MARSHALL AND CALLOWAY.

THE COUNTIES OF LIVINGSTON...CRITTENDEN...LYON...CALDWELL AND TRIGG
REMAIN IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THE PRESENT TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR CO(MMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
RNK
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:03 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
102 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

TIME            REPORT/LOCATION

1255 PM EDT        TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 259 IN SOUTHERN
                   BRECKINVRIDGE COUNTY NEAR THE GRAYSON COUNTY
                   LINE. REPORTED BY BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY SHERIFFS
                   DEPARTMENT.

LGL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade63 min
Jun 4, 3:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin40 min
Jun 4, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham35 min
Jun 4, 6:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby37 min
Jun 4, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott50 min
Jun 4, 8:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby51 min
Jun 4, 8:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin52 min
Jun 4, 9:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison49 min
Jun 4, 9:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 9:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer29 min
Jun 4, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott26 min
Jun 4, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby22 min
Jun 4, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Woodford47 min
Jun 4, 10:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMontgomery39 min
Jun 4, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Madison40 min
Jun 4, 11:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMenifee68 min
Jun 4, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge30 min
Jun 4, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade53 min
Jun 4, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion35 min
Jun 4, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson2 hr
Jun 4, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor37 min
Jun 4, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell52 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard40 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison40 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Pulaski, Wayne49 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln, Rockcastle49 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin48 min
Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, McCreary, Whitley40 min
Jun 4, 2:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKEstill, Powell60 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWhitley29 min
Jun 4, 7:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 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.