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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 1993Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 2:05 PM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
130 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

TIME               REPORT/LOCATION

124 PM EDT         AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 65 MPH WINDS NEAR
                   ELIZABETHTOWN IN HARDIN COUNTY.

LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
KYZ007-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
135PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
8PM EDT...

AT 135PM RADAR SHOWED TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. ON LINE EXTENDED FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY 30 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON
SOUTHWEST TO BOYLE COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AT NEAR 45MPH.
ANOTHER LINE OF STRONGER STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY TO ANDERSON COUNTY 25 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON THROUGH LEXINGTON
TO NICHOLAS COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THIS LINE WAS ALSO
MOVING RAPIDLY EAST.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH MANY OF THESE
AFTERNOON STORMS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
KYZ007-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
135PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
8PM EDT...

AT 135PM RADAR SHOWED TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. ON LINE EXTENDED FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY 30 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON
SOUTHWEST TO BOYLE COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AT NEAR 45MPH.
ANOTHER LINE OF STRONGER STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY TO ANDERSON COUNTY 25 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON THROUGH LEXINGTON
TO NICHOLAS COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THIS LINE WAS ALSO
MOVING RAPIDLY EAST.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH MANY OF THESE
AFTERNOON STORMS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
145 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

TIME               REPORT/LOCATION

125 PM EDT         NWS VOLUNTEER OBSERVER REPORTED 100 MPH WINDS AND
                   LOTS OF DAMAGE NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN IN HARDIN COUNTY.

141 PM EDT         AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                   NEAR BARDSTOWN IN NELSON COUNTY.

LGL
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:53 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

TIME               REPORT/LOCATION

140 PM EDT         WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND AROUND CAMPBELLSVILLE
                   IN TAYLOR COUNTY. REPORTED BY TAYLOR COUNTY DISPATCH.

LGL

  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                   NEAR BARDSTOWN IN NELSON COUNTY.

LGL
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:53 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
153 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993

TIME               REPORT/LOCATION

140 PM EDT         WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND AROUND CAMPBELLSVILLE
                   IN TAYLOR COUNTY. REPORTED BY TAYLOR COUNTY DISPATCH.

LGL

  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                   NEAR BARDSTOWN IN NELSON COUNTY.

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, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson41 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, 2:26 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

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.