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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 1993Clinton County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 1:26 PM CDT for Clinton County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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

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, 12:32 PM CDT, 54 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, 12:35 PM CDT, 51 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, 12:35 PM CDT, 51 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, 12:46 PM CDT, 40 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, 12:53 PM CDT, 33 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, 12:53 PM CDT, 33 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, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade63 min
Jun 4, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin40 min
Jun 4, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham35 min
Jun 4, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby37 min
Jun 4, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott50 min
Jun 4, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby51 min
Jun 4, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin52 min
Jun 4, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison49 min
Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer29 min
Jun 4, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott26 min
Jun 4, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby22 min
Jun 4, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Woodford47 min
Jun 4, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMontgomery39 min
Jun 4, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Madison40 min
Jun 4, 10:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMenifee68 min
Jun 4, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge30 min
Jun 4, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade53 min
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion35 min
Jun 4, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson41 min
Jun 4, 12:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson2 hr
Jun 4, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor37 min
Jun 4, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell52 min
Jun 4, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard40 min
Jun 4, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison40 min
Jun 4, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln, Rockcastle49 min
Jun 4, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin48 min
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, McCreary, Whitley40 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKEstill, Powell60 min
Jun 4, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWhitley29 min
Jun 4, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.