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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1993Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin 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, Jun 14, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
600 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE OHIO RIVER FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
   INDIANA...

AT 555 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF
LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR
SCOTTSBURG INDIANA.  THE AREA OF STORMS WAS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER FROM LEAVENWORTH INDIANA TO
LOUISVILLE TO NEAR GOSHEN BY 700 PM EDT.

THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
630 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...BATH...BOURBON...CLARK...FAYETTE...FLEMING...
FRANKLIN...HARRISON...MONTGOMERY...NICHOLAS...ROBERTSON...ROWAN...
SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY...

AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXNINGTON. ALSO ALONG THE ANDERSON...WOODFORD COUNTY
LINE ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES OR 10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON.
ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
^
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KYZ007-142300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
630 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...BATH...BOURBON...CLARK...FAYETTE...FLEMING...
FRANKLIN...HARRISON...MONTGOMERY...NICHOLAS...ROBERTSON...ROWAN...
SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY...

AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXNINGTON. ALSO ALONG THE ANDERSON...WOODFORD COUNTY
LINE ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES OR 10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON.
ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
^
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KYZ007-142300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
   UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM GEORGETOWN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON
SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF VERSAILLES OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON
TO NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG OR 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT
10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER THE LEXINGTON AREA AROUND 715 PM EDT.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KYZ007-142300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
   UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM GEORGETOWN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON
SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF VERSAILLES OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON
TO NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG OR 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT
10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER THE LEXINGTON AREA AROUND 715 PM EDT.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG OHIO RIVER MOVING SOUTH...

AT 650 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE OHIO
RIVER FROM NEAR LAGRANGE IN OLDHAM COUNTY ...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE...THROUGH LOUISVILLE THEN WEST INTO HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA
JUST SOUTH OF CORYDON. NEAR LAGRANGE IN OLDHAM COUNTY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED AND STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. VERY
HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO REPORTS WITH THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SHELBY...JEFFERSON...BULLITT AND
INTO HARDIN AND MEADE COUNTIES THROUGH 7 30 PM EDT.  THE VERY HEAVY
RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO SAFE INDOOR SHELTER.  IF YOU ARE
DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS COVERED BY WATER.

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine29 min
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson35 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.