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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Louisville, KY

November 14, 1993Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 1993, 1:36 PM CST for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 1993, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 1993, 2:15 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 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
659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson26 min
Nov 14, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble35 min
Nov 14, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt39 min
Nov 14, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby36 min
Nov 14, 2:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson25 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.