Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 1993, 5:59 PM EST for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 6:35 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 312259 TORSDF KYC137-312345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 559 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 555 PM EST A TRAINED SPOTTER SIGHTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE CASEY/LINCOLN COUNTY LINE ALONG ROUTE 127. THE STORM WAS MOVING INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN LINCOLN COUNTY...TAKE COVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. SCHOLZ &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 31, 3:04 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
KYZ001>003-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE PADUCAH AREA...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THIS AREA...AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT JUST EAST OF THIS AREA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OWENSBORO AND HOPKINSVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST (8 PM CST) FOR BOWLING GREEN. FUNK AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:08 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-013-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 305 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST UNTIL 9 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF LOUISILLE AND SCOTTSBURG INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST. AT 3 PM EST A THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN. THIS STORM WAS INCREASING IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL BE MOVING JUST NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN THROUGH 3 30 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACES OF SAFETY AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:28 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
KYZ009-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 325 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST... A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 315 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF COLUMBIA AND NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS...20 TO 30 MILES WEST OR SOMERSET. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF LONDON. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH A THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH COLUMBIA. THE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND ANY OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND*S...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:53 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KYZ007-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 355 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST OF MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONCE YOUR SAFETY IS ASSURED...REPORT ANY SEVERE OR DAMAGING WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KERR
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:45 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KYZ007-312300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 445 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST OF MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 440 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...BETWEEN LIBERTY AND SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR DANVILLE AND HARRODSBURG BY 515 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. CONDITIONS REMA$IN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. KERR
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:18 PM EST, 41 minutes before
KYZ004-312300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 AT 510 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LOUISVILLE BY 530 PM EST AND INTO BULLITT COUNTY BY 545 PM EST. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST FOR THESE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ^ FUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 63 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.