Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
735 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
INDIANA AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 730 PM CDT THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PETERSBURG
INDIANA AREA AND NEAR HARRISBURG ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WIDE FROM COLUMBUS
INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THEY WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SAME GENERAL AREA
MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS
LIKELY AS MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVES THjROUGH DURING THE NIGHT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
835 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
INDIANA AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 830 PM CDT THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HAMILTON AND
WAYNE COUNTIES NEAR FAIRFIELD AND MCLEANSBORO. THERE WAS ANOTHER VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WASHINGTON INDIANA IN DAVIESS COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING FEWER BUT REMAINED POTENTIALY DANGEROUS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SAME GENERAL AREA
MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS
POSSIBLE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
930 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

AT 930 PM CDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE ONLY OTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHERWISE THERE WERE WIDELY SCATTERED...MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

STORM REPORT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT MAY 15 1986

155 PM CDT...TREES UPROOTED..BLDGS AND AUTOS DAMAGED..ST PHILIP/
             WADESVILLE..POSEY COUNTY INDIANA.
215 PM CDT...SEVERE TSTM WITH WINDS ESTIMATED 60 MPH..OVERHEAD STATE
             POLICE POST..VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
425 PM CDT...HOOK ECHO VISIBLE ON WEATHER RADAR..SOUTHWEST POSEY
             COUNTY..TORNADO REPORTED SAME TIME 4 MI SOUTH OF MT
             VERNON..6 PEOPLE REPORTED INJURED..POSEY COUNTY INDIANA.
440 PM CDT...SEVERE TSTM WITH ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS AND ZERO VSBY
             IN RAIN AT FORT BRANCH INDIANA..GIBSON COUNTY.
450 PM CDT...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR ST PHILLIP INDIANA..REPORTED BY
             POLICE..POSEY COUNTY INDIANA.
455 PM CDT...TORNADO SIGHTED ON THE GROUND CYNTHIANA HGTS AREA..WEST
             OF EVANSVILLE..VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
456 PM CDT...WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL..POSSIBLY TOUCHING THE GROUND..
             SIGHTED ABOUT 6 MI WEST OF THE AIRPORT..BY WEATHER
             STATION AND TOWER PERSONEL..VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
500 PM CDT...HOUSE REPORTED DESTROYED..2 PEOPLE INJURED..WEST SIDE
             SIDE OF EVANSVILLE..VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
539 PM CDT...CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE..FUNNEL CLOUD AND POSSIBLE
             TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AIRPORT..
             ALSO SIGHTED BY WEATHER STATION PERSONEL AND TOWER
             PERSONEL..VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
545 PM CDT...APARTMENT ROOF BLOWN OFF..TOP FLOORS DAMAGED..TREES
             DOWN..GAS LEAK..4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AIRPORT..EVANS
             VILLE VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA.
608 PM CDT...CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR TENNEYSON..BY STATE POLICE..
             WARRICK COUNTY INDIANA.
630 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUD..TREE TOP LEVEL..PERIODICALLY TOUCHING
             DOWN..4 MI SOUTH OF HOLLAND BY STATE POLICE..DUBOIS
             COUNTY INDIANA.
755 PM CDT...STATE POLICE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN..2 MILES SOUTH
             OF WASHINGTON..DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA.
FINAL NOTE...T.V. NEWS COVERAGE AT 10 PM CDT..SHOWED FOOTAGE OF THE
             TORNADO THAT DAMAGED SHAMROCK APARTMENT..SEE 545 PM CDT
             REPORT ABOVE..ALSO SEVERAL ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SCENES FROM
             THE GREATER EVANSVILLE AREA.
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