Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 24, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 24, 2002
Start: 2002-04-24T17:12
End: 2002-04-24T17:12
Location: Illinois

April 24, 2002 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT DUE TO SVR WX AND GRID TRANSFER PROBLEMS
IN IFPS.

CURRENT FCST WILL TREND SVR POTENTIAL EWD THROUGH CWA THROUGH 03Z.
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH MARKEDLY FROM 03Z TO 06Z...AS FROPA MOVES
EAST OF FCST AREA. GIVE HIGH PWS...SUSPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THE SCATTERED WIND/HAIL DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

AFTER TONIGHT...I WILL KEEP MENTION OF SHWRS ONLY FOR FRIDAY...WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. I INCREASED POP FOR
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PCPN EVENT...AS MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES STILL
SHOW A FOCUSED BOUNDARY AND LIFT OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A SMALL
CHANCE OF PCPN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WILL KEEP IT DRY AT THIS
TIME.

FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS...WENT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAV GUIDANCE IN SHORT
TERM...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MEX /NOW AVN EXTENDED/ MOS GUIDANCE.

MANUALLY GENERATED ZONES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE NO LATER THAN 4 PM. CCF
WILL DELAYED A LITTLE LONGER.

.PAH...NONE.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:13 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
513 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0509 PM    1S HENDRICKSON            MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
                                          EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 67
                                          AND O HIGHWAY. STRUCTURAL
                                          DAMAGE WITH ROOFS OFF.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:17 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
517 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 PM    3N POPLAR BLUFF           MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          POLICE.

0513 PM    EQUALITY                  IL   TORNADO
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER AND
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENT

440  PM    EQUALITY                  IL   2.50 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT

0516 PM                              IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   VANDERBURGH                    DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR EVANSVILLE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:22 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
522 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0456 PM    HIGHWAY 67                MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   BUTLER                         DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY EM

0525 PM    DUQUOIN                   IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   PERRY                          REPORTED BY ESDA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:35 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
535 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0532 PM    3W SHAWNEETOWN            IL   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
                                          ALONG ROUTE 13...3 MILES
                                          EAST OF ROUTE 1.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:53 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
553 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0546 PM    STANLEY                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   DAVIESS                        REPORTED BY EMA.

0535 PM    3W DUDLEY                 MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
                                          TOUCHED DOWN THEN WENT
                                          BACK UP

0536 PM    GORDONVILLE               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 REPORTED BY CAPE
                                          GIRARDEAU MEDIA

0538 PM    4N ZION                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HENDERSON                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:00 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0559 PM    1E FISK                   MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   STODDARD                       REPORTED BY EM

0559 PM    3SW DEXTER                MO   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   STODDARD                       REPORTED BY EM

0602 PM    LIVERMORE                 KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 24, 5:12 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Carbondale
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.717, -89.217

Trees were blown down on Willow, North McKinley, and West Sycamore Streets.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, April 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5293654.