A line of thunderstorms moved rapidly east across parts of southern Illinois, producing sporadic reports of wind damage. The storms passed mainly north of a line from Carbondale to the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved rapidly east across parts of southern Illinois, producing sporadic reports of wind damage. The storms passed mainly north of a line from Carbondale to the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers.
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 Jun 10, 1:46 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 246 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. AT 19Z...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA FROM BASICALLY I-55 EASTWARD. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA/WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES AT 19Z WERE STILL IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PAH FA...WITH A FEW AREAS AROUND 70 WHERE RAIN HAS ENDED. AVN/MESOETA/ETA MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST AND DRAPING ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OR JUST NORTHWEST OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. MODELS INDICATE THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN NEAR/SOMETIMES OVER OUR REGION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE LULLS IN SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DISTURBANCES ALONG THE FRONT WILL MAKE EXACT TIMING OF BREAKS DIFFICULT. FWC/MAV GUIDANCE SHOW HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS FOR WEDNESDAY...AND SPC DAY 1 AND DAY 2 GUIDANCE HAS ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. ALREADY HAVE LIKELY GOING IN THE CURRENT PACKAGE FOR WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THIS. BEST BET BEYOND WEDNESDAY IS TO HAVE CHANCE POPS EACH DAY UNTIL MODELS SHOW BETTER AGREEMENT IN SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS. MAV GUIDANCE HIGHS ARE A LITTLE COOLER THAN FWC. PREFER THE COOLER MAV READINGS DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP. MAV/FWC LOWS ARE SIMILAR AND WILL STICK CLOSE TO THESE VALUES. IN THE EXTENDED...WITH EXPECTED CLOUDS AND PRECIP...AGAIN WILL GO NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW MEX GUIDANCE. .PAH...NONE. TREVINO
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NOLES
ILZ092-102029- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 308 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...ISOLATED STRONG STORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY ILLINOIS... AN ISOLATED STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...JUST EAST OF COMMERCE MISSOURI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HORSESHOE LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH AND UNITY BY 325 PM. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS ROUTE 3 SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR PONDING OF RAINWATER ON ROADWAYS. IF THIS STORM IS MOVING NEAR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SMITH
ILZ075-076-080>082-084>086-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 711 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... A FAST MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM REACHING SEVERE LIMITS...WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MOUNT VERNON...BENTON...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...AND WAYNE CITY. THROUGH 745 PM...YOU CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH MANY OF THE STORMS...WITH HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WITH SEVERE STORMS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. IF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NEAR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few power poles were down in Mcleansboro. Trees and limbs were blown down across northern parts of the county from Piopolis to Aden.
A couple of trees were blown down near the Hamilton County line.
Wind gusts were estimated near 60 MPH by emergency managers.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2003
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: 5359558, 5360308, 5360309.