1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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, 5 hours 32 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
734 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM DIX IL WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 JEFFERSON TREES AND ANTENNAS DOWN
IN DIX REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTERS
0716 PM SESSER IL WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 FRANKLIN POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY TRAINED SPOTTERS
0723 PM IL WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 JEFFERSON POWERLINES DOWN AROUND
COUNTY REPORTED BY
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
0700 PM DUQUOIN IL WIND DAMAGE
06/10/03 PERRY TREES DOWN AND ONE SHED
DAMAGED REPORTED BY PERRY
COUNTY DESILZ076>078-082-083-085>087-089>091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ010-014>016- 018>021-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 752 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WERE MOVING QUICKLY EAST NEAR 65 MPH. AT 745 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ALONG A LINE FROM CARRIER MILLS...CARMI...ALBION AND WEST SALEM ILLINOIS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR HAZELTON...PRINCETON AND MOUNT VERNON INDIANA...ONWARD TO UNIONTOWN KENTUCKY BY 815 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY DOWN SOME TREES...AS WELL AS KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. PERSONS ON THE ROAD OR OUTDOORS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. SMITH
ILZ077-078-083-087-090-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ007-010-013>016- 018>021-110135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 817 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 ...LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WERE MOVING QUICKLY EAST BETWEEN 60 TO 65 MPH. AT 813 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ALONG A LINE FROM HAZELTON...FORT BRANCH AND BLAIRSVILLE INDIANA...ONWARD TO UNIONTOWN KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR STENDAL AND NEWBURGH INDIANA...ONWARD TO STURGIS KENTUCKY BY 835 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY DOWN A FEW TREES...AS WELL AS KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE TOSSED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS ON THE ROAD OR OUTDOORS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees and power lines were blown down in Princeton, Francisco, and Owensville. State Route 64 was blocked by large trees, and cars and homes were damaged by falling trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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