1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 May 5, 2:30 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED CONVECTION EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT BRIEFLY PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN RIPLEY COUNTY HAS DIED DOWN CONSIDERABLY...BUT MAY SEEM SOME MINOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH SUNRISE. LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AS SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP NORTHWARD. THIS IS IN LINE WITH MODEL FORECASTS OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHIFTING TO OUR NORTH AND STRENGTHENING ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. THERE WILL NOT LIKELY BE A SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY IN THE AREA TO FOCUS CONVECTION TODAY...SO WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. THE DEVELOPING SURFACE TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCUS OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TODAY...SEE THE SWODY1 FOR DETAILS. A FEW STORMS MAY MOVE OFF THIS BOUNDARY INTO WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...SO IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN POSTED. INSTABILITY WILL BE QUITE LARGE THROUGHOUT THE AREA...SO ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. LATER TONIGHT...SEVERE STORMS TO THE WEST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO AN MCS OR TWO AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BOTH THE GFS AND ETA KEEP THE MAIN SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...PREFER THE FURTHER NORTH ETA WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP THE LIKELIES GOING JUST TO BE SAFE. REGARDLESS THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF AN MCS DOES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. LOOKING FORWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WILL KEEP THE BROKEN RECORD FORECAST GOING. LOCATION OF BOUNDARIES AND TIMING OF IMPULSES IN THE PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE CONVECTION WILL BE THE BEST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK. FOR NOW WILL KEEP ALL POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH INDICATE SOME POTENTIAL RELIEF BY THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY WENT WITH A CONSENSUS OF AVAILABLE GUIDANCE THROUGH THURSDAY. .PAH...NONE. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-051000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 857 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 ...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE RISK OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE RISK OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER THE REST OF THE REGION. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF CARBONDALE ILLINOIS...TO NEAR MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE LINE. ONE ROUND IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY TOMORROW...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE REST OF THE QUAD STATE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IS APPEARS THAT SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TOMORROW. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCH AREAS. ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE AREA. IN ADDITION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. PS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1117 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1049 PM MARION KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CRITTENDEN TREES DOWN BLOCKING HWY
723 IN MARION REPORTED BY
CRITTENDEN COUNTY DESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1129 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1123 PM KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 WEBSTER LIGHT DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES IN WHEATCROFT
REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
1128 PM MURRAY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CALLOWAY NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY CALLOWAY COUNTY DES
TRAINED SPOTTERS MEASURED
80 MPH GUST 8 MILES SW OF
MURRAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1148 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1146 PM OAK GROVE KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
1132 PM BELL CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 GRAVES NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN SEVERAL
GREENHOUSES HEAVILY
DAMAGED REPORTED BY
COUNTY DES DIRECTOR
1145 PM LIVERMORE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 MCLEAN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1205 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 5NE MURRAY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CALLOWAY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE PATH
SUSPECTED TORNADO DAMAGE
ALONG HWY 94 AT NEWBURG
NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY CALLOWAY COUNTY DES
DIRECTORPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1221 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM 2S ST. JOSEPH KY WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03 DAVIESS MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
REPORTED BY DAVIESS
COUNTY DES DIRECTOR
1157 PM FT. CAMPBELL KY FUNNEL CLOUD
05/04/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY MILITARY
WEATHER FORECASTERS AT
CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELDLOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1225 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM MARION KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CRITTENDEN A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY POLICE.
0245 PM SHADY GROVE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 CRITTENDEN REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT
0753 PM GATEWOOD MO 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 RIPLEY REPORTED BY RIPLEY COUNTY
DES
0758 PM 15W DONIPHAN MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 RIPLEY REPORTED BY RIPLEY COUNTY
DES
0802 PM 9W DONIPHAN MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 RIPLEY REPORTED BY RIPLEY COUNTY
DES
0802 PM 9W DONIPHAN MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 RIPLEY REPORTED BY RIPLEY COUNTY
DES
0810 PM MT. VERNON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
0814 PM 2W POPLAR BLUFF MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 BUTLER REPORTED BY BUTLER COUNTY
DES
0818 PM 9N POPLAR BLUFF MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 BUTLER REPORTED BY BUTLER COUNTY
EM
0820 PM WAPPAPELLO MO 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 WAYNE TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC
0822 PM WAPPAPELLO MO 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 WAYNE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
0837 PM 2W ADVANCE MO 80 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 STODDARD REPORTED BY STODDARD
COUNTY DES
0856 PM MORLEY MO 80 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 SCOTT REPORTED BY SCOTT COUNTY
EM
0859 PM BETWEEN SIKESTON AND HAYWOOD CITYMO FUNNEL CLOUD
05/04/03 SCOTT REPORTED BY SCOTT COUNTY
EM
0913 PM COWLING IL 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 WABASH REPORTED BY WABASH COUNTY
DES
0914 PM OLIVE BRANCH IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 ALEXANDER REPORTED BY EOC ALSO 60
MPH WIND WITH SOME TREES
DOWN
0918 PM BELMONT IL 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 WABASH REPORTED BY WABASH COUNTY
EMA
0920 PM DELTA MO FLOODING
05/04/03 CAPE GIRARDEAU STREET FLOODING 2 1/2
INCHES OF RAIN WITH 1
INCH IN 20 MINUTES
0924 PM OLMSTEAD IL 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 PULASKI REPORTED BY PULASKI
COUNTY DES
0945 PM KEVIL KY 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 BALLARD REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
0951 PM WEST PADUCAH KY 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 MCCRACKEN REPORTED BY WFO PADUCAH
PERSONNEL
0958 PM METROPOLIS IL FUNNEL CLOUD
05/04/03 MASSAC REPORTED BY MASSAC COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE THAT THE
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS EAST OF
METROPOLIS NEAR 1-24
1010 PM JOY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER ALSO 60 MPH WIND
REPORTED AT THIS TIME
1026 PM ROPERS LANDING IL WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 POPE REPORTED BY POPE COUNTY
DES TREES DOWN ALONG WITH
UNCONFIRMED ROOF DAMAGE
1028 PM 5SW MURRAY KY 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/03 CALLOWAY REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS. ALSO 0.75 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED AT
THIS TIME
1040 PM 5NE MURRAY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CALLOWAY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE PATH
SUSPECTED TORNADO DAMAGE
ALONG HWY 94 AT NEWBURG
NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY CALLOWAY COUNTY DES
DIRECTOR
1049 PM MARION KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CRITTENDEN TREES DOWN BLOCKING HWY
723 IN MARION REPORTED BY
CRITTENDEN COUNTY DES
1123 PM KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 WEBSTER LIGHT DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES IN WHEATCROFT
REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS
1128 PM MURRAY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 CALLOWAY NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
BY CALLOWAY COUNTY DES
TRAINED SPOTTERS MEASURED
80 MPH GUST 8 MILES SW OF
MURRAY
1132 PM BELL CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 GRAVES NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN SEVERAL
GREENHOUSES HEAVILY
DAMAGED REPORTED BY
COUNTY DES DIRECTOR
1145 PM LIVERMORE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 MCLEAN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPT
1146 PM OAK GROVE KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds from 75 to 80 MPH caused minor damage to two homes and destroyed a gazebo. Numerous trees were blown down and outbuildings sustained minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2003
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