Hail in Kentucky, April 24, 2003

Name: Hail in Kentucky, April 24, 2003
Start: 2003-04-24T22:14
End: 2003-04-24T22:14
Location: Kentucky

April 24, 2003 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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, 1:20 PM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:20 PM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
220 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THIS PACKAGE IS WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS ON FRIDAY.

GFS MODEL LAPSE RATES THROUGH THE 850-500 MB LAYER INDICATE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY IN PLACE TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO THE PAH AREA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE GRADUAL NEWD TRANSITION OF THE SURFACE
WARM FRONT AND INCREASING WARM AIR ADVECTION THROUGH AR WILL AID IN
BOUNDARY LAYER LIFTING OF PARCELS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SERN MO AND WESTERN KY.

NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH SERN KS EARLY THIS
EVENING...REACHING KPAH BETWEEN 15-18Z FRIDAY. CONVEYOR BELT
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FORCE A MENTION OF AT LEAST CATEGORICAL
PCPN /OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS/ THROUGH FRIDAY. COVERAGE
RAIN VS. THUNDER WILL LIKELY BE IN A NARROW ZONE...BUT GIVEN THE
PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW TO THE PAH FORECAST AREA...NOT ABLE TO
SPLIT OUT THUNDER/NON-THUNDER LOCATIONS ATTM FOR FRI.

KEPT MENTION OF CHANCE OF SEVERE IN GRIDDED FORECAST ABOUT THE SAME
AS PREVIOUS COUPLE OF FORECAST PACKAGES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPC
SLIGHT RISK OUTLOOK. SEE SPC DISCO FOR MORE DETAILS.

UPPER LOW COMES ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW...KEEPING MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES STEEP AND DEEP SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN KY. THINK
BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...WITH MAIN
TORNADO THREAT FURTHER SOUTH INTO TN/GA/AL.

WILL ALLOW THINGS TO DRY OUT FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...AND
SKIES TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY.
NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS A WEAKER DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVES IN FROM THE PLAINS.

DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUDS/PRECIP...WILL SIDE WITH THE COOLER MAV (AVN)
MOS TEMPS FRIDAY.

PAH...NONE.

MEFFERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:00 AM CST, 18 hours 14 minutes before

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-251000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
500 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND
THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE
DAMAGING HAIL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

SPECIFICALLY...THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST OVER
THE OUTLOOK AREA LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE
MISSOURI...VIENNA ILLINOIS AND MURRAY KENTUCKY.  THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH A SMALL CHANCE
FOR DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM
LATE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY
OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A DAILY CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT
WEEK ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:58 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
558 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0552 PM    2SE MT. VERNON            IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0555 PM    MT. VERNON                IL   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   JEFFERSON                      GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL
                                          SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY
                                          ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:34 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

KYZ001>004-MOZ112-114-250130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
734 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY BORDERING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

AT 734 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRENGTHENING THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AS THE STORMS PUSH NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN
KENTUCKY...HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 830 PM FROM LA CENTER TO ARLINGTON AND CLINTON. BRIEF GUSTY
WIND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

RJP

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:03 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
903 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SALINE AND POPE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS SALINE AND NORTHERN POPE
COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH 930 PM. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH IN DIAMETER IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CARRIER MILLS...HARRISBURG...DELWOOD...AND HEROD.

RJP

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:14 PM CST, 2 hours before

KYZ006-250230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
914 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY...

AT 914 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BEGINNING
TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. WHILE THE STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF
WEAKENING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE PILOT
OAK AND LYNNVILLE AREAS THROUGH 930 PM.

RJP

Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:34 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
934 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0932 PM    6S DONIPHAN               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   RIPLEY                         REPORTED BY EMA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:59 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1059 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

1033 PM    9S POPLAR BLUFF           MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   BUTLER                         PEA TO DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Carlisle

When: April 24, 10:14 PM CST
Where: Carlisle County, Milburn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.800, -88.883

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, April 2003

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: 5350333.