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 May 4, 1:44 PM CST, 9 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 244 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING OF PRECIP AND SVR WX. FIRST CLUSTER OF STORMS NORTH OF WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION AT 850 SLOWLY MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. AT 1900 UTC WARM FRONT ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CWA WITH MID TO UPPER 60 DEW POINTS. LARGE HAIL WITH ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN SYSTEM NOW OVER NEBRASKA...KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. EXPECT THIS SYSTEM TO MERGE INTO A POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE AS IT REACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SEVERE IN ZONES BOTH TONIGHT AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. EHI AND VGP VALUES FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER BOTH TIME FRAMES. FIRST SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEAKENS TO OUR EAST DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. IF THE CLOUDS BREAK AS EXPECTED...WE WILL DESTABILIZE BY AFTERNOON WITH FORECAST CAPES OVER 3500 J/KG. AGAIN WITH VGP VALUES OVER .3 IN PART OF WEST KENTUCKY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EHI VALUES AROUND 5...SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. AS FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH...IT IS FORECAST TO BE ALONG OHIO RIVER BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH SURFACE LOW MOVING ALONG FRONT...WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO WINDS...TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED FORECAST...ALL MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH FRIDAY WHICH MEANS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK TROUGH OVER WEST COAST WILL KEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. TIMING OF IMPULSES IN SOUTHWEST FLOW THAT WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS VERY DIFFICULT. THIS WILL KEEP A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER UNTIL FRIDAY. MODELS SWING DECENT SYSTEM THROUGH ON FRIDAY...ANOTHER LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .PAH...NONE. SPODEN
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
1001 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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 1-24PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 PM JOY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER ALSO 60 MPH WIND
REPORTED AT THIS TIMEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1028 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1026 PM ROPERS LANDING IL WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03 POPE REPORTED BY POPE COUNTY
DES TREES DOWN ALONG WITH
UNCONFIRMED ROOF DAMAGEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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 TIMEPRELIMINARY 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
MURRAYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large equipment shed was destroyed, and numerous trees were down. The equipment shed was about 60 feet long and capable of housing three combines. The small damage area was on Greens Chapel Road close to the Christian County line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 2003
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