3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 13, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 322 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE POPS AND THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NICE CU FIELD NOTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ACROSS THE QUAD STATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IS EVIDENT...AS 18Z ILX SOUNDING INDICATES DECENT CAP REMAINS BETWEEN 900MB AND 850MB. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND HEAT INDICES HOLDING IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE...WILL MAINTAIN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL ITS EXPIRATION AT 00Z. THE ETA AND GFS CONTINUE THERE RELATIVE BIASES FROM YESTERDAY...WITH THE ETA BEING WARMER ALOFT AND TOTALLY DRY ACROSS THE CWA...AND THE GFS BRINGING CONVECTION SOUTHWARD ALONG/EAST OF 10C ISOTHERM AT 700MB INTO FAR EASTERN ZONES. GIVEN THE MODERATE RISK AREA CLIPS OUR FAR NORTHEAST ZONES...WILL FOLLOW THE GFS...BUT WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 20-30 RANGE ONLY IN THE EASTERN THIRD/HALF OF THE AREA. CAP SHOULD HOLD STRONG TONIGHT IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA...DESPITE WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. GIVEN STRENGTH OF MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WIND FIELDS WILL BE ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT SOME SEVERE STORMS IF ANY CAN BEAT THE CAP IN OUR AREA. INSTABILITY WILL BE WANING BY THE TIME CURRENT ACTIVITY REACHES THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS EVENING...BUT WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS IN GRIDS/ZONES FOR EASTERN THIRD TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...ESPECIALLY IF ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTH BECOMES MORE LINEAR. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL FORECAST TO BE ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...BUT ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE SHOULD BE IN PLACE TO KEEP A VERY LOW POP IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE REGION MAINLY FOR DIURNAL ACTIVITY. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL...BUT NOT NEARLY AS DISGUSTING AS TODAY...ESPECIALLY WITH A LITTLE LESS HUMIDITY. WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER A SMALL POP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WEDNESDAY EVENING...AS MOISTURE IS SLOW TO PUSH WEST OF THAT AREA. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK DRY...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TAKES BRIEF CONTROL OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL LEVELS FOR HIGHS...BUT PERHAPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL FOR LOWS...AS THE DEGREE OF LOW LEVEL DRYING IS NOT CERTAIN. THE 00Z GFS PUT US IN NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...AND BROUGHT A SIGNFICANT SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND PRECIPITATION CHANCE TO THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE 12Z RUN IS TRYING TO DEVELOP MORE OF A CLOSED LOW TO OUR NORTHEAST...AND BRINGS A SYSTEM ACROSS OUR AREA ABOUT 24 HOURS FASTER. DECIDED TO SPREAD LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...JUST TO CATCH ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD BE DRY...BUT ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT ALL BUT LAKES AND SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGIONS. MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT. IL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT. IN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1157 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-141000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 1157 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE QUAD STATE AREA UNTIL 7 PM CDT... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF A CISNE ILLINOIS...TO SANTA CLAUS INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT. THIS WARNING COVERS ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. IN WEST KENTUCKY...THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL WEST KENTUCKY COUNTIES WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MURRAY AND BENTON TO MADISONVILLE AND CENTRAL CITY KENTUCKY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES TOPPING OUT IN THE 105 TO 110 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 557 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 ILZ076>078-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-140030- DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HENDERSON KY-PIKE IN- POSEY IN-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN- WAYNE IL-WHITE IL- 557 PM CDT (557 PM EST) TUE JUL 13 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY... ...LINE OF STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR... A HAZELTON TO PETERSBURG INDIANA LINE BY 630 PM CDT... A WEST SALEM ILLINOIS TO EVANSVILLE AND ROCKPORT INDIANA LINE BY 730 PM CDT... AND A GRAYVILLE ILLINOIS...HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY LINE SHORTLY BEFORE 700 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY TOSS LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS...AS WELL AS CAUSE TREE LIMBS AND SOME TREES TO FALL. IF YOU ARE ON THE ROAD... THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE YOU DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and large limbs were blown down. The winds were produced by a large complex of severe thunderstorms that passed southward across southwest Indiana.
Power lines were blown down in rural parts of southeast Edwards County.
Power lines were blown down along Ladue Drive, and a few trees were down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5411747, 5411748, 5411749.