Hail, Gibson
- When
- June 1, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Princeton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -87.567
Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 1, 2004
A few severe thunderstorms crossed southwest Indiana. The first severe storm displayed significant rotation as it moved east across the Wabash River from southern Illinois, passing through Gibson County and then along the Warrick/Pike County line.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms crossed southwest Indiana. The first severe storm displayed significant rotation as it moved east across the Wabash River from southern Illinois, passing through Gibson County and then along the Warrick/Pike County line. A sustained wall cloud and even a brief funnel cloud was observed with this storm. The severe weather reports consisted of hail from dime to nickel size, and an isolated report of downed trees.
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 Jun 1, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH CHANGE EXHIBITED IN LATEST MODEL RUNS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME MINOR DISAGREEMENT AMONGST THE MODELS ON OUR NEXT PCPN CHANCE. THE GFS IS MOST AGGRESSIVE...BRINGING IT IN AS EARLY AS LATE TUE PM WITH A MORE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE EJECTION. ETA/NGM ARE MUCH CLOSER/SIMILAR AND AS SUCH SEEM TO HAVE THE BETTER GRASP ON THE SCENARIO. ANY WAY YOU CUT IT WE ARE TALKING A SMALL CHC PCPN TUE NIGHT-WED...AS THE MID-UPPER TROP CURVE COOLS A LTL AND THE LOWER TROP CURVE WARMS A LTL...SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH FOR INCOMING FRONT/BOUNDARY TO POSSIBLY TAP A TSM OR TWO. AFTER THAT ITS DRY WX INTO THE WEEKEND...THEN THE NEXT CHC OF PCPN WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM DAYS 6-7. WE STAYED IN THE BALLPARK OF MOS TEMPS AND GENERALLY ITS POPS THROUGHOUT THE PACKAGE...WITH SUBTLE LEANS IN THE NEAR TERM BASED ON PREFERRED MODEL CHOICES OF ETA/NGM. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE MO...NONE IL...NONE IN...NONE &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:32 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-021000- 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 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH 10 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI...OHIO...GREEN...AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. THOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS WILL CONTINUE. THE FLOOD CREST ON THE OHIO RIVER WILL REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS WEEKEND...FINALLY REACHING CAIRO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLOODING MAY REACH MODERATE LEVELS UPRIVER FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE TENNESSEE RIVER. FLOODING ON THE MISSISSIPPI...GREEN...AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS IS MINOR AND WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE BY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. YORK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:13 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM HAIL 2 N EDDYVILLE 37.53N 88.59W
06/01/2004 0.25 INCH POPE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:24 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
524 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 1 S HARRISBURG 37.72N 88.55W
06/01/2004 1.75 INCH SALINE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
0519 PM HAIL MOUNT CARMEL 38.42N 87.77W
06/01/2004 0.75 INCH WABASH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
LUECKELocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:28 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
528 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0521 PM HAIL MOUNT CARMEL 38.42N 87.77W
06/01/2004 1.75 INCH WABASH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
LUECKELocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:34 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
534 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL ELKVILLE 37.91N 89.24W
06/01/2004 0.25 INCH JACKSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
LUECKELocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:39 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
539 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0536 PM HAIL 1 S SHAWNEETOWN 37.70N 88.17W
06/01/2004 0.75 INCH GALLATIN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
LUECKELocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:44 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 14 W MORGANFIELD 37.68N 88.16W
06/01/2004 0.75 INCH GALLATIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
LUECKEThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- June 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, 4 mi S of Princeton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -87.567
Several trees were down on County Road 350S.
Funnel Cloud, Warrick
- When
- June 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County, 3 mi NE of Lynnville
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gibson
- When
- June 1, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, 1 mi S of Princeton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.333, -87.567
Hail, Gibson
- When
- June 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Somerville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.283, -87.367
Hail, Pike
- When
- June 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County, Winslow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.383, -87.217
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1 to 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 3, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, June 1, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 1 to 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2004
More
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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: 5408322, 5408323, 5408396, 5408395, 5408324, 5408325.