1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 11, 2:58 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 358 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE DIURNALLY BASED CONVECTIVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE AHEAD OF LOW /925MB/ TO MID LEVEL /500 MB/ NE TO SW ORIENTED TROUGH. THIS TROUGH HAS ALREADY MOVED INTO SWRN IN AND WRN KY...WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVING EWD BETWEEN 20-25 MPH. AFTER THIS CONVECTION DECAYS DURING THE EVENING...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCS CURRENTLY OVER NRN MO AND SERN IA SHOULD GRADUALLY TAP UNCONTAMINATED AIR OVER THE EXTREME NORTH PART OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA CLOSER TO THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THIS CONVECTION IS THEN EXPECTED TO KICK OFF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OVER THE NERN PART OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA...NAMELY SWRN IN AND NWRN KY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR MONDAY...ETA AND GFS NUMERICAL GUIDANCE FINALLY AGREE ON THE TIMING OF THE DOMINANT NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...IN ADVANCE OF THE THE BUILDING RIDGE FROM THE WEST...ONE MORE SIGNIFICANT TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON MONDAY. UNFORTUNATELY...THIS TROUGH WILL NOT HELP TO SCOUR OUT ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE TROUGH WILL LIKELY STALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA. FOR TUESDAY...1000-500 MB THICKNESSES FROM ALL GUIDANCE SUGGEST THAT TUESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK...WITH LOW TO MID 90S LIKELY. GIVEN THE MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE...I DISCOUNTED NGM MOS UPPER 90S TEMPERATURE FORECAST. RIDGING WILL KEEP CONVECTION AWAY FROM MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT THERMAL PROFILE NEAR THE EDGE OF THE RIDGE...MAINLY SWRN IN AND NWRN KY...WILL SEE CONVECTION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS A GOOD PART OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY WILL LIKELY REACH INTO THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE. FINALLY...FOR WEDNESDAY...ETA AND GFS BRIEFLY RETROGRADE THE W-E RIDGE OVER KS..BRINGING IN ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM...AS WELL AS POSITION AND INTENSITY DIFFERENCES OF THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...KEPT A LOW POP FORECAST IN PLACE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES...KEPT TEMPERATURES WITHIN 1-3 DEGREES OF GFS MOS NUMBERS AS GENERAL GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... CONCERNING THU THROUGH SAT...SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE MUCH FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE AS FAIR WEATHER HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP THINGS TRANQUIL THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. SURFACE FRONT SHOULD STAY WELL TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. EXPECT RATHER COMFORTABLE TEMPS AND HUMIDITY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...AND WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME OF OUR COOLER REPORTING STATIONS COME IN WITH UPPER 50S FRI MORNING. WEAK RIPPLES OF ENERGY DIVING SOUTHEAST IN H50 NORTHWEST FLOW COULD END UP BEING A FLY IN THE OINTMENT SOMETIME IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...BUT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE THIS FAR OUT TO PINPOINT SUCH THINGS. CHOSE TO KEEP THINGS DRY UNTIL SUNDAY...WHEN THE GFS (FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY) BRINGS A RATHER POTENT SHORT WAVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD INTO THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. WILL STAY CLOSE TO MEX MOS TEMPS DAYS 4-7. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SMITH/GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 408 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-121000- 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 408 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 711 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ILZ076>078-082-083-INZ081-082-085>088-120045- EDWARDS IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-SPENCER IN- VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL- 711 PM CDT (711 PM EST) SUN JUL 11 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HEADED FOR PIKE AND GIBSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MAINLY PIKE COUNTY AND THE NORTHEAST FRINGE OF GIBSON COUNTY BY 730 PM. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED 40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS AS IT WENT THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS WELL. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PETERSBURG... HAZELTON...AND BOWMAN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOOPER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 740 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ILZ075>078-080>088-INZ081-082-085>088-120145- EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL-JACKSON IL- JEFFERSON IL-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-UNION IL- VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 740 PM CDT (740 PM EST) SUN JUL 11 2004 ...A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH I 64 BY SUNSET. THIS STORM COMPLEX PRODUCED 40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS AS IT WENT THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS WELL. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DU QUOIN... MOUNT VERNON...CISNE...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT CARMEL...AND PETERSBURG. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOOPER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 857 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-120300- EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL-JACKSON IL- JEFFERSON IL-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN- VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 857 PM CDT (857 PM EST) SUN JUL 11 2004 ...A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... AT 900 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS...THROUGH FAIRFIELD...AND MOUNT CARMEL...TO JUST WEST OF PETERSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WERE DECREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 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. HOOPER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were uprooted, and an amateur radio tower was blown down. Numerous tree limbs were down between New Concord and Hamlin. A spotter's wind equipment measured a gust to 90 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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