Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 2004
Start: 2004-06-13T10:05
End: 2004-06-13T10:10
Location: Kentucky

June 13, 2004 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
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 Jun 13, 1:31 AM CST, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:31 AM CST, 8 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
231 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. MAIN CHALLENGE
CONTINUES TO BE ON AND OFF CHANCES OF PRECIP THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN
DAY FORECAST PERIOD.

MCS PLOWING SE ACROSS MISSOURI TOWARD OUR CWA. SHALLOW STABLE LAYER
AT THE SURFACE GIVING SFC BASED LIFTED INDICES IN THE +1 TO +4
CATEGORY...BUT SHOWALTER INDICES STILL YIELDING 0 TO -2.
THEREFORE...FEEL THAT CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN A BIT BEFORE ENTERING
OUR CWA BUT CONTINUE ACROSS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...SEE A BIT OF
A BREAK IN THE ACTION IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THEN
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MIXING AND HEATING WE GET...EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND TO GET GOING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT
BRINGING AN H5 SHORT WAVE NE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH ASSOC
VORT MAX TODAY WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FORCING. DURING THE
NIGHT TONIGHT THE WAVE AND VORT MAX MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. PREFER THE
ETA/MESOETA SOLUTION WHICH SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO QPF FOR TONIGHT...BUT
JUST IN CASE...WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP. WITH A COUPLE OF RIPPLES OF
ENERGY PASSING OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY WILL KEEP CHC POPS.  MONDAY
NIGHT IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS (RIPPLES OF ENERGY
AND A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT JUST NORTH OF OUR CWA AND AN UPPER LOW
OVER THE DEEP SOUTH). ON TUESDAY SOME OF THE ENERGY...MOISTURE...ETC
FROM THE UPPER LOW OVER THE DEEP SOUTH BEGINS TO DRIFT NORTH...SO
KEPT IN LOW CHC POPS. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND TUESDAY (5TH
PERIOD).

MADE A FEW TEMPERATURE TWEAKS HERE AND THERE...OTHERWISE THEY LOOKED
GOOD.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

JAP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 6:54 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
754 AM CDT SUN JUN 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
754 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM FAIRFIELD ILLINOIS TO PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH LARGE
HAIL IS POSSIBLE...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD ALSO BE A THREAT AS STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF
TIME OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALMOST EVERY DAY AND NIGHT
THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND TONIGHT.

JAP

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCracken

When: June 13, 10:05 AM CST to 10:10 AM CST
Where: McCracken County, 1 mi NE of West Paducah
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 37.100, -88.733

A microburst with winds up to 75 MPH affected an area on the west side of Paducah 1.8 miles long and 0.7 mile wide. The damage path was entirely along Kentucky Highway 305, beginning about 2 miles west of Interstate 24 and ending about 100 yards west of exit 3 on the interstate. Small sheds and outbuildings were destroyed, siding and roofs were damaged, and trees were uprooted or snapped. A pontoon boat was blown into a motor home, damaging both. A flatbed trailer was extensively damaged by a tree that fell on it. Three utility poles were broken, and 10 spans of wire between poles were knocked down by trees. Kentucky Highway 305 and a set of railroad tracks were closed due to trees and power lines down.

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, June 2004

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: 5408490.