5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:00 AM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 .DISCUSSION... 04Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST...WITH MESO TROF OVER PAH FA...IN ASSOCIATION W/ MCV INITIATED CONVECTION OCCURRING OVER NRN/NERN PTNS FA. MODELS HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY PICKING UP VORT BUT DO DECENT JOB MODELING CONVECTIVE AREA...ALTHOUGH PMDHMD POINTS OUT GFS FEEDBACK. BASIC MODEL LINE IS FOR TSMS TO MOVE EAST AND EXPAND SOUTHWARD TOO. THIS WILL GIVE HIGHEST POPS NE-SE EARLY TODAY...THEN AS ATMOS JUICES UP...SCT PM STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN. WILL NOT HAVE MUCH OF A TAPER OF POPS...HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY FA-WIDE...WITH THE SAME GOING FOR TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY...THE MODELS ALL DRAG A COLD FRONT THRU THE FA. THE ETA IS SLOWER AND LINGERS PCPN LONGER...WHILE THE GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE PUSH OF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION THRU THE FA. WE OPTED FOR A MIDDLE GROUND APPROACH IF NOT LEANING ON THE ETA...GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY THE LAST SUCH FRONT HAD MAKING IT THRU THE FA. PLUS WE WL BE HAVING BY THEN KATRINA REMNANTS TO DEAL WITH...WHICH MAY EFFECTIVELY SLOW DOWN EWARD PROGRESS OF SAID FRONT. MOS POPS ARE ALL HIGH FOR SAT WITH THE FRONT IN PLAY...THEN WE WE END THE POPS SLOWLY SAT NIGHT...AS WE GET BEHIND THE FRONT BY SUNDAY. WE DECIDED TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY SUNDAY-THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH ONE COULD ARGUE FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE ON ANY NUMBER OF TIME PERIODS. CAUTIOUSLY BUYING THE GFS SUGGESTS A MAINLY DRY MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE FORECAST...W/KATRINA STAYING EAST AND MINOR RIDGING/DRIER AIR IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER OH VALLEY THRU THE TIME PERIOD. WE FAVOR WARMER MOS UNTIL FROPA...AFTER WHICH WE BLEND INTO THE LONG RANGE GUIDANCE...ALTHOUGH WE DONT QUITE BUY (JUST YET) THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DRIER/COOLER AIR THE GFS WANTS TO SINK INTO THE AREA. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 353 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-270900- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 353 AM EST FRI AUG 26 2005 /353 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE QUAD STATE. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST...THAT WOULD BE THE BEST CHANCE TIME PERIOD FOR ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1111 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-261815- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 1111 AM EST FRI AUG 26 2005 /1111 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #747 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI... CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE...STODDARD...PERRY...BOLLINGER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BUTLER...SCOTT...NEW MADRID...AND MISSISSIPPI IN ILLINOIS... PERRY...JEFFERSON...WAYNE...EDWARDS...WABASH...FRANKLIN...HAMILTON ...WHITE...JACKSON...WILLIAMSON...SALINE...GALLATIN...UNION... JOHNSON...POPE...HARDIN...ALEXANDER...PULASKI...AND MASSAC IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... BALLARD...CARLISLE...HICKMAN...FULTON...MCCRACKEN...GRAVES... LIVINGSTON...MARSHALL...CALLOWAY...CRITTENDEN...LYON...CALDWELL ...TRIGG...UNION...HENDERSON...DAVIESS...WEBSTER...MCLEAN... HOPKINS...MUHLENBERG...CHRISTIAN...AND TODD IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... GIBSON...PIKE...POSEY...VANDENBURGH...WARRICK...AND SPENCER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVEOP ACROSS THE HEARTLAND LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. JAP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1218 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM TSTM WND DMG COBB 37.02N 87.76W
08/26/2005 CALDWELL KY CO-OP OBSERVER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY
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DLLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 159 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ILZ080-084-261930- JACKSON IL-PERRY IL- 159 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN PERRY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF AVA BY 115 PM...MURPHYSBORO BY 120 PM...AND CARBONDALE BY 130 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS FROM THIS STORM COULD TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS...AND BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS. SOME TREES MAY ALSO FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF IN ONE HOUR...AS WELL AS FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. RJP/MTF
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Small trees were blown down, and there were some power outages. Two tents secured by ropes were blown down at the Murphysboro High School. One home in Murphysboro sustained major damage when two 16-inch tree limbs fell on the home and a car.
Estimated by a trained spotter.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Vienna area.
Several trees were blown down in the Pounds Hollow area of the Shawnee National Forest, near the Hardin County line.
Small trees were blown down along the Gallatin County border.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2005
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: 5473675, 5473676, 5469319, 5469320, 5473677.