4 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 Jun 8, 1:15 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (DAYS 1-3)... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTION UPSTREAM WHERE SVR THREAT EXISTS W/SVR WATCHES POSTED FROM SRN IA/NW IL THRU CNTL MO TO SE KS. ETA IS MOST AGGRESSIVE AT SAGGING THIS CONVECTION SOUTH AND EAST...AFFECTING PAH FA OVERNIGHT. GFS IS MINIMAL W/ITS EFFECT ON PAH FA. ALL HAVE LOW MOS POPS FROM SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE CAT...AND THAT PLUS COLLABORATION MAKES FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE POP NECESSITY OVERNIGHT...WHEN SVR THREAT SHOULD NOT BE AS HIGH. THEREFORE WE ARE IN GEN RISK TSMS ONLY VIA SPC. DAYS 2 AND 3 ARE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT...W/STAGNANT SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN AND CONTINUED GEN RISK TSMS. BY DAY 3 WE ARE BECOMING INFLUENCED BY INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AFFECTING MRH AVAILABLE IN THE COLUMN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME EVENTUAL HIGHER POPS. UNTIL THEN...WE LIKE THE PERSISTENCE STRATEGY SUMMER FORECAST FOR WARMER GUIDANCE (FWC-MAV) HIGHS AND LOWS W/SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE CATEGORY POPS THRU THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (DAYS 4-7)... EUROPEAN/GFS NUMERICAL MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING AND POSITION OF PROGGED LOW ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND UP THE EAST OF THE MS/OH RIVERS LATER IN THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE POSITION AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...BLENDED HIGHER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN KY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE TRACK OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. LOW WILL ALSO IMPACT QPF VALUES SIGNIFICANTLY...GIVEN THE HIGHER WATER CONTENT AT LOWER LEVELS...AS WELL AS THE SHARP DEFORMATION ZONE EXPECTED TO ORIENT SW TO NE ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP SCATTERED RAIN CHANCES IN PLACE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...AS HPC PROGS A DECENT COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE PAH FORECAST AREA NO LATER THAN 00Z WED. LITTLE CHANGE IN MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES...BUT CHANGED LITTLE FROM GFS MOS VALUES BY NEXT WEDNESDAY...DESPITE DRIER NWLY SURFACE FLOW. INSOLATION SHOULD KEEP MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 80S. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 439 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-091000- 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...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI... CARBONDALE...CAIRO...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 439 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER DARK...ISOLATED STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WELL INTO THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A NEARLY DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED...WITH ENHANCED COVERAGE DURING THE PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. YORK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 334 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ILZ075>078-080>086-088-MOZ076-086-087-100-107-082330- BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL- HAMILTON IL-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY IL-PERRY MO-SALINE IL- UNION IL-WABASH IL-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 334 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING... THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...A LARGE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD THESE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AND SPEED...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR A PERRYVILLE MISSOURI... PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS LINE BETWEEN 630 PM AND 7 PM. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH AN ELLSINORE...CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND A HARRISBURG...WEST SALEM ILLINOIS LINE AFTER 8 PM. AHEAD OF THESE STORMS...A GUST FRONT WITH LOCAL WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS AND KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREES AND LIMBS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR...MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FILL SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO BANKFULL. PERSONS TRAVELING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. SMITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 547 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ILZ075>078-080>086-088-MOZ076-086-087-100-107-090030- BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL- HAMILTON IL-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-PERRY IL-PERRY MO-SALINE IL- UNION IL-WABASH IL-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 547 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING... THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. A LARGE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOULD THESE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AND SPEED...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR A PERRYVILLE MISSOURI... PINCKNEYVILLE AND DIX ILLINOIS LINE AROUND 630 PM. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH AN MARBLE HILL MISSOURI...MARION AND WEST SALEM ILLINOIS LINE BY 730 PM. SOME 10 TO 15 MINUTES AHEAD OF THESE STORMS...A GUST FRONT WITH WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. THIS MAY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS AND KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREES AND LIMBS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AVERAGING NEAR ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR...MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FILL SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO BANKFULL. PERSONS TRAVELING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. SMITH
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down at an apartment complex. Two trees were blown down just outside the Mount Vernon city limits.
A line of showers and thunderstorms moved south across Perry County, producing widespread strong wind gusts. In Tamaroa, a tree and small limbs were blown down, and small debris was blown around. In DuQuoin, a tree was blown across a road. In Pinckneyville, trees and limbs were blown down.
Three trees about 35 feet tall were blown over, snapped at the base.
A building under construction in Mcleansboro was partially blown down. The roof supports of the 40-by-60 foot building fell onto a tractor used by the construction company. A large tree was blown down into power lines. Tree limbs were blown down elsewhere in the city. Just northeast of Dale, a tree fell on a vacant house, causing extensive damage to the roof and walls.
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, June 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: 5454377, 5453734, 5453735, 5454378.