1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Nov 15, 1:42 AM CST, 13 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 142 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN NEAR TERM FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER/HEAVY RAIN CHANCES FROM CURRENT TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND TEMPS ESPECIALLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE PAH CWA ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5AM CST. LATEST RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS AREAS FROM CARTER AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...TO UNION AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...TO UNION AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. HAVE HAD SOME FLOODING REPORTS...ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS...ACROSS AREAS IN THIS HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. GFS...WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON CURRENT PRECIP...INDICATES HEAVIEST PRECIP AREA WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE PAH FA AFTER 12Z AS WARM FRONT MOVES FARTHER NORTH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN AND SMALL STREAM/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN ALREADY OCCURRING AND EXPECTING THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN TO MOVE NORTH OF THESE AREAS IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HOURS...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS LATE TIME. ON TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH SPC INCLUDING THE ENTIRE PAH CWA IN A HIGH RISK...OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERE MENTION IN TODAYS ZONES. GFS IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE NAM WITH THE LOW...PUTTING IT OVER STL BY 18Z...BUT OVERALL POSITIONING IS VERY SIMILAR WITH GFS MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS FASTER THAN THE NAM. LOOKS LIKE PRIME TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO VERY EARLY EVENING...WITH PRECIP ENDING VERY QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. CURRENT GRID TIMING AND CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK GOOD AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. ONLY TWEAK TO TODAY WILL BE TO INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES NOW THAT WE ARE IN A HIGH RISK. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY. AT 07Z...WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI BORDER...TO NORTH OF PAH...TO JUST NORTH OF EVV...TEMPS RANGE FROM 68 DEGREES AT PAH AND HOP...TO 48 DEGREES AT MVN. TEMPS SOUTH OF THE FRONT ARE ALREADY NEAR OR WARMER THAN THE FORECAST HIGHS OF THE MAV AND MET...SO WILL LOOK TO THE WARMEST FWC FOR GUIDANCE. OVERALL EXPECT TO GO WITH A MID 60S NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A MAJOR COOL DOWN WILL FOLLOW. TEMPS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN HAVING...WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO NEAR SEASONAL. GFS DOES SHOW A COUPLE OF WEAK...DRY COLD FRONTS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT. SO FAR ONLY EFFECTS LOOK LIKE MAYBE SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS...BUT...BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE...DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES. MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...STICKING PRETTY CLOSE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER MAV VALUES. IN THE EXTENDED...MADE SOME VERY MINOR TWEAKS LATE IN THE EXTENDED BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 355 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-161100- 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 355 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WARM...MOIST AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A WARM FRONT MAKES ITS WAY NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. MEANWHILE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AFFECTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE MORNING. STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH STORMS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...SO FLOODING MAY STILL BE AN ISSUE WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RST
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
253 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND GST OLD SHAWNEETOWN 37.70N 88.14W
11/15/2005 60 MPH GALLATIN IL PUBLIC
TOW BOAT OPERATOR SOUTH OF OLD SHAWNEETOWN ON OHIO RIVER
REPORTING STRONG WINDS...ESTIMATED NEAR 60 MPH.
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
255 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 PM TORNADO EAST PRAIRIE 36.78N 89.38W
11/15/2005 MISSISSIPPI MO BROADCAST MEDIA
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND EAST OF EAST PRAIRIE ON
HIGHWAY 102. REPORTED BY A RADIO STATION.
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
258 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0254 PM FUNNEL CLOUD JOHNSTON CITY 37.82N 88.93W
11/15/2005 WILLIAMSON IL COUNTY OFFICIAL
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSTON CITY
ALONG ILLINOIS ROUTE 37 HEADING TOWARDS PITTSBURGH.
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
310 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM FUNNEL CLOUD DAWSON SPRINGS 37.17N 87.69W
11/15/2005 HOPKINS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED SOUTH OF DAWSON SPRINGS ON HIGHWAY 91.
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
324 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
11/15/2005 40 MPH VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
327 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG DAWSON SPRINGS 37.17N 87.69W
11/15/2005 HOPKINS KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN DESTROYED IN DAWSON SPRINGS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
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WIELGOSThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak, short-lived tornado was reported by a trained spotter. The spotter reported the tornado over reclaimed strip-mine property. No damage was located.
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