Hail in Kentucky, July 22, 2005

Name: Hail in Kentucky, July 22, 2005
Start: 2005-07-22T16:40
End: 2005-07-22T16:40
Location: Kentucky

July 22, 2005 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
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 Jul 22, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
245 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

.SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...

...ONCE AGAIN THE HEAT IS THE MAIN WEATHER ELEMENT...

A BOUNDARY STALLED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING AND APPEARS TO BE WASHING OUT ATTM. THE BOUNDARY DID LOWER
DEW POINTS FOR A WHILE IN THE EAST BUT MOISTURE QUICKLY RECOVERED AS
HEATING AND EVAPORATION GOT UNDER WAY. LATEST SURFACE OBS INDICATED
TEMPS RANGING FROM 96 IN POF TO 89 EVV THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES
RANGED FROM 115 IN CGI TO 100 IN EVV AT 19Z. VIS SAT PICS SHOW MAJOR
CU FIELD OVER THE AREA WHICH IS APPARENT BY THE FLUCTUATING TEMPS
I.E. PAH REACHED 94 BUT FELL BACK TO 92 WITH THE ONSET OF THE CLOUDS.

12Z FRI MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRY CONDITIONS AS THE UPPER
LEVEL HIGH CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. 12Z ETA CONTINUES TO
ADVERTISE 700 MB OF 10C TO 12C THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND...THUS NO
MENTION OF RA EXPECTED IN SHORT TERM. THEREFORE...A PERSISTENCE
FORECAST SEEMS IN ORDER ATTM.

MOS GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE WARM WITH AFTN HIGHS AND A
LITTLE COOL WITH OVNGT LOWS...WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION OF WHERE PRECIP
OCCURRED OVRNGT. THE FWC ACTUALLY CRANKED OUT A 100 FOR PAH SUN. MOS
WAS A ABOUT 3 DEGREES TOO WARM TODAY. OPTED TO GO A DEGREE OR TWO
BELOW A BLEND OF THE MODELS BUT NEARING THE MOS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS HEAT WARNING CONTINUES.

&&

.LONG TERM DISCUSSION...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH NOT
LIKELY AS BAD AS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS
COMING INTO AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY
THE END OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY.  THE GFS HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH
THIS SCENARIO...AND HPC HAS FINALLY BOUGHT INTO IT AS WELL.  THE
MAIN CHANGE IN OUR FORECAST FOR THE WEEK IS TO BRING AN END TO
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WEDNESDAY EVENING...LEAVING THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY DRY.  POPS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WERE INCREASED AS
MUCH AS 10 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS...BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE
MADE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS COOL A BIT BY TUESDAY...BUT
THE GFS KEEPS TEMPERATURES 20-22C AT 850MB...SO MID 90S SEEM LIKELY
TO CONTINUE.  DEWPOINTS MAY BE DROPPING A BIT WITH PROLONGED
HEAT...BUT HEAT INDICES MAY TOP OUT AROUND 105 OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA.  WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR OVER THE WEEKEND FOR
THE POTENTIAL OF EXTENDING THE WARNING ONE MORE DAY.

TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON ACTUAL
FRONTAL TIMING AND THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION COVERAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES AT OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 90 ALL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY...JUST IN CASE THE FRONT IS
A BIT SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF FALSELY
ADVERTISING A COOL DOWN TO BELOW 90...SO WILL TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE
WITH THE POST FRONTAL COOL DOWN.  THIS WILL ALSO WORK AS A SMALL
HEDGE AGAINST A SLOWER OR LESS PROGRESSIVE FRONT.  AS WE ALL
KNOW...A CLEAR FRONTAL PASSAGE IN LATE JULY IS TYPICALLY HARD TO
COME BY.  POST FRONTAL HIGHS NEAR 90 OR LOWER 90S TAKES US A BIT
ABOVE HPC GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.KY...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY FOR
      KYZ001...KYZ002...KYZ003...KYZ004...KYZ005...KYZ006...
      KYZ007...KYZ008...KYZ009...KYZ010...KYZ011...KYZ012...
      KYZ013...KYZ014...KYZ015...KYZ016...KYZ017...KYZ018...
      KYZ019...KYZ020...KYZ021...KYZ022.
.MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY FOR
      MOZ076...MOZ086...MOZ087...MOZ100...MOZ107...MOZ108...
      MOZ109...MOZ110...MOZ111...MOZ112...MOZ114.
.IL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY FOR
      ILZ075...ILZ076...ILZ077...ILZ078...ILZ080...ILZ081...
      ILZ082...ILZ083...ILZ084...ILZ085...ILZ086...ILZ087...
      ILZ088...ILZ089...ILZ090...ILZ091...ILZ092...ILZ093...
      ILZ094.
.IN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY FOR
      INZ081...INZ082...INZ085...INZ086...INZ087...INZ088.

&&

KH/DRS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:43 AM CST, 12 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
443 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-231000-
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
443 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 105 AND 115 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. DUE TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH HEAT
INDICES...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:13 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1213 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1202 PM     EXCESSIVE HEAT   PADUCAH                 37.07N 88.64W
07/22/2005  93 F             MCCRACKEN          KY   NEWSPAPER

            *** 18 INJ *** HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 105 TO 115 OVER
            THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...HAVE SENT 18 PEOPLE TO LOCAL
            HOSPITALS...IN PADUCAH...MAYFIELD AND FULTON FOR HEAT
            RELATED ILLNESSES.

&&

KELLYH

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McCracken

When: July 22, 4:40 PM CST
Where: McCracken County, Lone Oak
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $4,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 37.033, -88.667

A few vehicles sustained minor damage.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, July 2005

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: 5461014.