1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 13, 1:30 PM CST, 12 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... NEAR TERM FORECAST CHALLENGE IS ONGOING STRONG-SVR TSMS IN MAINLY ERN 1/2 OF PAH FA. 12Z META PICKED UP NICELY ON THIS CONVECTIVE OUTBREAK AND MID PM CONFERENCE CALL W/SPC HAS RESULTED IN SVR TSM WATCH TIL 8 PM FOR MAINLY WKY-SWIN AND FAR SE IL. WL SEND NEW PACKAGE SOON W/UPDATED HEADLINES ETC. AFTER THE PM/EARLY EVENING ROUND...ATTENTION WILL BE REFOCUSED TO THE WEST...AS COLD FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONVECTION APPROACH. EXPECT SOMEWHAT OF A MID EVENING LULL...THEN CATEGORICAL POPS AFT MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF FA AS FRONT MOVES IN. SLGT RISK OF SVR CONTINUES W/INCOMING FRONT...ALTHOUGH TIME OF NIGHT MAY? HELP OUT A LITTLE. MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY INSISTENT ON A LATE NIGHT-EARLY SAT AM FRONT MOVE THRU HEART OF FA...W/MOST PCPN ENDING FROM THE WEST BY MIDDAY...AND CHANCE ONLY LINGERING IN EAST AS FRONT DEPARTS. HOWEVER...12Z ETA HAS SLOWED DOWN ABOUT 1-3 HOURS ON TIMING OF FRONT...DUE TO SHARPER DIG OF UPPER TROF...AND SINCE IT INITIALIZED SO WELL...WEVE SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED THE GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR A GFS/ETA COMPROMISE APPROACH. THE NET RESULT IS ABOUT THE SAME...A PRIMARILY CATEGORICAL EVENT FOCUSED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW...ENDING TOMORROW PM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST BY 00Z SUN. AFTER THAT THE ONLY OTHER MINOR MODEL CHANGE IS A COOLER POST FRONTAL SIGNAL...NOT TOO SURPRISING AS THE ETA HINTS AT A SHAPER DIG OF THE TROF AND THE MODELS START TO GRASP THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT A LITTLE BETTER. THEREFORE WELL ADJUST THE GRIDS/TEMPS DOWNWARD OR AT LEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LATEST MEX MOS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE. NEAR TERM MOS IS NOT TOO DISSIMILAR AND HAD ONLY MINOR TWEEKS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...SVR TSM WATCH #287 ALL COUNTIES TIL 8 PM. MO...NONE. IL...SVR TSM WATCH #287 EXTREME SERN IL COUNTIES TIL 8 PM. IN...SVR TSM WATCH #287 ALL COUNTIES TIL 8 PM. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 418 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 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...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI... CARBONDALE...CAIRO...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 418 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY LATE...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY...TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
836 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG CYPRESS 37.37N 89.02W
05/13/2005 JOHNSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
837 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG VIENNA 37.41N 88.89W
05/13/2005 JOHNSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
924 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM HAIL CAIRO 37.00N 89.18W
05/13/2005 0.88 INCH ALEXANDER IL NEWSPAPER
1240 PM HAIL HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W
05/13/2005 0.88 INCH SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA AND NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN
HARRISBURG.
1245 PM HAIL HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W
05/13/2005 1.00 INCH SALINE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
0250 PM HAIL BOONVILLE 38.05N 87.27W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH WARRICK IN STORM CHASER
HAIL FELL ALONG CYPRESS ST FOR LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.
0402 PM HAIL WEST FRANKFORT 37.90N 88.93W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG MURRAY 36.61N 88.32W
05/13/2005 CALLOWAY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
FEW TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN SOUTHEAST MURRAY. ONE
TREE LYING ACROSS 4TH STREET.
0640 PM HAIL 2 N ALMO 36.72N 88.28W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH CALLOWAY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0704 PM HAIL 1 NE CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.32N 89.54W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0705 PM HAIL CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
05/13/2005 1.00 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ON SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNIVERSITY.
0710 PM HAIL 4 N SIKESTON 36.94N 89.58W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH SCOTT MO EMERGENCY MNGR
0717 PM HAIL EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.30N 89.50W
05/13/2005 0.75 INCH ALEXANDER IL EMERGENCY MNGR
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG VIENNA 37.41N 88.89W
05/13/2005 JOHNSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN.
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG CYPRESS 37.37N 89.02W
05/13/2005 JOHNSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
SMITTYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
One to two feet of water covered Highway 142 in a spot that typically floods during heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 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: 5446428.