1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 May 19, 1:00 PM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... KPAH 88D RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS CONVECTION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. LAPS DATA REVEALS FA AIR MASS (CAPE) DESTABILIZED INTO THE 1600-2100 J/KG2 RANGE. INHIBITING FACTORS SEEM TO BE LACK OF WELL DEFINED SURFACE CONVERGENT BOUNDARY...WITH BROAD SWLYS NOTED ACROSS FA WITHIN INSTABILITY AXIS. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY WELL YIELD SOME OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO PERHATSM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR DIURNALLY MOST UNSTABLE PART OF DAY...THRU 02Z. AFT 02Z...EXPECT VERY BRIEF LULL...THEN PERHAPS OUR BEST STRONG TO SVR STORM THREAT...AS COLD FRONT IS DRIVEN SOUTHWARD BY SEWARD DIVING UPPER LOW AND STRONG DYNAMICAL PVA IS ROTATED AROUND IT. BELIEVE BEST POPS WL BE ALONG AHEAD OF SAID FRONT/LOW PASSAGE...ESP FROM 06Z-12Z. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ANOTHER BOX FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MODEL DIVERGENCE ON THE UPPER LOW TRACK IS PERHAPS LEAST THIS RUN BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT. NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT THOUGH...IT APPEARS THE LOW IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO LINGER ONLY A VERY EARLY FRIDAY POP IN OUR FAR SERN MOST COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE IMPACT OF THE DIFFERING UPPER LOW TRACKS ARE ON TEMPS AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANCES OF PCPN DOWN THE ROAD. THE NGM MOS HAS BACKED OFF ITS EXTREME HIGHS AT 24 AND 48 HOURS...BUT IS STILL THE WARM MODEL. THE ETA HAS WARMED AND THE GFS HAS MAINTAINED THE COOLER APPROACH...PROBABLY PER PMDHMD THAT ITS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK HAS SLOWED THE OVERALL PATTERN EVOLUTION. THE NET RESULT WAS THAT OUR CONFIDENCE IN RETURN PCPN CHANCES ON DAYS 3 AND 6 WAS MINIMAL...SO WE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY IN HOPES OF SOME BETTER MODEL CONFIDENCE OVER THE NEXT FEW RUNS. ALSO...WEVE NUDGED OFF A TOTAL GFS BIAS TO A BETTER GFS/NAM BLEND GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED AND THE PMDHMD MODEL TRENDS ASSESSMENT (PRO NAM). && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...SVR TSM WATCH 288 TIL 7PM AND 289 TIL 9PM ALL COUNTIES. MO...SVR TSM WATCH 288 TIL 7PM ALL COUNTIES. IL...SVR TSM WATCH 288 TIL 7PM ALL COUNTIES. IN...SVR TSM WATCH 289 TIL 9PM ALL COUNTIES. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 705 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-201000- 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 705 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
802 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL PRINCETON 38.36N 87.57W
05/19/2005 0.75 INCH GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PRINCETON IN
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DPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
807 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0751 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SE HOPKINSVILLE 36.75N 87.36W
05/19/2005 CHRISTIAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS REPORTED ON US 68 NR TODD/CHRISTIAN CNTY
LINE.
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DPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
810 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0756 PM HAIL 5 N ELKTON 36.88N 87.16W
05/19/2005 1.25 INCH TODD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 5 MI N OF ELKTON
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DPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
827 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0813 PM TORNADO 7 N ELKTON 36.91N 87.16W
05/19/2005 TODD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT TIMES AND BOUNCING UP
AND DOWN
&&
DPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
917 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0911 PM HAIL 8 SW HOPKINSVILLE 36.77N 87.59W
05/19/2005 0.88 INCH CHRISTIAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 68 IN CHRISTIAN CNTY AT
THE TODD/CHRISTIAN CNTY LINE.
&&
DPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
936 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0931 PM HAIL 3 E BOONVILLE 38.05N 87.22W
05/19/2005 0.50 INCH WARRICK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF INCH HAIL 3-4 MI E OF BOONVILLE IN WARRICK CNTY
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DPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Many roads across the county were reported to be under water. The flooding was due to heavy rainfall from successive thunderstorms. Rainfall was anywhere from 2 to 4 inches during the evening. At the courthouse in Elkton, a total of 2.40 inches was measured in two hours. Street flooding occurred.
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: 5446522.