A severe thunderstorm complex moved east-southeast across the Arkansas border counties, weakening somewhat as it approached the Bootheel counties. Considerable wind damage occurred with this thunderstorm complex over the Ozark foothills region, including Doniphan.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm complex moved east-southeast across the Arkansas border counties, weakening somewhat as it approached the Bootheel counties. Considerable wind damage occurred with this thunderstorm complex over the Ozark foothills region, including Doniphan. Most of the wind damage occurred south of a line from Van Buren to Poplar Bluff to New Madrid.
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 Jun 30, 2:18 PM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 318 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE POPS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK. CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING EAST TO WEST THROUGH THE CWA AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. EVEN WITH SOME CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...THE BEST STORMS STILL NEEDED THE EXTRA BOOST FROM THE TERRAIN TO APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. GIVEN THE LACK OF SEVERE WEATHER NOW AT MAX HEATING...WOULD FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. FURTHER NORTH THERE ARE BOUNDARIES A PLENTY...NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS THE TRUE FRONT...BUT THE NAM AND GFS BOTH DRAG IT MOSTLY THROUGH THE AREA BY 12Z FRIDAY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW AN AREA OF CONVECTION PUSHING EAST TO OUR NORTH OVERNIGHT...WHILE OTHER CONVECTION DIVES SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...CLIPPING OUR WESTERN ZONES. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE ENTIRE TONIGHT PERIOD...WITH THE BEST CHANCES WEST NEAR CURRENT ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP A 30 POP IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES FRIDAY MORNING FOR ANY LINGERING CONVECTION...TRENDING TO A DRY FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A MILDER...DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL LEVELS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. AS FOR TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE MAV...BUT THERE WAS LITTLE TO CHOOSE FROM. && .LONG TERM DISCUSSION...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY RATHER WEAK ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL DOMINATE NEXT WEEK. SUBTLE MID LEVEL FEATURES WILL BE THE MAIN TRIGGER FOR PRECIP CHANCES DURING THE WEEK. AT SUCH A LONG TIME RANGE...THE MODELS ARE STILL FAR APART ON THE TIMING OF THESE SUBTLE SHORTWAVES. GFS AND 00Z ECMWF/UKMET ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. TIMING DIFFERENCES ARE VERY LARGE...WITH THE 12Z GFS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE...BRINGING THE FRONT TO SRN ILLINOIS LATE MONDAY. OVERALL...THE MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING FASTER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS BOUNDARY OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THEREFORE...POPS WILL BE RAISED EARLIER IN THE FORECAST...AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY FOR WEDNESDAY...WHEN MODEL AGREEMENT IS STRONGEST THAT THE FRONT WILL BE IN THE LOWER OHIO/MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN SOUTHERLY ON SUNDAY...BRINGING A RETURN TO HEAT AND HUMIDITY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. 850 MB TEMPS ON MONDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF YESTERDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...HEAT CONCERNS SHOULD BE MITIGATED SOMEWHAT BY INCREASING CLOUD COVER WITH THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. BASED ON THE PAST COUPLE GFS RUNS...IT APPEARS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH BY THURSDAY...BRINGING DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER. WILL STAY CLOSE TO GFS MOS TEMPS AND DEW POINTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. && DRS/MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-011000- 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 345 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH SUNSET OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...AHEAD OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. OTHER STORMS MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT. DRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 348 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ILZ090-094-KYZ005-302130- MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-POPE IL- 348 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY... AT 345 PM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR...WAS LOCATED OVER JOPPA ILLINOIS...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DRIFT SOUTHEAST TOWARD METROPOLIS ILLINOIS AND WEST PADUCAH KENTUCKY BY 430 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SOME TREES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND. THIS RAIN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND DITCHES TO OVERFLOW VERY QUICKLY...AS WELL AS CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...AVOID ROADS WHERE WATER IS PONDING. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
401 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N GOLCONDA 37.44N 88.49W
06/30/2005 POPE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREES DOWN, ROOFS OFF OLD BARNS, METAL ROOF OFF NEW
BARN, PORCH TORN OFF HOUSE.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 6 N METROPOLIS 37.24N 88.71W
06/30/2005 1.00 INCH MASSAC IL TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF NEW COLUMBIA.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
755 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL JOHNSONVILLE 38.52N 88.54W
06/30/2005 0.88 INCH WAYNE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:19 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous tree limbs were blown down. Most of the community was without power.
Widespread damaging winds occurred. In Doniphan, the roof was blown off a car wash, and a couple of downtown businesses sustained roof damage. Bricks were blown off the facade of another business. Numerous homes sustained minor roof damage, such as shingles blown off. Awnings were damaged. Falling large trees smashed a few cars, and several large trees fell onto houses. Across the remainder of the county, trees fell across roads (both county and state) and across power lines. The winds occurred in advance of precipitation associated with the severe thunderstorms.
Numerous trees and power lines were down in the southern part of the county, especially Qulin and Harviell. Tree limbs fell across roads. Four to five signal line poles were knocked down along a section of railroad tracks near the south edge of Poplar Bluff.
Construction signs were blown down along Interstate 55 near Portageville, and trees and power lines were down in Portageville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5453841, 5453842, 5453843, 5453844, 5453846, 5453845.