Numerous thunderstorms preceded a strong cold front that moved southeast across the region. The storms organized into lines along outflow boundaries preceding the initial storms.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms preceded a strong cold front that moved southeast across the region. The storms organized into lines along outflow boundaries preceding the initial storms. Hail was the primary severe weather type, and there was some isolated wind damage.
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 Apr 3, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 .DISCUSSION... SEVERE THREAT IMMEDIATE CONCERN WITH FROST/FREEZE LATER IN THE WEEK. LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THE LOW WAS JUST SOUTH OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS WITH A THE COLD FRONT ARCING SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH ST LOUIS TO JUST EAST SPRINGFIELD MO. LATEST SURFACE OBS AND 18Z UA FROM BNA AND SGF RUNS INDICATE SOME CAPPING ALTHOUGH IT IS EASILY BROKEN WITH THE FRONTAL APPROACH. RADAR INDICATES HAIL WITH THE EXISTING STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA AND SOME ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH A COUPLE STORMS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL OF COURSE BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY SUPERCELLS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE OR ESPECIALLY OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA OF STORMS. THE LATEST LAPS RUNS INDICATE THE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE QUAD STATE HAS LIFTED INDEX -8...CAPE VALUES UP TO 2000 J/KG. THE WIND FIELDS ARE NOT THE GREATEST FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT BUT STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL SEVERE PARAMETERS COMBINED. NEXT CONCERN AFTER TONIGHT WILL BE FOR FROST/FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS IS COVERED IN THE HWO AND WILL NOT HEADLINE ANYTHING UNTIL THE SEVERE THREAT IS OUT OF THE FA. AS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MODELS CONTINUE ADVERTISING COLD/FREEZING TEMPS. THE MODELS ARE STARTING TO STABILIZE FROM RUN TO RUN. AS PREVIOUS FORECAST DID LEAN TOWARD THE WARMER SIDE OF MODELS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 431 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-041015- 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- 431 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY EXTENDING INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP BY LATER THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO FORM A LINE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH WITH WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THESE STORMS. BY 700 PM...THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A MCLEANSBORO ILLINOIS TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI LINE. ALL OF THE STORMS WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST BY MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION STARTING WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO GO BELOW FREEZING EACH MORNING FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A HARD FREEZE...ALONG WITH FROST...IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON PORTIONS OF THE LOWER WABASH RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THE LATE MORNING HOURS...EXTENDING INTO THE EVENING. SPODEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
247 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL MOUNT VERNON 38.32N 88.91W
04/03/2007 E1.75 INCH JEFFERSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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DLL/MJNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
302 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM HAIL 1 NE MOUNT VERNON 38.33N 88.90W
04/03/2007 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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DLL/MJNThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 199 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf-ball size hail was reported throughout the community of Freemont. Most of the hail was nickel size.
A funnel cloud with strong rotation was observed southeast of Perryville along U.S. Highway 61.
Numerous trees were blown down.
Numerous tree limbs were down on DD Highway.
Quarter-size hail was reported on County Road 415 in the northwest corner of the county.
Quarter-size hail was reported at the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and Highway 142.
Gusts to 60 MPH were estimated at the U.S. Highway 67 junction with Highway 142.
Numerous trees, power lines, and about 10 utility poles were blown down along Highway 25. A utility pole struck a vehicle travelling on the highway. A passenger in the vehicle sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Twenty spans of 3,400-volt electrical lines were down on the road and vehicles. Other vehicles were blown off the highway. A second person was transported to a local hospital with minor to moderate injuries, and an unspecified number of others sought their own treatment. The highway was shut down overnight and reopened the next morning. Numerous outbuildings, barns, and sheds were damaged in this rural farming area. One person reported seeing irrigation pipes blown into fields and roofs off structures.
Rotating funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter.
Two trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2007
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: 14855, 18569, 14857, 14859, 14862, 18574, 14860, 14856, 14861, 18571, 18573, 14853, 14864, 14865, 21631, 18576, 14867, 14868, 14854.