A squall line containing several embedded bow echo structures moved eastward across southern Illinois. These bow echoes moved east-northeast around 45 mph, producing swaths of wind damage and isolated large hail.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A squall line containing several embedded bow echo structures moved eastward across southern Illinois. These bow echoes moved east-northeast around 45 mph, producing swaths of wind damage and isolated large hail. These storms were associated with a 500 mb short wave trough moving east across the mid Mississippi Valley. Sufficient moisture and instability ahead of the line, coupled with strengthening winds aloft, supported forward propagation of the line into Indiana. On the evening prior to this outbreak, an isolated severe storm occurred over White County.
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 26, 11:56 AM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1256 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE NEAR TERM WILL BE ISOLD OR WIDELY SCT IN NATURE AND DIURNALLY BASED...SO MAINTAINING 20 POPS OR SO TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR POSSIBILITY...ALTHOUGH CURRENT RADAR PICS SHOW MOST DEVELOPMENT IS TO OUR EAST AND WEST. IF THIS DRIER APPROACH HOLDS TRUE THAT WOULD GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO THE DRIER GFS...BUT BOTH GFS/NAM SAG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH YIELDS A SLGT RISK THAT COMES A KNOCKING ON OUR NRN DOORSTEP. THE SLIGHT RISK THEN TRANSLATES SOUTH ACROSS FA W/FROPA SAT AND SIMILARLY WE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE POPS TO/NEAR THEIR PEAK WITH/ALONG THE FRONT FROM LATE FRI NIGHT-SAT-EARLY SAT NIGHT. 2NDARY UPPER TROF PASSAGE MIGHT LINGER AN OVERNIGHT SAT NIGHT POP AS WELL. THE TRENDING OF THE 12Z GFS/NAM IS SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS SO THAT SHOULD BE PAID ATTENTION TO NEXT RUN IN CASE IT ENDS UP BEING SAT-SUN VERSUS LATE FRI NIGHT-SAT...BUT FOR NOW WE GO W/FROPA AND BRING BACK DRY WEATHER BY SUN. THAT ESTABLISHES DRIER/SLIGHTLY COOLER PATTERN FOR MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE DAYS 4-8 (SUN-THU). THE GFS YIELDS STRONG NLYS-NWLYS THAT DRAG DRIER/COOLER AIR ACROSS QUAD STATE THRU TUE/INTO WED...WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE NR/SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS FOR LATE JUNE HIGHS/LOWS. THEN SOME AIR MASS MODIFYING LATER IN THE MID-LATE WEEK WILL SPELL A SLIGHT REBOUND IN TEMPS/HUMIDITIES...CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS. THU-FRI MIGHT SEE RETURN TO A DIURNAL POP BUT WERE LAYING OFF FOR NOW. THE MODELS MOS VARIES FROM THE COOLER/WETTER MET TO THE DRIER/HOTTER MAV. THE FWC OFFERS A COMPROMISING LEAN TOWARD THE MAV AND MIGHT BE OUR PREFERRED ROUTE...OR CLOSE TO IT...FOR THE SHORT RANGE. FIND WE TWEEKED SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN HPC TOWARD GFS BASED MEX MOS INTO THE LONG RANGE GIVEN ITS RUN-RUN SUCCESSIONS SUGGESTING THE SAME. && .AVIATION... THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE MORE CONDITIONAL...ESPECIALLY FOR THE TIME PERIOD FROM 18Z THROUGH 24Z TODAY /THURSDAY/...AS ANY SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE OF CUMULUS OR SCATTERED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS YET TO DEVELOP OVER THE TAF SITES WITHIN THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...FOR THE KPAH AND KCGI TAF SITES...I ANTICIPATE SCATTERED CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT NO LATER THAN 19Z...MAINLY IN THE 3-4KFT AGL LEVEL. FROM 19Z THROUGH 23Z...I FURTHER ANTICIPATE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SINCE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SOMEWHAT CONDITIONAL ON THE POSITION OF A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSAGE AND INTERSECTION WITH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY...I HAVE CURRENTLY LIMITED THE KCGI/KPAH TAF SITES TO VICINITY THUNDERSTORM MENTION AND A BROKEN 5-6KFT AGL CLOUD DECK WITH BUILDING CB MENTION. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIURNAL AND THIN OUT BY 01Z FRIDAY. AFTER THAT TIME...INTRODUCE SCATTERED CLOUD DECKS BETWEEN ROUGHLY 2.5-4.5KFT AGL...WITH A BROKEN MID DECK BETWEEN 7-10KFT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY FRIDAY MORNING...I BRING BACK A SCATTERED 4KFT AGL DECK...WITH MINOR GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TURNING OVER OF THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION. A SIMILAR PATTERN IS EXPECTED WITH THE KEVV/KOWB TAF SITES...BUT WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF NEARBY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE TO BE MONITORED IN AND NEAR THE KOWB TAF SITE TODAY...AT LEAST THROUGH 23Z FRIDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 242 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-271000- 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- 242 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS... INCLUDING MODERATE FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND OFFER THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS...INCLUDING STRONG STORMS...SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS LIKELY DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO A HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING THREAT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED SOMETIME SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 404 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ILZ091-INZ086>088-KYZ010-014-015-018>020-262215- HARDIN-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MARION...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN 404 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER... AT 400 PM...A BROKEN LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHEAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM NEAR UNIONTOWN KENTUCKY...TO HENDRESON KENTUCKY...TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY AND SANTA CLAUS INDIANA BY AROUND 5 PM. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA TO HALF INCH SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
559 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
06/26/2008 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON ELM STREET IN THE CITY OF HENDERSON.
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SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
610 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0337 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
06/26/2008 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON ELM STREET IN THE CITY OF HENDERSON.
EVENT CORRECTED FOR TIME OF DAMAGE.
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SMITHThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Route 141. Police and highway workers rerouted traffic around the area.
A portion of Highway 141 was flooded. Traffic was detoured around the flooded section.
A supercell thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud that passed over the city of Mount Vernon from northwest to southeast. The funnel cloud was photographed at several points during its lifespan. Witnesses reported pronounced rotation. Shortly before the funnel briefly touched down, it was observed by a spotter from the junction of Interstates 64 and 57 looking east.
The funnel cloud which was observed over Mount Vernon briefly touched down several miles east of town. Trained witnesses reported very pronounced rotation with the funnel cloud. The funnel was photographed at or very close to the ground, but trees obscured the possible touchdown point. There was minimal damage, with the exception of a downed power pole and a tree. Maximum wind speeds were estimated around 70 mph.
On the north edge of Du Quoin, a state trooper reported trees were blown down by winds of at least 70 mph. Just east of town, a metal barn was destroyed. Debris from the 120 by 80 foot barn was spread one-half to one mile across a field.
Numerous trees and power lines were down. A large barn was moved off its foundation. There was shingle damage to a residence.
A greenhouse was blown into a cornfield near Rend Lake College.
Trees were blown down, mostly south of downtown Carbondale. Several small trees were down on the Southern Illinois University campus. A couple of roads were blocked two to four miles south of Carbondale, including Old U.S. 51. Elsewhere in the area, a roof was damaged, a tree was down, and canoes were thrown 100 feet.
An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported several large trees were down, blocking Route 37.
Two trees were down across U.S. Highway 45.
The 70 mph wind gust was estimated by spotters and relayed through emergency management.
Trees were damaged at the homes of at least three residences.
A few trees and power lines were down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 2008Warnings in Illinois, June 2008
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: 112428, 112433, 102236, 102235, 112200, 102234, 102238, 102239, 102237, 102240, 102241, 102255, 102242, 112434, 102243.