Isolated wind damage occurred with storms along and ahead of a weak surface cold front that moved southeast from Missouri to the Lower Ohio Valley. The storms formed during the heat and humidity of the afternoon, organizing into bow-shaped structures that produced strong winds.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Isolated wind damage occurred with storms along and ahead of a weak surface cold front that moved southeast from Missouri to the Lower Ohio Valley. The storms formed during the heat and humidity of the afternoon, organizing into bow-shaped structures that produced strong winds.
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 Jul 8, 12:56 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 156 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH THIS PACKAGES WILL BE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF POPS ALMOST EVERY FORECAST PERIOD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROS THE CWA IN THE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER A FEW COULD PULSE UPWARD TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. POP CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY APPROACHES. BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE WEDNESDAY AS THE BOUNDARY SLIDES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA. MODELS SIMILAR IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE PROGRESS OF THIS BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. BEYOND THAT THE GFS APPEARS A BIT TOO AGRESSIVE...SO LEANED MORE TOWARD THE NAM/SREF. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY POPS SHOULD DECREASE FROM THE NORTH AS THE BOUNDARY SLIDES JUST SOUTH OF OUR CWA. THE AGRESSIVE GFS SHOWS NO POPS FOR THESE TWO PERIODS...BUT THE ECMWF/NAM/SREF KEEP SCHC-CHC POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...SO LEANED THAT WAY. AS THE BOUNDARY WASHES OUT...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP THE REGION DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY...AND FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS DRAG A WEAK FROPA INTO THE QUAD STATE REGION ON SATURDAY... SO BUMPED UP POPS TO SCHC. MODELS ARE ALSO IN DECENT AGREEMENT BY HANGING UP THIS BOUNDARY OVER OUR CWA ALONG WITH WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...AND NO APPRECIABLE CAPPING INVERSION ...SO WILL ALSO INCREASE POPS TO SCHC FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MEXMOS AND HPC GUIDANCE POPS ALSO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES. SUNDAY NIGHT EVEN THOUGH HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES THE FRONT TO NEAR THE KY/TN BORDER...THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BOUNDARY HANG UP OVER OUR SEMO COUNTIES AS A SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SCENARIO CONTINUES ON MONDAY SO WILL INTRODUCE A SCHC POP OVER OUR SEMO COUNTIES. THE GFS IS A BIT MORE AGRESSIVE BRINGING THIS STORM SYSTEM OUT OF THE PLAINS...BUT IT INITIALLY LOOKS A BIT OVERDONE...SO FOR NOW WILL OPT FOR THE SLOWER ECMWF SOLUTION. AS THIS SYSTEM SLOWLY BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED SCHC POPS. AGAIN THE GFS IS MORE AGRESSIVE WITH THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM...SO WENT WITH A GFS/ECMWF COMPROMISE. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AFTER SUNSET. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. DUE TO WEAK INSTABILITY...COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LOW. THE FRONT WILL ARRIVE AROUND 12Z. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC.......JP AVIATION.....MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 438 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091000- 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- 438 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. AFTER MIDNIGHT MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE THIS AFTERNOON. LONG TERM RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU AND THEBES...AND ON THE BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MURPHYSBORO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE AREA WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS...PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BECOME MORE OF A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THROUGH THE DAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY IN THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS A COLD FRONT LINGERS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. ON FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH THROUGH THE AREA...RESULTING IN A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LONG TERM RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU AND THEBES...AND ON THE BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MURPHYSBORO. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down on Highway M between Brewer and Lithium. Some branches landed across the road. The tops of four cedar trees were broken at one residence.
A few trees were uprooted.
Three trees were down on H Highway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 124238, 113469, 113473.