Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it moved east across the Mississippi Valley. As the atmosphere became very unstable due to daytime heating and hot south winds, the clusters evolved into a well-organized mesoscale convective system during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it moved east across the Mississippi Valley. As the atmosphere became very unstable due to daytime heating and hot south winds, the clusters evolved into a well-organized mesoscale convective system during the afternoon. Numerous reports of damaging winds accompanied storms within the complex as it moved southeast.
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 15, 2:56 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 256 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED PUBLIC DISCUSSION FOR SHORT MESOSCALE UPDATE. ALSO UPDATED AVIATION SECTION. && .DISCUSSION... GIVEN SEVERE WIND GUSTS (REPORTED 70 MPH FROM KCGI ASOS) AND REPORTS OF DAMAGE ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE ONGOING STORMS...WENT AHEAD AND LOCALLY EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MOST OF WEST KENTUCKY. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. DAMAGE SO FAR HAS CONSISTED OF POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN AS WELL AS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...(SENT AT 106 PM CDT) MID LEVEL CIRCULATION SEEN ON SATELLITE AND RADAR MOSAIC / PROFILER OVERLAY...MOVING INTO NW MISSOURI WITH A SHARP INCREASE IN CONVECTION NOTED FROM ECNTRL ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SVR WATCH IS ONGOING THROUGH 9 PM AND INCLUDES OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. PROSPECT FOR SVR IS A TAD HIGHER TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER FLOW ALOFT AND COOLER TEMPS ALOFT ALLOWING FOR STEEPER LAPSE RATES. WIND SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE TOO. PARENT UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY 12Z WEDNESDAY WHILE A WEAK SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE AREA. WILL TRANSLATE BEST POPS EAST WITH TIME TONIGHT...THEN SUPRESS THEM TO OUR SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES WEDNESDAY...WITH MOST OF THE AREA DRY AS THE FRONT MAKES EVEN FARTHER SOUTHWARD PROGRESS. THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN PROMINENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/SOUTHEAST STATES LATE WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION GOING THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN DRY AFTER THAT...THOUGH LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS MEANS ISOLD TSRA MAY BE POSSIBLE EVEN THEN. TOO FAR OUT TO TELL AT THIS TIME. AFTER A SUBTLE DOWN TICK IN TEMPS AND DEW POINTS NEXT 48 HOURS...WILL RETURN TO HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS FRIDAY ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. STAYED VERY CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE IN THE LONG TERM. IN THE SHORT TERM...USED A BLEND OF GFS AND NAM MOS NUMBERS FOR MAXS AND MINS. .AVIATION... SHRA/TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND INCLUDED CB AT ALL TAF SITES. ADDED A TEMPO GROUP AT KCGI GIVEN CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF BY 00Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AREAS THAT RECEIVE PRECIP MAY SEE SOME MVFR FOG AFTER 06Z...BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE THAT UNTIL WE SEE WHAT SITES HAVE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 414 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-161000- 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- 414 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A MODERATE RISK ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE LIKELY...ALONG WITH VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS BORDERS WITH MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY. THEN A DAILY CHANCE OF STORMS EXISTS THURSDAY ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A BRIEF PULSE SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE NON SEVERE. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FROM FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND ON INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
316 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0219 PM TSTM WND GST CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
06/15/2010 M61 MPH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO ASOS
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
327 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG W VIENNA 37.41N 88.89W
06/15/2010 JOHNSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTS OF SEVREAL TREES DOWN IN CYPRESS AND WEST VIENNA
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
337 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND GST DU QUOIN 38.00N 89.24W
06/15/2010 M66 MPH PERRY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK CEMETARY ON U.S. 51 NORTH OF DU
QUOIN
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
341 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG W VIENNA 37.41N 88.89W
06/15/2010 JOHNSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN NEAR 37 SOUTH AND HOUND DOG RIDGE ROAD NORTH
OF CYPRESS.
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
353 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW GALATIA 37.88N 88.67W
06/15/2010 SALINE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
424 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0423 PM TSTM WND DMG LA CENTER 37.07N 88.97W
06/15/2010 BALLARD KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN OVER CITY STREET AND REPORTS OF
MARBLE SIZED HAIL
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JAYSONWThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in Winslow and Petersburg.
Tree limbs at least six inches in diameter were down.
Widespread damage occurred throughout Princeton, where two windows were blown out of the county courthouse. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Between 30 and 50 trees were blown down from west of Owensville to Princeton. The damage was more in pockets than continual. At a radio station on U.S. Highway 41 at State Route 64 on the west side of Princeton, a wind gust to 60 mph was measured as the power went out. Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph after the power went out in Princeton. A trained spotter in the west part of Fort Branch measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
In Evansville, two people were injured when a tree fell on the bedroom, hallway, and living room of a house. Both were transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries. One suffered a head injury, and the other had a neck injury. Both injured people were attempting to leave the house through the front door when the tree landed on the home. They exited through the back door after being injured. The structural damage to the house was moderate to major. Elsewhere, there were numerous reports of utility lines blown down in McCutchanville. A trampoline blew in front of cars on the Lloyd Expressway in Evansville. Trained spotters estimated wind gusts near 60 mph in Evansville.
Tree limbs were blown down. A trained spotter estimated sustained winds around 40 mph with peak gusts near 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2010
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: 234192, 234211, 234168, 234172, 234173.