Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a slow-moving frontal boundary that extended from the central Plains southeast across the Missouri Bootheel into west Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a slow-moving frontal boundary that extended from the central Plains southeast across the Missouri Bootheel into west Tennessee.
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 30, 11:49 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1249 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED PUBLIC AND AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSIONS. && .DISCUSSION... SHORTWAVE ENERGY SEEN ON THE LATEST RUC ANALYSIS SEEMS TO BE FUELING THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH SMALL PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND A GOOD PART OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING IT ANY FURTHER EAST INTO THE WABASH VALLEY OR EVEN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DUE TO THE DRY AIR IN PLACE. WITH THIS FEATURE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL KEEP THE SCATTERED MENTION OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. STRONG INSTABILITY ALONG WITH A WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS ALLOWING FOR ISOLD/SCT CONVECTION TO BEGIN FORMING THERE AS WELL. UPDATED THIS AFTERNOONS FORECAST TO ACCT FOR ALL OF THIS. TEMPERATURES ARE BEING ALTERED WITH ALL THE CLOUDS...AND READINGS ARE ONLY REACHING 90 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY. && .AVIATION... THE COMBINATION OF SOME MID LEVEL ENERGY AND A WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MO IS RESULTING IN SOME SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. CONTINUED WITH ONLY A CB MENTION AT KCGI ATTM GIVEN THE UNCERTAINITY. DESPITE VERY LIGHT WINDS AND HIGHER MOISTURE IN THE WRN SECTIONS...SIGNIFICANT VSBY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO FOG AT KCGI/KPAH OVNGT SEEM UNLIKELY ATTM BECAUSE OF HOW DRY IT HAS BEEN. DEEP MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TOMORROW...AS A FRONT APPROACHES...AND WHILE THIS MAY TRIGGER SOME SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO MAKE EXPLICIT MENTION ATTM. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 338 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-311000- 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- 338 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF A STORM IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE HEAT INDEX WILL RISE TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE HEAT INDEX WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 100 TO NEAR 105 EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house. Sparks came out of the ceiling fan in the living room. Firefighters removed the fan, and no other problems were found.
High winds took down three trees and several limbs at a campground on the Castor River near Grassy.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 251780, 243263, 251753.