An upper level high that was over the region during early June retrograded west during the middle of the month. This allowed for disturbances in the northwest flow aloft to bring multiple rounds of precipitation.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
An upper level high that was over the region during early June retrograded west during the middle of the month. This allowed for disturbances in the northwest flow aloft to bring multiple rounds of precipitation. Showers and thunderstorms during this time were slow-moving and capable of torrential downpours. Rainfall ranged from two to almost five inches in many locations. Another series of mesoscale convective systems late in the month produced one to three inches with locally higher amounts. Rivers rose back above flood stage in response to the rainfall.
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 25, 3:08 AM EST, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 308 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE...AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM...WILL BE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF QPF AS WE EVOLVE INTO A PATTERN CONDUCIVE TO NIGHTLY MCS DEVELOPMENT. WITH A STORM SYSTEM SPINNING UP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ITS ASSOCIATED SFC BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST...850-300MB THICKNESSES INDICATE THE MASSIVE MCS CURRENTLY OVER NEBRASKA DIVING SOUTHEAST INTO OUR REGION TODAY. THE BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT BACK ACROSS THE CWA TODAY...AND BY 00Z SUNDAY (7 PM TODAY)...THE NW-SE ORIENTED BOUNDARY SHOULD BE BISECTING OUR CWA. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT EFFECT THE MCS HAS ON OUR REGION...WITH INCREASING SHEAR... MOISTURE...INSTABILTY...AND THE ADDED LOW LEVEL FORCING FROM THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET TODAY ACROSS THE CWA...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. EVEN THOUGH THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO BE DRAPED OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF OUR CWA BY 12Z SUNDAY...MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER MCS DIVING OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...SO BUMPED UP POPS TO LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS TONIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES FOR SUNDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS IN THE MORNING AS WHATEVER REMNANTS OF THE MCS LINGER THERE. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS AN H5 RIDGE BUILDS NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION AND THE WARM FRONT NOW WELL TO THE NORTH OF OUR CWA... PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. EVEN THOUGH THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...THE EFECT OF THE UPPER RIDGING SHOULD ONLY ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS MONDAY NIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA ON TUESDAY AS THE RIDGE GETS SUPPRESSED JUST A TAD. MADE NO CHANGES BEYOND TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... SHRA/TSRA ARE POSSIBLE AROUND 10/11Z OR SO. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ATTM AS TO THE AREAL EXTENT AND TIMING OF THIS CONVECTION...SO OPTED FOR A VCSH/CB MENTION. BUT...IF THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY SHOULD MAINLY AFFECT KCGI AND KPAH. ISLD TO SCT TSRA POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL...BUT COVERAGE AND TIMING IS NOT CERTAIN ATTM...BUT BELIEVE BEST CHANCES WOULD BE OVER KPAH/KCGI...SO KEPT A CB GOING. LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...SO HINTED AT THIS WITH THE INCLUSION OF CB AT KEVV/KOWB. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MY/JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 323 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-260830- 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- 323 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING EARLY THSI MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS....ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM POSEYVILLE INDIANA TO CADIZ KENTUCKY. ANOTHER WAVE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE SAME AREAS MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS. SEE RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE MISSOURI TO FULTON KENTUCKY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE AREA. ON MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-64 CORRIDOR. AGAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER DURING THAT TIME. HEAT WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES ABOVE 100 OVER PARTS OF THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS. SEE RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. JP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 638 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ILZ084>086-088>090-094-251215- JACKSON IL-JOHNSON IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-SALINE IL-UNION IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 638 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON... NORTHEASTERN UNION...SOUTHWESTERN SALINE...NORTHERN POPE...NORTHERN MASSAC...JOHNSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 715 AM CDT... AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CARBONDALE AND MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST TOWARD VIENNA ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GOREVILLE...LAKE OF EGYPT AREA...BUNCOMBE...CREAL SPRINGS...VIENNA...NEW BURNSIDE... STONEFORT...NEW COLUMBIA...DIXON SPRINGS...SIMPSON AND EDDYVILLE. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 714 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ILZ084>086-088>091-094-KYZ007-010-011-013-251300- JACKSON IL-JOHNSON IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-SALINE IL-UNION IL- WILLIAMSON IL-HARDIN IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-CALDWELL KY- CRITTENDEN KY- 714 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON... NORTHEASTERN UNION...SOUTHWESTERN SALINE...POPE...NORTHERN MASSAC... JOHNSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN...CENTRAL CALDWELL...NORTHERN LYON AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 AM CDT... AT 709 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DIME SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CARBONDALE ILLINOIS AND PRINCETON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR NEW BURNSIDE ILLINOIS AND SALEM KENTUCKY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SIMPSON...DIXON SPRINGS... EDDYVILLE...GOLCONDA...CARRSVILLE...ROSICLARE...JOY...BURNA... FARMERSVILLE...SALEM...PRINCETON...FREDONIA AND DYCUSBURG.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 756 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ILZ088>090-093-094-KYZ004-005-007-251345- JOHNSON IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-PULASKI IL-UNION IL-LIVINGSTON KY- MCCRACKEN KY-BALLARD KY- 756 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN UNION...NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...POPE...MASSAC AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... AND EASTERN BALLARD...NORTHWESTERN MCCRACKEN AND NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 845 AM CDT... AT 751 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM GOREVILLE ILLINOIS TO METROPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE CYPRESS...NEW GRAND CHAIN...KARNAK...VIENNA...BELKNAP...WEST PADUCAH...BURNA...NEW COLUMBIA...METROPOLIS...JOPPA...GOLCONDA...EDDYVILLE...BROOKPORT AND KEVIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 915 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ILZ089-090-094-KYZ005>009-251515- JOHNSON IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-MCCRACKEN KY-MARSHALL KY- CALLOWAY KY-GRAVES KY- 915 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN POPE...EASTERN MASSAC AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND GRAVES... CALLOWAY...MARSHALL...EASTERN MCCRACKEN AND WESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1015 AM CDT... AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIMPSON TO BROOKPORT TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYMSONIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE DIXON SPRINGS...REIDLAND... LEDBETTER...BREWERS...KIRKSEY...HAMLETSBURG...JOY...BURNA... GOLCONDA...SMITHLAND...MURRAY...HARDIN...CALVERT CITY AND BENTON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
924 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0839 AM HAIL ROUND KNOB 37.22N 88.73W
06/25/2011 M1.00 INCH MASSAC IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1+ INCH HAIL REPORTED IN MASSAC COUNTY NEAR ROUND KNOB
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JAYSONWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1018 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 KYZ006-008-009-251615- MARSHALL KY-CALLOWAY KY-GRAVES KY- 1018 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRAVES...CALLOWAY AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1115 AM CDT... AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 6 MILES WEST OF BREWERS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF HARDIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SEDALIA...AURORA... LYNNVILLE...KIRKSEY...HARRIS GROVE...NEW CONCORD...MURRAY AND HAZEL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the White River inundated bottomland fields and woodlands. County Road 250 West from State Road 56 was flooded and blocked vehicle access to Dodge City. About a dozen Pike County roads were flooded.
Minor flooding of the White River inundated bottomland fields and woodlands. High water affected residents in Pottsville river cabins. A few roads were flooded. Oil-stripped fields were flooded. Flood gates were installed at Hazleton. Floodwaters covered the Hazleton softball field.
Minor flooding of the Wabash River inundated some low-lying woods and fields. A few local river roads were closed by high water. Some backwater from the Wabash River raised levels on tributary creeks. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Agricultural losses were significant. Farmers moved livestock to higher ground.
Minor flooding along the Wabash River flooded some low-lying fields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2011
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: 316055, 316052, 316037, 316044.