Thunderstorms developed in a warm southerly wind flow ahead of low pressure over the Plains states. The storms were enhanced by a weak mid-level shortwave trough over the Lower Ohio Valley.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in a warm southerly wind flow ahead of low pressure over the Plains states. The storms were enhanced by a weak mid-level shortwave trough over the Lower Ohio Valley.
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 23, 2:36 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 336 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 335 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 A COMPACT MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION HAS CAUSED ALL DAY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. WAYNE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES HAVE BEEN THE WORST HIT BY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT IT HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE RAIN-COOLED AIR IN THAT AREA...A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS DEVELOPED FROM EVANSVILLE TO CARMI AND MT VERNON. HAVE TRIED TO FOCUS GOOD CHANCE POPS IN A ZONE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A CLUSTER OF STORMS JUST EAST OF I-57 IN FRANKLIN AND WILLIAMSON HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SOME DIME- SIZED HAIL...BUT WITH THE STORMS BEING VERY OUTFLOW DOMINATED...WOULD NOT EXPECT ANY INDIVIDUAL CORE TO LAST VERY LONG. SUB-SEVERE OUTFLOW WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT WILL BE TRICKY...AS THE CONVECTION ALWAYS SEEMS TO INCREASE TOWARD 00Z IN OUR AREA...AND THE MCS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO THE EVENING. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS NORTHWEST AND INTERSECTS WITH THE MCS TO THE NORTHWEST OF KSTL. WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE THE MCS DEVELOP SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. NOT SURE ON HOW FAST THIS MAY HAPPEN...BUT LEFT A 40 PERCENT CHANCE THROUGH THE EVENING IN THESE AREAS. OVERNIGHT...THE 12Z NAM INDICATES PLENTY OF SHOWERS OVER THE AREA MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. IT CORRECTLY INDICATED THE ELEVATED CONVECTION WE HAD EARLY THIS MORNING...SO WILL NOT IGNORE IT TODAY. LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE AREA 09Z- 15Z MONDAY. BEYOND MONDAY MORNING...THE FORECAST IS REALLY LOW CONFIDENCE. THE GENERAL TREND IS FOR INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOW-LEVELS...AS MINOR RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WOULD LEAD TO DECREASING CONVECTIVE PROBABILITIES AND INCREASED HEAT AND HUMIDITY. HOWEVER...THERE ARE STILL SOME MODELS TRYING TO BRING CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS EASTWARD INTO THE AREA AT VARIOUS TIMES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. WILL KEEP SMALL POPS THROUGH THIS PERIOD MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST AND EAST. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN THE ABSENCE OF CONVECTION WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 OVER A GOOD BIT OF THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND EVEN IN A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL GRADUALLY GET WARMER EACH NIGHT AS THE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 70S WILL BE COMMON TUESDAY NIGHT AND SOME ISOLATED AREAS MAY SEE MIDDLE 70SON MONDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 335 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THE EXTENDED PERIOD SHOULD INVOLVE TWO SEPARATE MID LEVEL FEATURES PROVIDING SOME KIND OF FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION...THOUGH THE FINER DETAILS ARE A BIT MURKY. THE MED RANGE MODELS WERE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL EVOLUTION OF THE MID LEVEL FLOW PATTERN OVER THE CONUS...STARTING OUT AS QUASIZONAL...TURNING MORE NWRLY WITH A SHEAR AXIS MOVING THROUGH EARLY THU...FOLLOWED BY A BROADER SHRTWV ON SAT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SFC REFLECTION /PRESSURE TROF/ WITH THE FIRST SYSTEM AND SIGNIFICANT DIURNAL INSTABILITY/PWATS WED AND THU...BUT NO REAL WIND SHIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM. WED NIGHT/EARLY THU...SOME OF THE GFS/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOWED A FAIRLY STRONG SIGNAL FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS TO BE AROUND MOST OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA... ESPECIALLY IN THE ERN HALF. WE ARE GOING WITH 30-40 POPS EAST OF THE MS RIVER WED NIGHT/EARLY THU AT THIS TIME. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG...WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE QUITE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLUGGISH MOVEMENT OF THE SFC TROF. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 106 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 LOOKS LIKE TS IS A GOOD BET OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. WENT WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR MVFR CONDITIONS IN TS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD AT KPAH AND KOWB...AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AT KEVV AFTER SOME MORE HEATING OCCURS. HELD TS OUT OF KCGI FOR NOW...BUT MAY NEED TO ADD IT LATER. CERTAINLY COULD SEE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL RAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STORMS WILL BE OUTFLOW DOMINATED AGAIN...SO SOME GUSTY WINDS SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE GUIDANCE YESTERDAY INDICATED THE SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEY ARE DOING A SIMILAR THING TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY. DECIDED TO MENTION A VCSH AT ALL LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE DONE BY 15Z. DID NOT INSERT ANY TS FOR DIURNAL TS DEVELOPMENT MONDAY...AS IT SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL 18Z OR LATER. ANY DIURNAL TS MONDAY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DRS LONG TERM...DB AVIATION...DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 402 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-241000- 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- 402 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PINCKNEYVILLE TO SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...BUT THE MORE COMMON THREAT WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND AREAWIDE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WHEN A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1224 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM FLOOD WAYNE CITY 38.35N 88.59W
06/23/2013 WAYNE IL DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
2 INCHES OF WATER OVER PAVEMENT REPORTED AT TWO LOCATIONS
IN WAYNE COUNTY...ON HIGHWAY 242 SOUTH OF WAYNE CITY AND
ON US 45N NEAR CISNE.
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BEVPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 313 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ILZ081-082-085-086-232100- FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL-SALINE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 313 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 307 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PITTSBURG...OR 6 MILES EAST OF JOHNSTON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... THOMPSONVILLE AND HANAFORD. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL E WEST FRANKFORT 37.90N 88.93W
06/23/2013 E0.25 INCH FRANKLIN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST EAST OF WEST FRANKFORT IL
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BEVPThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were uprooted. Several large tree limbs and power lines were knocked down. A camper was damaged.
About six inches of water was over Highway 149 in places. Several back roads were impassable, and a few residents reported water getting into homes. Around 2.5 inches of rain was received during this event.
Route 150 west of Cutler was under about six inches of water. Three inches of water was over the road on the other side of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2013
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: 455660, 455657, 455658.