A thunderstorm with intense lightning passed across the Hopkinsville area. The storm occurred ahead of a cold front that was crossing Missouri and Illinois.
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A thunderstorm with intense lightning passed across the Hopkinsville area. The storm occurred ahead of a cold front that was crossing Missouri and Illinois.
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 16, 1:48 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 248 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 MODELS HAVE DONE A DECENT JOB DEPICTING THAT CONVECTION JUST NOW INTO SRN IL/SW IN/AND SE MO WOULD BE DECREASING WITH TIME. GENERALLY WILL STICK WITH LOWER POPS GIVEN THERE IS NO SPECTACULAR SIGNALS SUGGESTING OTHERWISE THROUGH TONIGHT. IN FACT...NUMERICAL GUIDANCE...THE SREF AND NAM SUGGEST CHANCES LOWER FOR CONVECTION MONDAY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS WELL...SAVE FOR MAYBE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SEMO INTO WRN KY. PLAN ON LOWERING POPS BUT MAINTAINING LIKELY POPS ACROSS ROUGHLY THE SRN 1/2 OF THE AREA. CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH DRY WEATHER FORECAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. USED A BLEND OF SREF BIAS CORRECTED/NAM-GFS MOS AND PREVIOUS FORECAST NUMBERS FOR TEMPS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 248 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...THE AXIS OF BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE CORE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS HIGH...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE MID WEEK. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS EAST FROM THE PLAINS. AS THIS OCCURS... FORECAST CONFIDENCE LESSENS SOMEWHAT GIVEN THE RATHER INCONSISTENT FORECAST OF SPORADIC CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DEPICTED BY SOME MODELS... THE GFS AND GEM IN PARTICULAR. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF IS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT IN ITS DRY SIGNAL THROUGH LATE WEEK. CONSEQUENTLY...WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...THE INFLUENCE OF THE BUILDING RIDGE SHOULD HELP TO KEEP ANY ACTIVITY TO A MINIMUM. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A WARMING TREND LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGHS ABOVE THE 90 DEGREE MARK ARE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY...THIS MAY RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR THE CENTURY MARK. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 WILL ONLY CARRY VCTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING GIVEN UNCERTAINTY AND CONVECTIVE TRENDS TO THE WNW SUGGEST A DIMINISHING ASPECT. OTHERWISE JUST SOME SCT-BKN CLOUDS MAINLY MID AND HIGH AND LIGHT WINDS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 310 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-170815- 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- 310 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. DETAILS ON AREA RIVER FLOODING CAN BE REFERENCED VIA THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING STRONG STORMS... ON MONDAY. STRONG WIND IS THE PRIMARY EXPECTED HAZARD WITH THE STORMS...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POTENTIAL HAZARDS. DETAILS ON AREA RIVER FLOODING CAN BE REFERENCED VIA THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 218 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 INZ082-087-161945- PIKE IN-WARRICK IN- 218 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WARRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF FOLSOMVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAKLAND CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WARRICK AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES...NEAR AND JUST EAST OF SPURGEON. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 332 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ILZ085-086-089-090-162115- JOHNSON IL-POPE IL-SALINE IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 332 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON... SOUTHWESTERN SALINE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN POPE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CREAL SPRINGS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARRIER MILLS AND STONEFORT ALONG HIGHWAY 45. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 344 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ILZ082-083-085>087-089>091-INZ085>088-KYZ007-010-014>016-018>021- 162245- HAMILTON-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN- POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-LIVINGSTON-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY- WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...SMITHLAND... MARION...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE 344 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...SCATTERED STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 340 PM...RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF STRONG STORMS FROM NEAR HARRISBURG ILLINOIS TO BETWEEN HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. THE ACTIVITY WAS DRIFTING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING EAST UP TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY THOSE COMMUNITIES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND THE OHIO...WABASH RIVER CONFLUENCE THROUGH 500 PM.
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man received non life-threatening injuries when he was struck by lightning on a golf course. One of his socks was burned. He was transported to a local hospital.
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