In the wake of an Arctic cold front, northwest winds increased to 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Peak wind gusts were measured up to 46 mph at the Evansville airport.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
In the wake of an Arctic cold front, northwest winds increased to 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Peak wind gusts were measured up to 46 mph at the Evansville airport.
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 Jan 26, 5:44 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 400 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-271000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 400 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...ANOTHER PERIOD OF BITTER COLD IS ON THE WAY... THE BRIEF WARM UP ENJOYED TODAY WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR THAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH TO THE TEENS SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL HARDLY RISE...IF AT ALL...THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY. SO HIGHS WILL RANGE THROUGH MAINLY THE TEENS MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOWER 20S POSSIBLE SOUTH. THEN COMES THE MOST BITTER COLD. UNDER IDEAL COOLING CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO. NEGATIVE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WIND...THIS WILL MAKE WIND CHILL READINGS RANGE THROUGH THE NEGATIVE DIGITS...FLIRTING WITH THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF MINUS 10 OR COLDER...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. EXTREME COLD IS DANGEROUS FOR ANY EXPOSED SKIN...AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. HYPOTHERMIA CAN DEVELOP AS WELL IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. LEAVING PETS UNATTENDED TO IN THE COLD PUTS THEM IN DANGER AS WELL. THESE COLD CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN WILL INCREASE THE CONCERN FOR FREEZING AND BURSTING OF WATER PIPES. UNLIKE CONDITIONS ON CALM...VERY COLD NIGHTS...THIS BITTER COLD WILL BE WIND DRIVEN. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VERY COLD AIR TO INFILTRATE POORLY INSULATED AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY. TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE OF THIS COMING EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2014
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 490229, 490230, 490231, 490232, 490233, 490234.