Overview
A second consecutive day of severe weather hit the lower Ohio Valley on Wednesday May 11th. A wide range of hazards occurred including damaging winds, large hail, flooding, and three confirmed tornadoes. A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours near the St. Louis metro area and spread east/southeast along the I-64 corridor during the afternoon. Several clusters of storms formed and pushed further south across southern IL, southwest IN, and northwest KY through the evening hours. A secondary line of storms formed later in the evening to our northwest with a bowing line moving through the area into the early morning hours.Tornadoes:
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Tornado - Owensville, IN
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Other tornadoes:
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
| EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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Photos & Video:
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| Hail in Fairfield, IL - Courtesy of Tina Beahringer | Incoming storm near Jacob, IL - Courtesy of Becca Bonneville | Lightning near Shiloh Hill, IL - Courtesy of James Fillinger | Shelf cloud near Harrisburg, IL airport - Courtesy of Saline County EMA |
Radar:
Click here for a radar loop of this event
The above link displays a radar loop from 1PM Wednesday afternoon until 4 AM early Thursday morning. Several rounds of storms affected the area during this time period.
The graphic below shows all of the warning polygons from the event, overlayed on top of each other. Yellow are severe thunderstorm warnings, red are tornado warnings, and green are flash flood warnings.
Storm Reports
Purple: Hail; Yellow/Brown: Wind; Green: Flooding
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0118 AM FLOOD CARMI 38.09N 88.17W 05/12/2016 WHITE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER OVER ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS 1 AND US 45, US 45 AT COUNTY ROAD 500 N, AND ILLINOIS 14 HIGHWAY 3 MILES WEST OF CARMI. WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN CARMI AND NORRIS CITY. HAD TO HELP 1 MOTORIST IN STALLED CAR NEAR THE WHITE COUNTY/HAMILTON COUNTY LINE. 1200 AM FLASH FLOOD NORRIS CITY 37.98N 88.33W 05/12/2016 WHITE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS NORRIS CITY. NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED.
1130 PM FLOOD 2 S PINCKNEYVILLE 38.05N 89.38W 05/11/2016 PERRY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER OVER HIGHWAY 13/127 SOUTH OF PINCKNEYVILLE. 1 STALLED CAR. 1116 PM TSTM WND DMG CARBONDALE 37.72N 89.22W 05/11/2016 JACKSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY
1100 PM FLOOD 2 NW PERRYVILLE 37.75N 89.90W 05/11/2016 PERRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT BRIDGE FLOODED ON COUNTY ROAD 924 NORTHWEST OF PERRYVILLE.
0830 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 S MULKEYTOWN 37.96N 89.11W
05/11/2016 E1.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
0830 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WSW CHRISTOPHER 37.96N 89.11W 05/11/2016 E1.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. 0804 PM HAIL HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH SALINE IL AMATEUR RADIO 0800 PM FLOOD 1 E MARION 37.73N 88.92W 05/11/2016 WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED 0748 PM HAIL 6 N EDDYVILLE 37.58N 88.57W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH POPE IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0744 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE MARION 37.72N 88.93W 05/11/2016 E2.00 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. LAWN FLOODED. 0741 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST FRANKFORT 37.90N 88.93W 05/11/2016 FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER WATER AT HEIGHT OF A CAR BUMPER ON ST LOUIS STREET...ROAD IS FLOODED 0729 PM HAIL MARION 37.73N 88.94W 05/11/2016 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0726 PM HAIL EQUALITY 37.74N 88.34W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH GALLATIN IL EMERGENCY MNGR 0725 PM FLOOD BENTON 38.01N 88.92W 05/11/2016 FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER FLOODING REPORTED 1/2 MILE EAST OF BENTON ON HIGHWAY 34 0725 PM FLOOD WEST FRANKFORT 37.90N 88.93W 05/11/2016 FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER FLOODING REPORTED 1/2 MILE EAST OF WEST FRANKFORT ON HIGHWAY 34 0709 PM HAIL 1 NE MARION 37.74N 88.93W 05/11/2016 E0.88 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0708 PM HAIL 2 N MURPHYSBORO 37.80N 89.34W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH JACKSON IL PUBLIC 0704 PM HAIL 2 NW MURPHYSBORO 37.79N 89.36W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH JACKSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0701 PM HAIL 2 E BENTON 38.01N 88.88W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0648 PM HAIL 1 W CHRISTOPHER 37.97N 89.07W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL AMATEUR RADIO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN 0624 PM HAIL DU QUOIN 38.00N 89.24W 05/11/2016 E1.00 INCH PERRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0615 PM HAIL 7 SE WINSLOW 38.31N 87.12W 05/11/2016 E0.75 INCH PIKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH ESTIMATED 0602 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SE EVANSVILLE 37.96N 87.52W 05/11/2016 E60 MPH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN ANGEL MOUNDS AGAIN
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG WINSLOW 38.38N 87.21W 05/11/2016 PIKE IN EMERGENCY MNGR A COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN. 0553 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 W SPOTTSVILLE 37.87N 87.50W 05/11/2016 HENDERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 41 AND THE AUDUBON PARKWAY 0540 PM HEAVY RAIN OWENSVILLE 38.27N 87.69W 05/11/2016 M3.00 INCH GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW STREETS UNDER WATER IN OWENVILLE. 0532 PM HAIL OWENSVILLE 38.27N 87.69W 05/11/2016 E1.00 INCH GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER SOME LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN 0518 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSVILLE 38.27N 87.69W 05/11/2016 E60 MPH GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER DEBRIS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR 0517 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W 05/11/2016 VANDERBURGH IN BROADCAST MEDIA TREES BLOCKING THE ROAD WEST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE. WIND GUST 71 MPH 0516 PM TSTM WND DMG OWENSVILLE 38.27N 87.69W 05/11/2016 GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER 4 LARGE TREES SHREDDED ON MONTGOMERY STREET STRIPPED OF BARK AND LEAVES 0515 PM HAIL 3 WNW NORTH CITY 38.00N 89.11W 05/11/2016 E1.25 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 0457 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE BELLMONT 38.42N 87.86W 05/11/2016 E70 MPH WABASH IL EMERGENCY MNGR 65 TO 70 MPH WINDS 0440 PM TSTM WND GST CROSSVILLE 38.16N 88.06W 05/11/2016 E55 MPH WHITE IL TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS WITH THE GUST FRONT 0440 PM TSTM WND DMG CROSSVILLE 38.16N 88.06W 05/11/2016 WHITE IL TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS. TORE OFF SOME ROOF SHINGLES.
0418 PM TSTM WND DMG DAHLGREN 38.20N 88.68W 05/11/2016 HAMILTON IL DEPT OF HIGHWAYS TWO TREES DOWN ON ROADS.
0415 PM HAIL 5 SE MOUNT ERIE 38.46N 88.17W 05/11/2016 E1.25 INCH WAYNE IL TRAINED SPOTTER SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN 0412 PM HAIL 1 E GRAYVILLE 38.26N 87.98W 05/11/2016 E1.75 INCH WABASH IL EMERGENCY MNGR 0345 PM TSTM WND GST 4 WSW WALTONVILLE 38.19N 89.10W 05/11/2016 E60 MPH JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER OBJECTS BLOWN OFF PORCHES 0342 PM HAIL FAIRFIELD 38.38N 88.37W 05/11/2016 E1.75 INCH WAYNE IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0329 PM HAIL 2 W FAIRFIELD 38.38N 88.41W 05/11/2016 E1.00 INCH WAYNE IL EMERGENCY MNGR QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE AIRPORT. 0329 PM HAIL 7 WSW JOHNSONVILLE 38.50N 88.66W 05/11/2016 E1.00 INCH WAYNE IL EMERGENCY MNGR QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 0315 PM HAIL WAYNE CITY 38.35N 88.59W 05/11/2016 E1.50 INCH WAYNE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
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