Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall through This Weekend

A multi-day thunderstorm and heavy rain event will impact the south-central U.S. this Memorial Day weekend. Severe thunderstorms may produce large hail, severe gusts, and a possible tornado or two across portions of the central and southern Plains through Monday. The threat for heavy to excessive rainfall and possible flash flooding will return to the south-central U.S., especially in the Ozarks. Read More >

Overview

Scattered thunderstorms formed ahead of a weak cold front and an upper level disturbance as they moved southeast across the mid and upper Mississippi Valley. During the hottest and most unstable time of day, the storms became locally severe.

Wind & Hail
Storm Reports
Environment

Wind & Hail:

Wind

Isolated pockets of wind damage occurred. The damage consisted mostly of downed tree limbs. There was some minor roof damage in places.

Hail

Hail up to 3.5" fell in Raleigh, IL, near Harrisburg, Illinois. There were several other reports of large hail from quarter to golf ball size.


Baseball hail: Galatia, IL from Jeff and Jessica Rone	Mammatus clouds: Nortonville, KY from Pamela Broadston	Downed tree in Sikeston, MO from Austin Henley	Wind damage in Sikeston, MO from Austin Henley


3.5" hail in Raleigh, IL from Doug Phelps

Radar image from the Evansville radar at about 3:57 P.M. CDT, about 10 minutes before baseball-size hail occurred near Galatia, IL. This is the 1.3 degree elevation slice. Gibson Ridge software used for creating this image.

1.3 degree tilt from Evansville radar at 3:57 PM

Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1028 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SIKESTON                36.88N 89.58W
08/06/2019                   SCOTT              MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE UPROOTED. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A
            BUILDING. LATE REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0500 PM     HAIL             DELTA                   37.20N 89.74W
08/06/2019  E1.75 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED NEAR ALONG HWY 25 NEAR DELTA.

0453 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N DELTA               37.21N 89.74W
08/06/2019                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            45-50 MPH WINDS AND 4 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN.
            PEA SIZE HAIL.

0335 PM     HAIL             4 N CAPE GIRARDEAU      37.36N 89.55W
08/06/2019  E0.70 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   PUBLIC



0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E STURGIS             37.54N 87.93W
08/06/2019                   UNION              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMB DOWN BLOCKED POPLAR RIDGE RD.

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N WHEATCROFT          37.58N 87.86W
08/06/2019                   UNION              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMB DOWN, BLOCKED STATE ROUTE 141.

0452 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW UNIONTOWN          37.77N 87.94W
08/06/2019                   UNION              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMB DOWN ALONG 3RD ST. IN UNIONTOWN.

0621 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORTONVILLE             37.19N 87.46W
08/06/2019                   HOPKINS            KY   911 CALL CENTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND NORTONVILLE.
            TIME ESTIMATED.

0611 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISONVILLE            37.34N 87.51W
08/06/2019                   HOPKINS            KY   911 CALL CENTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND MADISONVILLE.
            TIME ESTIMATED.

0558 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEBO                    37.39N 87.64W
08/06/2019                   HOPKINS            KY   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN IN NEBO. TIME
            ESTIMATED.

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROBARDS                 37.69N 87.56W
08/06/2019                   HENDERSON          KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES IN ROBARDS JUST WEST OF 41S ON HIGHWAY
            416.

0602 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WNW MARION            37.37N 88.16W
08/06/2019                   CRITTENDEN         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ALONG STATE ROUTE 1668.

0552 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOLU                    37.43N 88.24W
08/06/2019                   CRITTENDEN         KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN, SOME OF WHICH DAMAGED
            VEHICLES. (MEDIA RELAYED REPORT).

0703 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE HOPKINSVILLE       36.83N 87.45W
08/06/2019                   CHRISTIAN          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ON TRAILER AT YOAKUM CIRCLE OFF
            HIGHWAY 109.

0632 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROFTON                 37.05N 87.48W
08/06/2019                   CHRISTIAN          KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE FELL INTO POWER LINES, WHICH
            BLOCKED THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AT MILE MARKER
            25. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
08/06/2019                   WHITE              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT. TREES LIMBS DOWN AROUND
            WHITE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED.

0337 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW FAIRFIELD         38.36N 88.44W
08/06/2019                   WAYNE              IL   PUBLIC

            POWER POLE KNOCKED DOWN ABOUT 4.5 MILES WEST
            SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD IN BOYLESTON.

0206 PM     HAIL             8 S FAIRFIELD           38.26N 88.37W
08/06/2019  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER WAS ABOUT 1/4 MILE NORTH OF I-64.

0420 PM     HAIL             3 W ELDORADO            37.81N 88.50W
08/06/2019  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            INTERMITTENT QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR ELDORADO
            RESERVOIR.

0410 PM     HAIL             1 NW GALATIA            37.85N 88.63W
08/06/2019  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT



0409 PM     HAIL             GALATIA                 37.84N 88.61W
08/06/2019  M2.75 INCH       SALINE             IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PICTURES OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL RELAYED BY
            BROADCAST MEDIA ON TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0554 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAVE-IN-ROCK            37.47N 88.17W
08/06/2019                   HARDIN             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN. ONE LARGE ENOUGH TO
            REQUIRE BACKHOE TO MOVE.

0324 PM     HAIL             3 SSE BELLE PRAIRIE CIT 38.18N 88.54W
08/06/2019  E1.75 INCH       HAMILTON           IL   PUBLIC

            REPORTED AT IL 242 AND PIOPOLIS RD, ABOUT
            6.5 MILES NORTH OF MCLEANSBORO.


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Environment

Scattered thunderstorms formed during the heat of the day as a weak cold front and an upper level disturbance moved southeast. A few of the storms developed very large "cores," meaning that the hail and heavy rain extended to great altitudes. One storm near Galatia, Illinois exhibited a core of 64 dbz up to 34,000 feet on the Paducah radar. Baseball size occurred with that core.