Overview
A thunderstorm complex moved slowly southward across southeast Missouri and the Lower Ohio Valley during the day. Isolated reports of large hail and strong winds were received with the strongest storms. However, the main hazard was very heavy rain and flooding.Flooding
Very heavy rainfall accompanied some of the thunderstorms in the slow-moving complex, mainly across southeast Missouri, far southern Illinois, and southwest Kentucky. The highest measured hourly rainfall was just over three inches at the Cape Girardeau airport, which occurred between 12:30 and 1:30 PM. Additional rainfall brought the 24-hour total at Cape Girardeau to 4.14 inches by Friday morning. Widespread major street flooding was reported in the city of Cape Girardeau, MO. Elsewhere across the area, between one-half inch and one inch was quite common in just 30 minutes.
Radar rainfall estimate from the MRMS (Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor) for 24-hour period ending 1 PM May 27
Photos:
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| Flooding on Rte 146 in Anna, IL (Lee Massey) |
Flooding at Southeast MO State University (Max M.) |
Radar and Satellite:
Thunderstorms moved from west to east along and north of an outflow boundary. As the outflow boundary slowed down over southeast Missouri, far western Kentucky, and far southern Illinois, the storms began to train across the same areas. The second image from the left is a radar animation centered on the Cape Girardeau area. It is about 10 megabytes, which may be slow to load.
The first image is a dual-pol radar rainfall estimate centered on the Cape Girardeau area. The one-hour rainfall estimates were about 15 percent too low.
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| One-hour rainfall estimate 12:25 - 1:25 PM (Paducah radar) | Radar close-up 12:25 - 1:25 PM | Radar loop 10 AM - 4 PM | IR satellite loop 2:30 - 4:15 P.M. |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
858 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM HAIL CARTERVILLE 37.76N 89.08W
05/26/2016 M1.00 INCH WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
KFVS MEDIA REPORTER VIDEO TAPED QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST
NORTH OF CARTERVILLE
1011 AM HAIL HERRIN 37.80N 89.03W
05/26/2016 E0.75 INCH WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
WSIL REPORTS DIME SIZED HAIL IN HERRIN
1012 AM HAIL 1 N HERRIN 37.82N 89.03W
05/26/2016 E0.88 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN
1027 AM HAIL PRINCETON 38.36N 87.57W
05/26/2016 E0.50 INCH GIBSON IN PUBLIC
1130 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 E WARE 37.45N 89.36W
05/26/2016 M2.80 INCH UNION IL TRAINED SPOTTER
MOST OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER ABOUT 90 MINUTES.
WATER WAS SEEN HALFWAY UP THE WHEELS OF CARS IN THE ANNA
JONESBORO AREA.
1222 PM HAIL DELTA 37.20N 89.74W
05/26/2016 E1.00 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL ONGOING AT TIME OF CALL AT 1222 PM, GREW IN SIZE
FROM PEA, TO DIME, TO QUARTER SIZE WHILE ON PHONE
1235 PM FLASH FLOOD DELTA 37.20N 89.74W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
STREET FLASH FLOODING IN DELTA, STILL RAINING HARD,
CREEKS AND STREAMS AT BANKFULL
1255 PM FLASH FLOOD CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO BROADCAST MEDIA
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEAU. SOME ROADS
UNDER A FOOT OF WATER, INCLUDING ROADS THAT NORMALLY DO
NOT FLOOD. CAPE AIRPORT SHOWED 1.65 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
THE LAST 30 MINUTES TIME, STILL RAINING VERY HARD.
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
CAPE GIRARDEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING OF STREETS AND ADVISES RESIDENTS TO STAY INDOORS
AND OFF STREETS
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD ANNA 37.46N 89.24W
05/26/2016 UNION IL BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 146 IN ANNA
0104 PM FLASH FLOOD CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER
MAJOR STREET FLASH FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEA REPORTED BY
MULTIPLE TRAINED SPOTTERS INCLUDING MICHELLE BILLINGSLEY
0112 PM HAIL OLIVE BRANCH 37.17N 89.35W
05/26/2016 E1.00 INCH ALEXANDER IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0114 PM HEAVY RAIN KELSO 37.19N 89.55W
05/26/2016 E2.00 INCH SCOTT MO PUBLIC
2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 45 MINUTES
0130 PM FLASH FLOOD JONESBORO 37.45N 89.27W
05/26/2016 UNION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER SITTING ON MANY ROADS IN TOWN
0130 PM FLASH FLOOD CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO ASOS
3.16 INCHES MEASURED RAINFALL AT CAPE AIRPORT
0158 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NE ADVANCE 37.14N 89.86W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WATER OVER HIGHWAY NN 1 OFF OF HIGHWAY
25...NORTHEAST OF ADVANCE
0208 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW KELSO 37.20N 89.56W
05/26/2016 SCOTT MO PUBLIC
LESS THAN A MILE SOUTH OF THE CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT
0210 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E ROCKVIEW 37.20N 89.62W
05/26/2016 SCOTT MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS 210 AND 219 WERE WASHED AWAY
JUST EAST OF ROCKVIEW. A PORTION OF A CULVERT WAS WASHED
AWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 214 BETWEEN HAMBURG AND KELSO.
0212 PM FLASH FLOOD SCOTT CITY 37.22N 89.53W
05/26/2016 SCOTT MO PUBLIC
WATER AT LEAST ONE FOOT DEEP OVER MULTIPLE ROADS IN SCOTT
CITY...INCLUDING MAIN STREET
0220 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW OAK RIDGE 37.48N 89.76W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER ROAD ON HIGHWAY D SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 454
0220 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SW GORDONVILLE 37.30N 89.69W
05/26/2016 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
COUNTY ROAD 226 IS CLOSED JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 25 DUE TO
A PIPE WASHED OUT FROM UNDER A ROAD
0227 PM HAIL PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
05/26/2016 E0.50 INCH MCCRACKEN KY PUBLIC
0245 PM HAIL 5 SE CLINTON 36.61N 88.93W
05/26/2016 E1.00 INCH HICKMAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0245 PM HAIL 6 SW CADIZ 36.81N 87.90W
05/26/2016 E1.00 INCH TRIGG KY TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6 MI SW OF CADIZ.
0250 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 W WINGO 36.64N 88.81W
05/26/2016 GRAVES KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 58 ALONG THE GRAVES/HICKMAN COUNTY LINE CLOSED
DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATERS.
0250 PM FLASH FLOOD SIKESTON 36.88N 89.58W
05/26/2016 SCOTT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN SIKESTON DUE TO HIGH WATER
0253 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 W PADUCAH 37.07N 88.74W
05/26/2016 MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
AT LEAST A FOOT OF FLOWING WATER ACROSS HARRIS ROAD, JUST
WEST OF MAXON ROAD. REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
NEARBY CREEK WAS ALSO OVEREXTENDING ITS BANKS AND
BEGINNING TO BREACH ROADWAY.
0301 PM HEAVY RAIN REIDLAND 37.01N 88.53W
05/26/2016 E1.25 INCH MCCRACKEN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG WINGO 36.64N 88.74W
05/26/2016 GRAVES KY BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN
0313 PM HAIL MURRAY 36.61N 88.32W
05/26/2016 E0.75 INCH CALLOWAY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZED HAIL IN MURRAY
0315 PM FLASH FLOOD CLINTON 36.67N 88.99W
05/26/2016 HICKMAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ALL AROUND THE COUNTY
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW ALMO 36.70N 88.29W
05/26/2016 CALLOWAY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE DOWN ON RADIO ROAD AND PEA SIZE HAIL
0425 PM FLASH FLOOD SIKESTON 36.88N 89.58W
05/26/2016 SCOTT MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WATER STILL OVER MANY ROADS IN SIKESTON AND SOME NEARBY
ROADS
Rain Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Paducah KY 916 AM CDT Fri May 27 2016 ...Rainfall Reports for past 24 hours... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Missouri... ...Wayne County... Wappapello 3.13 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS Greenville Precip 2.69 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Snt Francis River 2.43 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Williamsville 1.57 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP Black River Above Williamsvi 1.51 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Piedmont 1.11 in 0830 AM 05/27 RAWS ...Stoddard County... 2 S Bloomfield 3.14 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS St Francis River 3.00 in 0800 AM 05/27 COOP 2 W Dexter 2.56 in 0800 AM 05/27 COCORAHS ...Scott County... Scott City 3.70 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS Cape Girardeau Regional Airp 4.14 in 0700 AM 05/26 ASOS 1 WNW Sikeston 3.24 in 0856 AM 05/27 CWOP Power Station 3.04 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP Sikeston 2.96 in 0800 AM 05/27 GOES Miss Rvr At Price Landing, M 0.70 in 0900 AM 05/27 GOES ...Ripley County... Doniphan 1.32 in 0853 AM 05/27 RAWS Current River 1.22 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES ...Perry County... 1 SSW Chester 1.15 in 0900 AM 05/27 HADS Water Plant 1.15 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP Miss.rvr @ Red Rock Landing 0.93 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES ...Mississippi County... Mississippi River 1.60 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES 2 SE Cairo 1.12 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS 5 S Wolf Island 0.50 in 0845 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Carter County... Current River 3.12 in 0846 AM 05/27 GOES ...Cape Girardeau County... Hubble Creek Near Dutchtown 4.54 in 0800 AM 05/27 GOES Miss.rvr Nr. Trail Of Tears 3.34 in 0900 AM 05/27 GOES Mississippi River 2.82 in 0830 AM 05/27 COOP Jackson 2.25 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP ...Butler County... Qulin 2.27 in 0800 AM 05/27 GOES 1 ESE Poplar Bluff 1.60 in 0815 AM 05/27 HADS Poplar Bluff Municipal Airpo 2.53 in 0700 AM 05/26 ASOS ...Bollinger County... Marble Hill 2.53 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS ...Kentucky... ...Trigg County... Cadiz 4sw 1.87 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP Little River 1.68 in 0800 AM 05/27 GOES Golden Pond 1.49 in 0821 AM 05/27 RAWS Canton 1.34 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS 2 NNW Cadiz 0.73 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP ...Todd County... 4 SE Allegre 0.47 in 0850 AM 05/27 CWOP 1 SSW Elkton 0.27 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS ...Muhlenberg County... Greenville 0.35 in 0815 AM 05/27 RAWS ...McLean County... Calhoun 0.77 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS Livermore 0.36 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS ...McCracken County... 2 ENE Paducah 1.41 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS Paducah, Ky 0.73 in 0653 AM 05/27 ASOS 1 SW Heath 0.67 in 0854 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Marshall County... Kenlake Resort 1.12 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP Benton 0.58 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES 1 ESE Calvert City 0.55 in 1130 AM 05/26 CWOP ...Lyon County... 1 NE Grand Rivers 0.80 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS Barkley Headwater 0.68 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES ...Livingston County... Ohio R @ Smithland L&d 0.67 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP Kentucky Lake 0.55 in 0830 AM 05/27 COOP ...Hopkins County... Municipal Apt 0.31 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS ...Henderson County... Ohio River At Henderson 0.36 in 0845 AM 05/27 GOES 2 ESE Newburgh 0.35 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS Henderson City-county Airpor 0.30 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS ...Graves County... State Police Post 1 0.43 in 0530 AM 05/27 COOP ...Daviess County... 3 WSW Owensboro 0.29 in 0656 AM 05/27 AWOS 2 SSW Marshall 0.16 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP 3 ESE Owensboro 0.12 in 0900 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Crittenden County... Marion 0.73 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP ...Christian County... Hopkinsville 1.03 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES S F Little River At Hwy 68 B 0.93 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES N F Little River At Water Pl 0.92 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Hopkinsville 0.91 in 0856 AM 05/27 CWOP S F Little River At Hwy 68/8 0.66 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES 3 SE Herndon 0.62 in 0854 AM 05/27 CWOP 3 WNW Fort Campbell North 0.49 in 0658 AM 05/27 AWOS Crofton 3 N 0.42 in 0700 AM 05/27 COOP ...Calloway County... 4 NNW Murray 1.26 in 0036 AM 05/27 CWOP 6 W Hamlin 0.71 in 0901 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Caldwell County... 3 WNW Cerulean 0.35 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS ...Ballard County... Olmsted Lock And Dam 1.59 in 0800 AM 05/27 UCOOP 3 SSE Barlow 1.21 in 0903 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Indiana... ...Warrick County... 1 ENE Newburgh 0.31 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS Newburgh 0.23 in 0901 AM 05/27 CWOP 2 NW Newburgh 0.18 in 0858 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Vanderburgh County... 1 WSW Evansville 0.65 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS 5 WNW Evansville 0.39 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS 1 SSE Evansville 0.38 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS 2 SW Darmstadt 0.21 in 0858 AM 05/27 CWOP Evansville-dress Reg Apt 0.17 in 0700 AM 05/26 ASOS ...Pike County... 4 W Duff 0.36 in 0600 AM 05/27 COCORAHS Stendal 0.22 in 0630 AM 05/27 COOP 1 ENE Petersburg 0.13 in 0600 AM 05/27 COCORAHS ...Gibson County... Oakland City 0.14 in 0859 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Illinois... ...Williamson County... Crab Orchard 1.12 in 0848 AM 05/27 RAWS 1 SSW Spillertown 0.87 in 0857 AM 05/27 CWOP ...White County... Carmi 0.56 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS ...Wayne County... Fairfield 0.29 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS ...Pulaski County... Ohio Rvr At L&d 53 1.43 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP ...Pope County... Dixon Springs 1.33 in 0808 AM 05/27 RAWS ...Massac County... Dam 52 1.10 in 0600 AM 05/27 COOP 1 WNW Metropolis 0.66 in 0900 AM 05/27 CWOP Metropolis 0.59 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS ...Jefferson County... 2 N Waltonville 0.51 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS Big Muddy River At Mt Vernon 0.40 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Big Muddy Subimpoundment 0.37 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Casey Fork Near Mt Vernon 0.34 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Dix 0.29 in 0849 AM 05/27 CWOP 1 SW Bonnie 0.21 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS Mt Vernon/outland Airport 0.17 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS 1 SW Mount Vernon 0.15 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS ...Jackson County... Mississippi Rvr 1.72 in 0900 AM 05/27 GOES Murphysboro 1.46 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS Southern Illinois Airport 1.25 in 0652 AM 05/27 ASOS Carbondale 1.09 in 0858 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Gallatin County... Old Shawneetown 0.75 in 0755 AM 05/27 COOP Ridgway 0.12 in 0841 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Franklin County... 1 ESE Zeigler 0.78 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS 3 WSW Christopher 0.73 in 0900 AM 05/27 CWOP 1 NE Benton 0.58 in 0700 AM 05/27 COCORAHS 1 W Royalton 0.48 in 0902 AM 05/27 CWOP 2 NNW West City 0.43 in 0830 AM 05/27 HADS ...Edwards County... 1 N Grayville 0.13 in 0241 AM 05/27 CWOP ...Alexander County... Mississippi Rvr 3.34 in 0830 AM 05/27 GOES Bean Ridge 3.14 in 0808 AM 05/27 RAWS Cairo 1.21 in 0655 AM 05/27 AWOS Cairo 1.21 in 0800 AM 05/27 HADS Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official. $$
Environment
A very moist south wind fed a slow-moving thunderstorm complex over our region. Surface dew points were in the lower 70's south of the complex. Instability was quite high to the south of the storm complex. The middle image shows surface-based cape values at 2 P.M. The third image is the wind profile from the Paducah radar. Note the increasing depth of the northerly outflow from the storm complex during the one-hour period ending at 2:15 PM.
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| Figure 1: Surface dew points at 2 PM | Figure 2: CAPE at 2 PM | Figure 3: Wind profile from PAH radar 1:15-2:15 PM |
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