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Overview
On May 29, 2019, severe thunderstorms and flash flooding struck much of the area. A morning round of thunderstorms produced an EF-1 tornado near Miner, MO, in Scott County. Later in the day, a supercell thunderstorm tracked from Caldwell County to Todd County in western Kentucky, producing hail up to golf ball size and wind damage. Sporadic straight-line wind damage occurred in Ripley, Butler, Scott, Mississippi, and New Madrid counties in southeast Missouri in the evening. Torrential rainfall produced flash flooding in southeast Illinois and southeast Missouri. Over 5 inches of rain fell near Albion, IL, and over 7 inches of rain fell in New Madrid, MO.Tornadoes:
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Tornado - Near Miner, MO
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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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Wind & Hail:
Scattered straight-line wind damage occurred across Scott County, primarily in the form of broken tree limbs and a few uprooted or snapped trees. At least one house was damaged from a large fallen tree limb. The area of scattered wind damage extended from southwest of Morley northeast to near Scott City. Peak winds in this area were estimated at 80 mph.
Wind
Hail
Very little hail was reported with the morning round of storms, other than a report of nickel-size hail in western Daviess County, KY.
The afternoon and evening round of storms contained some hail-producing storms. In the afternoon, a supercell in the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky produced a swath of quarter-size to golf-ball size hail from Princeton and Crofton, KY into parts of northern Todd and southern Muhlenberg County.
Flooding
Heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding was reported with the morning round of storms in southwest Indiana. In the evening, the second round of storms renewed flash flooding in southwest Indiana. A new area of flash flooding developed in extreme southeast Missouri. Most of the flooding consisted of road flooding. A Cocorahs observer in New Madrid, MO reported 7.26 inches of rain in 24 hours.
24-hour rainfall ending at 1 A.M. Thurs., May 30
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
727 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0336 AM TSTM WND GST 2 E MOUNT VERNON 38.32N 88.87W
05/29/2019 M43 MPH JEFFERSON IL AWOS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT
FROM 2 E MOUNT VERNON. AWOS STATION KMVN MT
VERNON IL.
0745 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE MARION 37.75N 88.93W
05/29/2019 WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
DELAYED REPORT. LARGE MAPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARION. TIME ESTIMATED.
0745 AM TSTM WND GST 1 SE ENERGY 37.77N 89.02W
05/29/2019 M52 MPH WILLIAMSON IL AWOS
AWOS STATION KMWA MARION IL.
0753 AM TSTM WND DMG CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.30N 89.56W
05/29/2019 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND
CAPE GIRARDEAU, INCLUDING A TREE THAT FELL
ONTO A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0844 AM TORNADO 1 NNE MINER 36.91N 89.53W
05/29/2019 SCOTT MO NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF1 TORNADO RESULTED IN A HOUSE LOOSING A
PORTION OF ITS ROOF INCLUDING THE ROOF
DECKING. SEVERAL SMALL OUTBUILDINGS OR
PORCHES LOST PART OF THEIR ROOFS OR WALLS.
AT LEAST A COUPLE DOZEN TREES HAD BROKEN
TREE LIMBS AND A FEW SMALLER TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR BROKEN.
0930 AM HEAVY RAIN ALBION 38.38N 88.06W
05/29/2019 M5.00 INCH EDWARDS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL AS OF 9:30 AM.
0958 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 SW ELBERFELD 38.12N 87.48W
05/29/2019 VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
BASELINE ROAD FLOODED WEST OF PETERSBURG
ROAD.
1030 AM HAIL 5 S STANLEY 37.76N 87.26W
05/29/2019 E0.88 INCH DAVIESS KY PUBLIC
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WESTERN
DAVIESS COUNTY.
0125 PM HAIL 5 ESE PRINCETON 37.07N 87.81W
05/29/2019 E1.00 INCH CALDWELL KY BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON ALONG KY
HIGHWAY 91.
0143 PM HAIL CROFTON 37.05N 87.48W
05/29/2019 E1.00 INCH CHRISTIAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORT. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0149 PM HAIL CROFTON 37.05N 87.48W
05/29/2019 E0.70 INCH CHRISTIAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0216 PM HAIL 3 NW CLIFTY 37.03N 87.19W
05/29/2019 E0.25 INCH TODD KY EMERGENCY MNGR
0216 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW CLIFTY 37.01N 87.23W
05/29/2019 TODD KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG CLIFTY-KIRKMANSVILLE ROAD.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0230 PM HAIL 3 NE CLIFTY 37.03N 87.11W
05/29/2019 E1.50 INCH TODD KY PUBLIC
QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZED HAIL AND TREES
DOWNED ON JASON RIDGE ROAD, NEAR LAKE
MALONE, IN NORTHEAST TODD COUNTY.
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW HOPKINSVILLE 36.90N 87.53W
05/29/2019 CHRISTIAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN THE PRINCETON ROAD AND DAWSON
SPRINGS ROAD AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0238 PM HAIL DUNMOR 37.08N 87.00W
05/29/2019 E1.75 INCH MUHLENBERG KY 911 CALL CENTER
HALF DOLLAR TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
0359 PM HAIL 3 NE CHARLESTON 36.95N 89.29W
05/29/2019 E0.70 INCH MISSISSIPPI MO BROADCAST MEDIA
0418 PM TSTM WND DMG CAIRO 37.00N 89.18W
05/29/2019 ALEXANDER IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS DOWN AND A CARPORT FLIPPED OVER.
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG DONIPHAN 36.62N 90.82W
05/29/2019 RIPLEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN DONIPHAN. ONE HOME SUSTAINED
ROOF DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREE.
0553 PM TSTM WND GST DONIPHAN 36.62N 90.80W
05/29/2019 M65 MPH RIPLEY MO OTHER FEDERAL
WIND GUST MEASURED AT RAWS OBSERVATION
STATION IN DONIPHAN.
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG DONIPHAN 36.62N 90.82W
05/29/2019 RIPLEY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N OXLY 36.67N 90.71W
05/29/2019 RIPLEY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
LATE REPORT. TREES DOWN AND 60 MPH WIND GUST
ESTIMATED.
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E FARIDEALING 36.66N 90.59W
05/29/2019 BUTLER MO PUBLIC
MEDIUM SIZED TREE BRANCHES DOWN EAST OF
FAIRDEALING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0640 PM FLASH FLOOD NEW MADRID 36.59N 89.53W
05/29/2019 NEW MADRID MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE TOWN OF NEW
MADRID INCLUDING HWY 61 IN FRONT OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
0645 PM TSTM WND GST DUDLEY 36.80N 90.09W
05/29/2019 E46 MPH STODDARD MO TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST MEASURED ON HOME ANEMOMETER.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW DEXTER 36.85N 90.00W
05/29/2019 STODDARD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM DEXTER TO PUXICO
DUE TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS. POWER LINES DOWN
AS WELL.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG DEXTER 36.79N 89.96W
05/29/2019 STODDARD MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON ROADS AND HOMES IN DEXTER.
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG ORAN 37.09N 89.65W
05/29/2019 SCOTT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0737 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W SCOTT CITY 37.22N 89.57W
05/29/2019 E60 MPH SCOTT MO ASOS
MEASURED WIND GUST AT CAPE GIRARDEAU
REGIONAL AIRPORT KCGI ASOS.
0945 PM FLOOD 1 N JEFFERSONVILLE 38.46N 88.40W
05/29/2019 WAYNE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LATE REPORT. HAD SOME WATER ON HWY 45 JUST
NORTH OF GEFF EARLIER THIS EVENING. TIME
ESTIMATED. THIS IS A FLOOD PRONE LOCATION.
0945 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N CAIRO 37.01N 89.18W
05/29/2019 M3.47 INCH ALEXANDER IL CO-OP OBSERVER
RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SSW FRANCISCO 38.30N 87.47W
05/29/2019 GIBSON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER RESCUE ALONG S COUNTY ROAD 550 E SOUTH
OF FRANCISCO. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS KNOWN AT
THIS TIME.
1105 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNW WINSLOW 38.44N 87.25W
05/29/2019 PIKE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE
ROAD NEAR THE HWY 61/HWY 56 JUNCTION SOUTH
OF PETERSBURG AND ALONG HWY 356 JUST WEST OF
THE HWY 257 INTERSECTION WEST OF OTWELL.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SE NEW MADRID 36.59N 89.55W
05/30/2019 M7.19 INCH NEW MADRID MO COCORAHS
24-HOUR RAINFALL.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE NEW MADRID 36.59N 89.53W
05/30/2019 M7.26 INCH NEW MADRID MO COCORAHS
24-HR RAINFALL.
Rain Reports
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 734 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2019 ...48 HOUR PRECIPITATION REPORTS ENDING AT 730 PM THURSDAY MAY 30 2019... LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE PROVIDER 1 E NEW MADRID 7.26 IN 0700 AM 05/30 COCORAHS NEW MADRID 7.19 IN 0700 AM 05/30 COCORAHS 1 N CAIRO 3.47 IN 0945 PM 05/29 CO-OP OBSERVER ELKTON 3.31 IN 0716 PM 05/30 CWOP 4 SE ALLEGRE 3.22 IN 0731 PM 05/29 TRAINED SPOTTER MOUNT CARMEL 3.11 IN 0724 PM 05/30 AWS BENTON KY 4 N 3.08 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN MAYFIELD KY 6 SW 2.86 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN FAIRFIELD IL 2.75 IN 0715 PM 05/30 AWOS PRINCETON KY 2 SE 2.71 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN WICKLIFFE 2.58 IN 0721 PM 05/30 CWOP PETERSBURG IN 1 ENE 2.56 IN 0600 AM 05/30 COCORAHS MADISONVILLE KY 4 S 2.55 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN LYNNVILLE 2.52 IN 0725 PM 05/30 CWOP MOUNT CARMEL 2.52 IN 0739 PM 05/29 AWS HICKMAN KY 2 E 2.44 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN BEAN RIDGE IL 2.39 IN 0708 PM 05/30 RAWS DIXON 1 NW 2.27 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN LYNNVILLE 2.21 IN 0735 PM 05/29 CWOP MT VERNON IL 2.13 IN 0656 PM 05/30 AWOS WICKLIFFE 2.01 IN 0737 PM 05/29 CWOP 3 SSE BARLOW 2.01 IN 0737 PM 05/29 TRAINED SPOTTER PRINCETON 1.99 IN 0715 PM 05/30 CWOP CALHOUN KY 5 NW 1.91 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN MARION KY 4 NE 1.89 IN 0715 PM 05/30 KYMN 1 N HOPKINSVILLE 1.73 IN 0725 PM 05/30 AWS WHITESVILLE 1.71 IN 0725 PM 05/30 AWS WADESVILLE 1.67 IN 0716 PM 05/30 CWOP 2 N HOPKINSVILLE 1.65 IN 0740 PM 05/29 TRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
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