Overview
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across the region through the course of the day. The first line of storms produced a weak tornado and a microburst, both with estimated winds of 85 mph, near Norris City, Illinois. Another microburst with peak estimated winds of 90 mph carved a 25 mile long, two mile wide damage path across northwest Posey County through southern Gibson County, Indiana. The worst damage was in and around Fort Branch, Indiana, where several homes were damaged and a semi was blown over. This line of storms also produced numerous reports of wind damage as it moved through portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and northwest Kentucky during the morning hours.
Additional development then occurred over southeast Missouri by mid-afternoon with this cluster spreading eastward through the early evening hours. The second line of storms produced a microburst with estimated winds of 85 mph, which caused extensive tree damage near Breman, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County. Finally, another line of storms moved in from south-central Missouri around 630 p.m. and progressed rapidly through the area, exiting by around 10 p.m. Damaging winds were the main impact associated with all three rounds of storms, with plenty of great shelf cloud pictures. We had over a dozen observing stations report winds between 45 and 63 mph. Torrential rainfall of 1 to 2+ inches was observed in some areas along with some reports of hail, mostly up to the size of nickels. However, there was a report of ping pong ball sized hail in Van Buren, MO.
Tornado and Microbursts:
Tornado - Norris City, Illinois
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Microburst #1 - Norris City, Illinois
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Microburst #2 - Fort Branch, Indiana
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Microburst #3 - Bremen, Kentucky
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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 |
Photos:
Shelf cloud in Paducah, KY around 7:30pm via NWS Employee | 3rd shelf cloud of day in Paducah, KY via Jennfier Rukavina | Shelf cloud in Carterville IL around 7:15pm via Dan Hyson | Shelf cloud in Perryville, MO around 6:30pm via Marc Kester |
Tree damage during morning storms in Stanley, KY via Chris Conley | Tree on house in Poplar Bluff, MO from evening storms via Craig Meador | Tree damage from western Perry County, MO via Darin Deckerd | Tree damage from western Perry County, MO via Darin Deckerd |
Radar:
A morning round of storms was followed by a brief lull before storms redeveloped during the late afternoon and more moved in from the west through the evening hours.
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Radar loop from 7 AM through 10:30 PM on June 26th |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1047 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2018 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0825 AM TSTM WND DMG WEST END 37.89N 88.71W 06/26/2018 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. 0901 AM HAIL 2 N ANNA 37.49N 89.24W 06/26/2018 M0.75 INCH UNION IL TRAINED SPOTTER PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED. 0925 AM TSTM WND GST FAIRFIELD 38.38N 88.37W 06/26/2018 E55.00 MPH WAYNE IL EMERGENCY MNGR 0928 AM TSTM WND DMG CREAL SPRINGS 37.62N 88.84W 06/26/2018 WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA TREES BLOCKING NORTH LINE STREET IN THE COMMUNITY. 0928 AM TSTM WND DMG HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W 06/26/2018 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. 0935 AM TSTM WND DMG OMAHA 37.89N 88.30W 06/26/2018 GALLATIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT POLE AND LINE DOWN ALONG SECOND STREET.
0940 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW NORRIS CITY 37.94N 88.38W 06/26/2018 HAMILTON IL NWS STORM SURVEY A MICROBURST WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORRIS CITY. THE DAMAGE WAS FOCUSED AROUND AND SOUTH OF SANDY RUN LAKE. MANY DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR BROKEN. AT LEAST TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES.
0941 PM TORNADO 3 SW NORRIS CITY 37.95N 88.37W 06/26/2018 WHITE IL NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 85 MPH OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3.8 SOUTHWEST OF NORRIS CITY. THE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED MAINLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SANDY RUN LAKE. DOZENS OF TREES, SOME LARGE, WERE UPROOTED OR BROKEN. 0945 AM TSTM WND DMG BROUGHTON 37.93N 88.46W 06/26/2018 HAMILTON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREE DOWN. 0950 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 S NORRIS CITY 37.95N 88.33W 06/26/2018 WHITE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1 0954 AM TSTM WND GST CARMI 38.09N 88.17W 06/26/2018 M51.00 MPH WHITE IL AWOS REPORTED FROM CARMI ILLINOIS AIRPORT. 0955 AM TSTM WND DMG CAVE-IN-ROCK 37.47N 88.17W 06/26/2018 HARDIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1
1004 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE GRIFFIN 38.19N 87.90W 06/26/2018 POSEY IN NWS STORM SURVEY A MICROBURST WITH PEAK ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90 MPH OCCURRED ALONG A 25 MILE PATH FROM NW POSEY COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY. THE MICROBURST BEGAN APPROXIMATLY 1.6 MILES SE OF GRIFFIN AND ENDED 7.5 MILES E OF FORT BRANCH. THE DAMAGE SWATH WAS AS MUCH AS TWO MILES WIDE. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN AND NEAR FORT BRANCH. AT LEAST 10 HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR SHINGLE AND EXTERIOR DAMAGE. TWO BARNS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED NEAR FORT BRANCH. A SEMI WAS BLOWN OVER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FORT BRANCH. 1010 AM TSTM WND DMG POSEYVILLE 38.17N 87.78W 06/26/2018 POSEY IN AMATEUR RADIO WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ALONG INTERSTATE 64 NEAR THE BLACK RIVER REST AREA. 1010 AM TSTM WND GST UNIONTOWN 37.77N 87.93W 06/26/2018 M47.00 MPH UNION KY MESONET MEASURED VIA KENTUCKY MESONET. 1010 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW MOUNT VERNON 37.87N 87.98W 06/26/2018 POSEY IN EMERGENCY MNGR NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. 1015 AM TSTM WND GST 4 NW MARION 37.37N 88.13W 06/26/2018 M63.00 MPH CRITTENDEN KY MESONET REPORTED VIA KENTUCKY MESONET 1023 AM TSTM WND DMG FORT BRANCH 38.25N 87.57W 06/26/2018 GIBSON IN EMERGENCY MNGR HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGH MUCH OF THE CITY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. GUTTER AND SHINGLE DAMAGE ON TWO HOMES. SEMI ROLLED OVER. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN TO 2 MILES EAST. 1023 AM TSTM WND DMG FORT BRANCH 38.25N 87.57W 06/26/2018 GIBSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT OF TWO SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILERS BLOWN OVER. ONE TREE UPROOTED AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. LOCATION ON HIGHWAY 41 ON SOUTH END OF FORT BRANCH. 1023 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 S FORT BRANCH 38.22N 87.57W 06/26/2018 GIBSON IN EMERGENCY MNGR TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG COAL MINE ROAD. 1026 AM TSTM WND GST 4 NW MARION 37.37N 88.13W 06/26/2018 M36.00 MPH CRITTENDEN KY MESONET REPORT VIA KENTUCKY MESONET. POWER LINE DOWN ALONG OLD PINEY ROAD. 1028 AM TSTM WND GST HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W 06/26/2018 M46.00 MPH HENDERSON KY AWOS REPORT FROM HENDERSON KENTUCKY AIRPORT. 1038 AM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W 06/26/2018 M60.00 MPH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ON THE NNW SIDE OF TOWN. 1040 AM TSTM WND GST 5 E HENDERSON 37.84N 87.49W 06/26/2018 M49.00 MPH HENDERSON KY MESONET PEAK GUST FROM KENTUCKY MESONET WEATHER OBSERVATION SITE. 1043 AM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W 06/26/2018 HENDERSON KY PUBLIC WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 1043 AM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W 06/26/2018 E60.00 MPH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER WINDS ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE SUBDIVISION OF ANGEL MOUNDS. 1052 AM TSTM WND DMG WINSLOW 38.38N 87.21W 06/26/2018 PIKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER TREES AND POWER AND LINES DOWN. 1058 AM TSTM WND GST ST. JOSEPH 37.69N 87.33W 06/26/2018 E55.00 MPH DAVIESS KY PUBLIC PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 1100 AM TSTM WND GST 4 S MADISONVILLE 37.28N 87.51W 06/26/2018 M53.00 MPH HOPKINS KY MESONET PEAK GUST REPORTED FROM KENTUCKY MESONET. 1104 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CADIZ 36.85N 87.85W 06/26/2018 TRIGG KY TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH. 1105 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E STANLEY 37.82N 87.23W 06/26/2018 DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE SNAPPED WITH WIDESPREAD TREE LIMBS DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH. 1106 AM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W 06/26/2018 M53.00 MPH DAVIESS KY AWOS WIND GUST REPORT FROM OWENSBORO KENTUCKY AIRPORT. 1113 AM TSTM WND DMG OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W 06/26/2018 DAVIESS KY PUBLIC SEMI TRACTOR BLOWN ON WEST SIDE OF COMMUNITY AT THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE. 1120 AM TSTM WND GST GREENVILLE 37.21N 87.18W 06/26/2018 M47.00 MPH MUHLENBERG KY MESONET PEAK WIND GUST FROM KENTUCKY MESONET. 1135 AM FLASH FLOOD WINSLOW 38.38N 87.21W 06/26/2018 PIKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 61 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 56. WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 1140 AM TSTM WND GST FORT CAMPBELL NORTH 36.65N 87.46W 06/26/2018 M44.00 MPH CHRISTIAN KY AWOS REPORT FROM FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY WEATHER OBSSERVATION. 1145 AM TSTM WND DMG OTWELL 38.45N 87.09W 06/26/2018 PIKE IN STORM CHASER TREES DOWN. 1150 AM TSTM WND GST 5 SW ELKTON 36.76N 87.22W 06/26/2018 M43.00 MPH TODD KY MESONET PEAK WIND GUST AT KENTUCKY MESONET. 1203 PM FLASH FLOOD PRINCETON 38.36N 87.57W 06/26/2018 GIBSON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FLASH FLOODING ALONG MCROBERTS ROAD NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. WATER OVER ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 64 EAST OF TOWN. 0355 PM TSTM WND DMG PERRYVILLE 37.73N 89.87W 06/26/2018 PERRY MO BROADCAST MEDIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. 0420 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 E FRUITLAND 37.45N 89.58W 06/26/2018 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER 0440 PM HAIL JACKSON 37.38N 89.65W 06/26/2018 E0.88 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO PUBLIC RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. 0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S CARBONDALE 37.68N 89.22W 06/26/2018 JACKSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. CHIMNEY DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. 0445 PM TSTM WND DMG MAKANDA 37.62N 89.24W 06/26/2018 JACKSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA TREE BLOCKING OLD US 51 SOUTH NEAR RACCOON VALLEY ROAD. 0449 PM HAIL 4 S CARBONDALE 37.67N 89.22W 06/26/2018 M0.88 INCH JACKSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AS WELL AS TREE LIMBS DOWN. 0459 PM HAIL 2 N ANNA 37.49N 89.24W 06/26/2018 M0.50 INCH UNION IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0536 PM HAIL VAN BUREN 37.01N 91.01W 06/26/2018 E1.50 INCH CARTER MO EMERGENCY MNGR PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF VAN BUREN. 0543 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S CARRIER MILLS 37.67N 88.63W 06/26/2018 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY 45. 0546 PM TSTM WND GST WEST PADUCAH 37.08N 88.74W 06/26/2018 M45.00 MPH MCCRACKEN KY ASOS MEASURED AT BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. 0549 PM HAIL VAN BUREN 37.01N 91.01W 06/26/2018 E0.88 INCH CARTER MO BROADCAST MEDIA 0549 PM HAIL 1 NE MOUND CITY 37.10N 89.15W 06/26/2018 E0.75 INCH PULASKI IL EMERGENCY MNGR FALLING NEAR HIGHWAY 37 AND MOUNDS ROAD. 0550 PM HAIL VAN BUREN 37.01N 91.01W 06/26/2018 M0.88 INCH CARTER MO BROADCAST MEDIA 0553 PM FUNNEL CLOUD HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W 06/26/2018 SALINE IL PUBLIC 0553 PM TSTM WND DMG HEROD 37.58N 88.44W 06/26/2018 POPE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 34. 0605 PM HAIL ELLSINORE 36.93N 90.75W 06/26/2018 M0.88 INCH CARTER MO TRAINED SPOTTER NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. 0608 PM HAIL 4 W ELLSINORE 36.93N 90.82W 06/26/2018 M0.50 INCH CARTER MO EMERGENCY MNGR 0627 PM HAIL GREENVILLE 37.13N 90.45W 06/26/2018 M0.50 INCH WAYNE MO EMERGENCY MNGR 0634 PM TSTM WND GST BRECKINRIDGE CENTER 37.68N 87.86W 06/26/2018 E55.00 MPH UNION KY TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. RELAYED VIA TWITTER. 0648 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW HENDERSON 37.80N 87.60W 06/26/2018 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT 6 TO 10 TREES DOWN ALONG US HIGHWAY 41A 0652 PM TSTM WND GST WAPPAPELLO 36.94N 90.27W 06/26/2018 M50.00 MPH WAYNE MO EMERGENCY MNGR SEVERAL AREAS IN COMMUNITY REPORTING POWER OUTAGES. 0657 PM TSTM WND GST POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W 06/26/2018 M58.00 MPH BUTLER MO ASOS REPORTED AT POPLAR BLUFF AIRPORT 0701 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSON 37.38N 89.65W 06/26/2018 E50.00 MPH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS TREES LIMBS DOWN. 0701 PM TSTM WND GST 6 W EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.65W 06/26/2018 E50.00 MPH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER 0704 PM TSTM WND GST 5 S CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.24N 89.55W 06/26/2018 M53.00 MPH SCOTT MO ASOS MEASURED AT CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT. 0710 PM TSTM WND DMG WEST LOUISVILLE 37.70N 87.29W 06/26/2018 DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER TREES UPROOTED. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. 0712 PM TSTM WND GST NEWBURGH 37.95N 87.40W 06/26/2018 M46.00 MPH WARRICK IN BROADCAST MEDIA 0715 PM TSTM WND DMG POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W 06/26/2018 BUTLER MO BROADCAST MEDIA LARGE COTTONWOOD TREE SNAPPED IN POPLAR BLUFF. 0715 PM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMFIELD 36.89N 89.93W 06/26/2018 STODDARD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF STODDARD COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. 0717 PM FUNNEL CLOUD BREMEN 37.36N 87.22W 06/26/2018 MUHLENBERG KY LAW ENFORCEMENT 0718 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W 06/26/2018 VANDERBURGH IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN EVANSVILLE. A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE.
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW BREMEN 37.33N 87.26W 06/26/2018 MUHLENBERG KY NWS STORM SURVEY A MICROBURST WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 85 MPH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO AT LEAST SEVEN HOMES. AT LEAST SEVEN BARNS LOST ROOFING OR SIDING. DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE DOWNED. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70. 0720 PM TSTM WND DMG BREMEN 37.36N 87.22W 06/26/2018 MUHLENBERG KY LAW ENFORCEMENT WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN, ONE FELL ACROSS A MOBILE HOME. TREES DOWN ON MULTIPLE HOMES. 0720 PM TSTM WND DMG DEXTER 36.79N 89.96W 06/26/2018 STODDARD MO BROADCAST MEDIA CONCRETE STORAGE SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED ON NORTH PARK LANE. DELAYED REPORT. TIME BASED ON RADAR. 0724 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W HARVIELL 36.66N 90.49W 06/26/2018 BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 158 TWO MILES EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF US 67 AND US 160. DELAYED REPORT.TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. 0724 PM TSTM WND DMG POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W 06/26/2018 BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR TREES AND A FENCE BLOWN DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF POPLAR BLUFF. DELAYED REPORT. 0725 PM TSTM WND DMG CENTRAL CITY 37.30N 87.13W 06/26/2018 MUHLENBERG KY LAW ENFORCEMENT WIDESPREAD TREES DOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 0729 PM TSTM WND DMG CAIRO 37.71N 87.65W 06/26/2018 HENDERSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR TREE FELL ON A CAR. INJURIES REPORTED. 0729 PM TSTM WND DMG HEBBARDSVILLE 37.78N 87.38W 06/26/2018 HENDERSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. 0737 PM TSTM WND GST ROCKPORT 37.88N 87.05W 06/26/2018 M53.00 MPH SPENCER IN TRAINED SPOTTER 0744 PM FUNNEL CLOUD DRAKESBORO 37.22N 87.05W 06/26/2018 MUHLENBERG KY EMERGENCY MNGR 0837 PM TSTM WND GST SEDALIA 36.64N 88.61W 06/26/2018 E50.00 MPH GRAVES KY PUBLIC 0845 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MURRAY 36.61N 88.41W 06/26/2018 CALLOWAY KY EMERGENCY MNGR TREE DOWN ACROSS BUTTERWORTH ROAD WEST OF MURRAY. DELAYED REPORT. 0917 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW MURRAY 36.64N 88.35W 06/26/2018 CALLOWAY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT *** 1 INJ *** TREE FELL ON A MOVING CAR ON AIRPORT ROAD. ONE PERSON INJURED.
Additional Information
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