National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

During the late afternoon of Friday, June 27, clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved eastward from the St. Louis area across parts of southern Illinois. The Storm Prediction Center issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 623 at 5:15 P.M. for southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, northwest Kentucky, and a few counties in southeast Missouri.

The storms organized into one or two short lines as they crossed southern Illinois. The lines accelerated as they crossed the Wabash River, and they exited southwest Indiana and northwest Kentucky around 9 P.M.

The initial severe weather reports in the Mount Vernon area were associated with a rotating storm that produced a funnel cloud and some large hail up to the size of quarters. Once the storms organized into a line, wind damage was observed at a number of locations along and north of a Carbondale to Harrisburg corridor. A number of trees were blown down by wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph. The reports were most numerous near Benton, Du Quoin, and Carbondale. A few weak structures such as barns and greenhouses were destroyed.

Wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph were observed at numerous locations in southwest Indiana. Some trees and power lines were brought down, resulting in sporadic power outages. A detailed preliminary report of wind damage, large hail, and flooding follows.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1109 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

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

0549 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 ESE MOUNT VERNON      38.30N 88.84W
06/27/2008                   JEFFERSON          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROTATING WALL CLOUD PRODUCED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD.
            OBSERVED FROM JUNCTION OF INTERSTATES 64 AND 57 LOOKING
            EAST.

0559 PM     HAIL             2 N MOUNT VERNON        38.35N 88.91W
06/27/2008  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY WMIX RADIO

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E DU QUOIN            38.00N 89.22W
06/27/2008                   PERRY              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            120 BY 80 FOOT METAL BARN DESTROYED ON DAVISVILLE ROAD.
            DEBRIS SPREAD 1/2-1 MILE ACROSS FIELD. TIME ESTIMATED.

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N DU QUOIN            38.02N 89.24W
06/27/2008  E70.00 MPH       PERRY              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE TROOPER REPORTED TREES DOWN ON NORTH EDGE OF TOWN
            WITH WINDS OF AT LEAST 70 MPH.

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     INA                     38.15N 88.90W
06/27/2008                   JEFFERSON          IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            GREENHOUSE BLOWN INTO CORNFIELD NEAR REND LAKE COLLEGE.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0620 PM     HAIL             DU QUOIN                38.00N 89.24W
06/27/2008  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE DU QUOIN           38.03N 89.20W
06/27/2008                   PERRY              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON TULIP TREE RD AND
            SASSAFRAS RD. LARGE BARN MOVED OFF FOUNDATION. SHINGLE
            DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE ON PECAN ROAD.

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S CARBONDALE          37.70N 89.22W
06/27/2008                   JACKSON            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN...MOSTLY SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN CARBONDALE. SEVERAL
            SMALL TREES DOWN ON SIU CAMPUS. COUPLE OF ROADS BLOCKED 2
            TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF CARBONDALE...INCLUDING OLD HIGHWAY
            51.

0629 PM     TORNADO          5 W WAYNE CITY          38.35N 88.68W
06/27/2008                   WAYNE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 15 ABOUT A MILE INSIDE WAYNE
            COUNTY...REPORTED BY SHERIFF DEPUTY

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N BENTON              38.02N 88.92W
06/27/2008                   FRANKLIN           IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES
            DOWN ON NORTH SIDE OF CITY. ROUTE 37 BLOCKED.

0703 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 W MOUNT CARMEL        38.42N 87.90W
06/27/2008  E70.00 MPH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND SPEED ESTIMATED BY SPOTTERS AND RELAYED THROUGH
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARRISBURG              37.74N 88.55W
06/27/2008                   SALINE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0720 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W POSEYVILLE          38.17N 87.84W
06/27/2008  E60.00 MPH       POSEY              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0749 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ST. PHILLIP             37.99N 87.72W
06/27/2008                   POSEY              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
06/27/2008  E60.00 MPH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4-5 INCHES OF WATER OVER RTE 62 AT INTERSECTION WITH
            US-41.

0753 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 E PETERSBURG          38.49N 87.26W
06/27/2008                   PIKE               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     BOONVILLE               38.05N 87.27W
06/27/2008  E60.00 MPH       WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LATE REPORT. NO KNOWN DAMAGE AT THIS TIME.

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
06/27/2008  E60.00 MPH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROLLING SHELF CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH STORM.

0809 PM     TSTM WND GST     EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
06/27/2008  E50.00 MPH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS OCCURRING IN THE SUBDIVISION OF ANGLE
            MOUNDS.

0854 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW OWENSBORO          37.75N 87.13W
06/27/2008                   DAVIESS            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE BILLBOARD BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 81 AT
            INTERSECTION OF KELLER ROAD.


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