TORNADOES IN THE PADUCAH COUNTY WARNING AREA
Path map of the May 30 tornadoes...Click on map for full-size version.
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May 29 - June 1, 2004 MAY 29, 830 PM...HICKMAN COUNTY, KY...F-1 TORNADO
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MAY 30 TORNADOES....
1218PM - BRIEF F-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN WEST PADUCAH, KY (MCCRACKEN COUNTY). DAMAGE: ON LIGHTFOOT ROAD...1 MOBILE HOME BLOWN FOUR FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND PART OF ITS ROOF TORN OFF...2 TO 3 OTHER MOBILE HOMES LIGHTLY DAMAGED (UNDERPINNING DAMAGED).THE TORNADO ALSO FLATTENED A TEN BY TEN FOOT STORAGE BUILDING ON FUTRELL ROAD AND CAUSED A TREE TO FALL ON A HOUSE ON OLD HIGHWAY 60. PATH ABOUT 1.5 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE.
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF THE FUNNEL CLOUD AS IT PASSED OVER DOWNTOWN PADUCAH.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEAU DODSON.
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222PM - BRIEF F-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN EASTERN TODD COUNTY, KY. THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR GROVE AT COAL BANK ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 507. PATH LENGTH LESS THAN A MILE AND WIDTH LESS THAN 75 YARDS. DAMAGE IF ANY IS UNKNOWN.
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF THE TODD COUNTY TORNADO. PHOTO TAKEN BY NENA FRANCIES.
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TIME LOCATION F SCALE PEAK WIND LENGTH/WIDE
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240PM 1 MI W OF BARNSLEY F2 140 MPH 7 MILES/175 YDS
HOPKINS COUNTY, KY
DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED (1 SEVERE)...
DAMAGE TO SPORTS COMPLEX AT HOPKINS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL...SEVERAL
BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. WITH MANY TREES ON HOMES...
BUSINESSES AND CARS. SEVERAL ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BUSINESSES.
DAMAGE ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT IS 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS. PATH ENDED JUST
AFTER CROSSING INTO MUHLENBERG COUNTY. PHOTO BELOW TAKEN BY STEVE AND
ANN MOSS NEAR HOPKINS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.--------------------------------------------------------------------- 312PM MASONVILLE F0 75 MPH 300 FT/100 FT DAVIESS COUNTY, KY DAMAGE: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A CORNFIELD...CAUSED NO DAMAGE.
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630 PM - PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS...F-1 TORNADO
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632PM - BRIEF F-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF MURPHYSBORO IN JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS. PATH LENGTH LESS THAN A MILE AND WIDTH LESS THAN 75 YARDS. DAMAGE...IF ANY...UNKNOWN.
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645PM - JEFFERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...F-1 TORNADO
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830-9PM NEWBURGH F2 120 MPH 3 MILES/75-100YDS
WARRICK COUNTY, IN
DAMAGE: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE PHELPS RD AND LIFTED AT
THE INTERSECTION OF OF HWY 66 AND SHARON ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN...WITH MANY TREES ON HOMES...BUSINESSES AND CARS.
SEVERAL ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BUSINESSES. ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT IS
2.5 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS.
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF TORNADO DAMAGE TO A TAVERN IN NEWBURGH. PHOTO IS COURTESY OF SHAWN WEBER.
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830PM NEAR PROVIDENCE F1 100 MPH 2 MILES/300 YDS
WEBSTER COUNTY, KY
DAMAGE: TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF PROVIDENCE
AND LIFTED 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF PROVIDENCE. SEVERAL HOMES WITH DAMAGE.
HOUSE DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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840PM NEAR DARMSTADT F1 100 MPH 6 MILES/200 YDS
VANDERBURGH COUNTY, IN
DAMAGE: NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME TREE TOPS ON HOMES. ONE GARAGE
DESTROYED. ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT IS AROUND 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- JUNE 1, 830 PM - BRIEF F-0 TORNADO IN HOPKINS COUNTY, KY NEAR HANSON. WELL DOCUMENTED VIA PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO. TOUCHDOWN WAS VICINITY OF HIGHWAYS 260 AND 1069. PATH LENGTH LESS THAN ONE MILE AND WIDTH ESTIMATED 50 YARDS. NO DAMAGE LOCATED.
PHOTO OF TORNADO TAKEN ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF HANSON, KY NEAR MADISONVILLE. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID AND AMY HILL.
----------------------------------------------------------------------In addition to the tornadoes on May 30, widespread straight-line winds
around 60 MPH buffeted large parts of southeast Missouri, western
Kentucky, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana. There were reports of
large hail, especially across southeast Missouri. Click here for a
preliminary listing of hail, wind, and flooding reports on May 30.
- Photo
gallery of May 30 and June 1 storms.
