The National Weather Service at Barkley Field measured 2.6 inches of rain, which set a new record for the date. But that was well short of the deluge at Cape Girardeau, where a record 3.87 inches was in the gauge. Evansville recorded 2.19 inches of rain.
Most of the rain was moving away by 3 pm, but the back side of the storms contained a wall of damaging winds. On I-24 near Oak Grove, tractor trailers and an RV were overturned by wind gusts. One home in Trigg County was reported to receive considerable damage from straight-line winds.
Christian County had similar winds over 50 miles per hour northwest of Fort Campbell, with trees and power lines down. Some homes had roof damage.
Winds in Muhlenberg County were clocked at 47 miles per hour. Tree and roof damage was reported in Henderson County, along with 66 mph gusts.
A weather station in Todd County measured one gust at 68 miles per hour.
The storms continued into Indiana, and damage included trees down in Vanderburgh County.
On the Net:
Paducah Weather Service webpageWKDZ storm coverage in Christian and Todd counties