Radar Screenshots And Pictures From The June 7 Tornadoes/Storms

Here are some interesting pictures and a video from the June 7 storms which affected parts of our region from New Madrid Bend to McKenzie, TN, and also from Graves County, KY to near Murray, KY.  The National Weather Service in Memphis survey and Paducah survey indicated an EF-1 tornado from the New Madrid Bend to Obion County, TN.  Peak winds estimate ranged from 80 to 110 mph.

This storm came together and blew up near the New Madrid Bend in the Mississippi River and then proceeded southeast.  This is a radial velocity screenshot from the NEXRAD radar, showing the opposing directions of the winds closeby, indicating rotation such as in a supercell storm.

This is at the same time, but showing reflectivity, the "notch" in the return indicates inflow into the storm, as the supercell storm rotates.

This is damage from the storm in Obion County, TN, near Shawtown.

This is the radar, showing wind velocity, near Rives, TN, indicating the rotation is still going.

This video comes from storm spotter Chris Conley, from near Union City, TN

This is also wind velocity, as the storm passed just east of Greenfield, TN

This is a picture taken by storm chaser Chris Conley at about the same time and you can see the lowered, rotating "wall cloud" associated with the supercell.

As the storm progressed southeastward, it approached McKenzie, TN

Picture from storm spotter Chris Conley, as the storm approached McKenzie.

Another view of the storm near McKenzie, as taken by storm spotter Ben Noles

Meanwhile, another storm was producing high winds near Mayfield, KY and then moving toward Murray, KY.

This is a wind velocity shot of the storm approaching Murray. I was concerned about the the small area of green in the bright whitish return, suggesting there could have been a small area of tight rotation in the winds, showing up.

Jill Hudson took this picture just NE of Murray, of the wall cloud.

Jack Henshaw captured this picture near Murray of the corn all blown to one side.

Here is the wind velocity on the radar, as the storm crossed Highway 641 just north of Murray

Picture of damage near Murray from Stephanie Jones

Another picture of damage near Murray from Stephanie Jones

Here is the storm report summary from the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
716 AM CDT MON JUN 09 2014

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

0248 PM     TORNADO          5 NE MARSTON            36.57N 89.54W
06/07/2014                   FULTON             KY   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN IN EXTREME WESTERN FULTON COUNTY
            KENTUCKY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW
            MADRID COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY INTO LAKE COUNTY TENNESSEE.
            PATH LENGTH 7 MILES. PEAK WIND 110 MPH. MAX PATH WIDTH
            200 YDS. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED. CORN FIELDS WERE
            FLATTENED WITH A CONVERGENT PATTERN NOTED. NO STRUCTURES
            WERE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

0306 PM     TORNADO          6 S NEW MADRID          36.50N 89.55W
06/07/2014                   NEW MADRID         MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY.

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW MADRID              36.59N 89.55W
06/07/2014                   NEW MADRID         MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERE DAMAGE TO ONE HOME, ONE HOME WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF
            AND ANOTHER WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE.A TREE FELL ON A MOBIL
            HOME TRAPPING A PERSON INSIDE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
            UNTILITY WORKER POSSIBLY INJURED FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAYFIELD                36.74N 88.65W
06/07/2014                   GRAVES             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIME ADJUSTED. EM REPORTED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WITH 5
            MILE LENGTH DAMAGE PATH ACROSS SOUTH SIDE OF MAYFIELD.
            WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A FEW HOMES WITH
            DOWNED ACROSS THEM. SOME TREES SO LARGE A BULLDOZER WILL
            BE NEEDED TO MOVE THEM OUT OF ROADWAYS.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLDWATER               36.65N 88.46W
06/07/2014                   CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED ALONG HWY 121. POWER OUTAGES
            REPORTED.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEDALIA                 36.64N 88.61W
06/07/2014                   GRAVES             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OUTDOOR FURNITURE LIFTED OFF DECK AND NOW IN ROADWAY.ONE
            HOME WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. NUMBER OF OAK TREES DOWN AND A
            POWER POLE SNAPPED 4 FEET FROM THE TOP ALONG STATE ROUTE
            1890. SEVERAL FLOODED ROADWAYS IN SOUTHERN HALF OF
            COUNTY.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALMO                    36.69N 88.28W
06/07/2014                   CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LATE REPORT. CAMPER FLIPPED OVER. MOBILE HOME WITH
            UNDERPINNING DAMAGE. TOBACCO BARN ROOF DAMAGE. TREES
            UPROOTED. DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG THE FOLLOWING
            ROADS...SPRING ROAD, COLE CAMPGROUND ROAD, PALMER ROAD
            AND WRATHER ROAD.

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURRAY                  36.61N 88.32W
06/07/2014                   CALLOWAY           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE
            COMMUNITY. ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FOR 10 MINUTES.
            WATER ACROSS MANY STREETS.

0420 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N NEW CONCORD         36.64N 88.07W
06/07/2014  M60.00 MPH       CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES DOWN.

0421 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N NEELYVILLE          36.57N 90.51W
06/07/2014                   BUTLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR