NWS Paducah Photo Gallery

 All photos were sent in by storm chasers or weather enthusiasts (Thank you!).   

Tornado photo (click on photo for full size). Photo shows a tornado that briefly touched down about 7 miles north of Pinckneyville, Illinois, and produced no damage. This photo was taken by Connie Williams on the afternoon of May 31, 2001.  

2001 Lightning Photos (click on photos for full size). First photo shows where a lightning strike blew a hole in the ground around the roots of a tree, then travelled to a nearby house through pipes. The strike occurred around 8:15 P.M. on August 9, in the Jackson County community of Makanda. Photo courtesy of Ron Hertter, Jr. of the Carbondale (IL) EMA. Second photo below, from Mike Holland, was taken near Hurst, IL in July. Third photo from John Diebolt was taken in southern Illinois on July 3. 

Left photo below was taken by Debbie and Kelly Hooper, staff members at the Paducah office, near Aurora on Kentucky Lake on June 30, 2001. This wall cloud did not produce any funnel clouds or tornadoes, and no rotation was noted. The right photo below was taken by Chris Novy on January 29, 2001. This photo was taken at sunset near Carbondale, IL. Click on photos for full size.

View a satellite photo taken on January 9, 2001, showing where snow covers the ground over parts of Illinois and Indiana.

Photos of May 23, 2000 Storms (taken in Cape Girardeau County, MO and Union County, IL)

Thanks to John Diebolt  and Kevin Teegardner for contributing these excellent photos. 

Most of the photos below were taken in southern Illinois in 1998 and 1999.

Lightning Photos 

Distant Thunderstorm (Cumulonimbus cloud) Photos

Shelf clouds, mammatus clouds, and close-ups of thunderstorm cloud bases

Miscellaneous Other Weather Photos