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.
![Photo of weak tornado near Pinckneyville, IL on May 31, 2001](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/perry2_small.jpg)
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.
![Lightning struck this tree, creating a hole in the ground](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/strike_small.jpg) ![Lightning streaks across the sky at night](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/cloudtoair_small.jpg) ![Cloud to ground lightning strike at night](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/fork4_small.gif)
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.
![Wall cloud photo taken from a boat on Kentucky Lake near Aurora](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/kylake_small.gif) ![Low clouds glow pink and red at sunset near Carbondale, Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/skywide_small.jpg)
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.
![Towering storm clouds just west of Cape Girardeau, Missouri](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/CLOUD1_small.JPG)
![More towering storm clouds near Cape Girardeau](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/CLOUD2_small.JPG)
![Lightning in clouds over Union County, Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/NOCTURNA_small.JPG)
Most of the photos below were taken in southern Illinois in
1998 and 1999.
Lightning Photos
![Lightning at night over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/August98_small.jpg) ![Time-lapse exposure of a thunderstorm at night, showing numerous lightning strikes](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/FIREWORK_small.JPG) ![Lightning at night illuminates a suspicious-looking cloud over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/TORNADO_small.JPG) ![A cloud-to-ground lightning stroke during the daytime, near Carbondale](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/Lightnin_small.jpg) ![More lightning over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/LIGHTNIN_small.JPG)
Distant Thunderstorm (Cumulonimbus cloud)
Photos
![Classic cumulonimbus cloud in the distance](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/CB_small.JPG) ![Underneath the anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud, looking toward the rain shaft](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/ANVILBK_small.JPG) ![Convective towers viewed from an airplane in flight](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/UPTWR1_small.JPG) ![Distant thunderstorm observed over open country](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/19990724_small.JPG) ![Backlit cumulonimbus near Mount Vernon, IL, on 8/18/01](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/pic818_8e_small.jpg)
Shelf clouds, mammatus clouds, and
close-ups of thunderstorm cloud bases
![Possible wall cloud over southern Illlinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/images/WALLCLD_small.JPG) ![Suspicious cloud over southwest Indiana](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/MVC-104F_small.JPG) ![Apparent shelf cloud over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/ADVANCIN_small.JPG) ![A wall cloud look-alike over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/Psuedowa_small.jpg) ![Possible tail cloud over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/TailClou_small.jpg) ![Rain shaft from a storm over southern Illinois](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/Rainoutf_small.jpg) ![Apparent shelf cloud approaching](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/Shelfapp_small.jpg)
Miscellaneous Other Weather Photos
![Rainbow observed from the Paducah National Weather Service office](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/rainbow_small.jpg) ![Cloud streets observed from aircraft over the western U.S.](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/H1999082_small.JPG) ![Interesting cloud formations viewed from aircraft](/peth04/20041027162750im_/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/images/H1999083_small.JPG)
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