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
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