Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 2006
Start: 2006-04-30T16:55
End: 2006-04-30T16:55
Location: Illinois

April 30, 2006 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
330 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

LOTS GOING ON TODAY...THEREFORE WILL BE BRIEF.  MAIN CONCERN
CONTINUES TO BE POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

HAVE A NARROW WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR ACROSS THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  EXPECT THAT THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD
THROUGH THE UNSTABLE WEDGE AND ULTIMATELY BECOME ELEVATED AS THEY
WORK EASTWARD TOWARD THE WABASH VALLEY AND THE LAKES AREA IN WEST
KENTUCKY.  WIND FIELDS ARE VEERING PRETTY WELL IN THE LOW
LEVELS...BUT GENERALLY ARE WEAK.  MAY SEE SOME ENHANCED TORNADO WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI WHERE SURFACE WINDS ARE BACKED MORE TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHEAST.  HOWEVER...STILL FEEL THAT LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY
CONCERN TONIGHT.

THE 12Z GFS ROTATES ONE MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH NORTHEAST
THROUGH NORTHWESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING...AND THEN PUSHES A STRONGER
ONE THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  WILL GO WITH
LIKELY POPS TONIGHT WITH FOCUS IN NORTHWEST ZONES.  FAR SOUTHEAST
ZONES WILL HAVE ONLY GOOD CHANCE POP TONIGHT.

THE 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO LIFT THE CLOSED LOW NORTHWARD FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA...AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM
EMERGES ONTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT.  AS THE
INITIAL UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHWARD SOME OF THE ENERGY WILL PUSH EAST
ACROSS THE AREA AS AN OPEN WAVE LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.  THERE
WILL LIKELY BE ANOTHER WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACCOMPANYING IT THROUGH
THE AREA...SO HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT...BUT KEPT
CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY.  ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH A RATHER STRONG ZONAL MID-LEVEL JET MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT.  HAIL AND WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

TUESDAY WILL HAVE A LINGERING LOW POP...BUT WILL LIKELY BE DRY...AND
LIKEWISE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE SECOND MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
RIDE EASTWARD ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER...EVENTUALLY DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  WILL SPREAD CHANCE POPS
ACROSS THE AREA FOR BOTH PERIODS.  SEVERE WEATHER MAY ONCE AGAIN BE
A PROBLEM.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE WARMER MET GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH
TUESDAY...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE IT BE CONSIDERABLY
WARMER IF THE SUNSHINE DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED.  TRENDED TOWARD THE
MAV/MEX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...

AS A STACKED LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN CANADA DURING MIDWEEK...COOL HIGH
PRESSURE WRAPPING AROUND ITS BACKSIDE IS PROGGED TO SWEEP INTO THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY 12Z THU OR SO...BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SOME
UNCERTAINTLY EXISTS AS TO EXACTLY HOW THIS WILL EVOLVE. EVEN WITH
THE FRONT POSSIBLY TO THE SE OF THE PAH FCST AREA THU MORNING...
ACCORDING TO THE GFS AND ECMWF AT LEAST...THERE WILL STILL BE A CHC
OF SHWS/TSTMS IN THE FCST FOR THU THROUGH 00Z SAT. THIS WILL BE DUE
TO MULTIPLE PERTUBATIONS IN THE TEMPORARILY ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW
TAPPING RESIDUAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AS THEY MOVE EAST. A VIGOROUS
MID LEVEL SHRTWV IS PROGGED TO SWEEP SE INTO THE MIDWEST TOWARD THE
WEEKEND AND HELP TO PUSH MORE SFC HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE AREA AND
PUT AN END TO THE PCPN BY FRI EVE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...AND TEMPS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

DRS/DB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-011000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...ROUGHLY WEST OF A FULTON
KENTUCKY TO GOLCONDA AND FAIRFIELD ILLINOIS LINE. NUMEROUS STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE
LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR SEVERE WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AFTER 9 PM...AS THEY
PUSH EAST OF THE WATCH AREA...TOWARD MORE STABLE AIR.

MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THAT TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MONDAY
NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

IF NOT ALREADY ACTIVE...SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS THROUGHOUT
THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:28 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
528 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0527 PM     HAIL             5 S POPLAR BLUFF        36.69N 90.41W
04/30/2006  M0.75 INCH       BUTLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EVENT REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS MM AND 35.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:29 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
529 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0528 PM     HAIL             MURPHYSBORO             37.77N 89.34W
04/30/2006  M1.00 INCH       JACKSON            IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:42 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
542 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0540 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BELL CITY               37.02N 89.82W
04/30/2006                   STODDARD           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF BELL CITY. FUNNEL CLOUD
            NEARING GROUND.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:46 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
546 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0540 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BELL CITY               37.02N 89.82W
04/30/2006                   STODDARD           MO   PUBLIC

            REPORTED JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF BELL CITY. FUNNEL CLOUD
            NEARING GROUND. TWO PUBLIC REPORTS RELAYED TO LAW
            ENFORCEMENT.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:49 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
549 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0547 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 W DEXTER              36.79N 90.00W
04/30/2006                   STODDARD           MO   PUBLIC

            REPORTS RELAYED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. OTHER REPORTS OF
            FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN DEXTER AND SIKESTON AT INTERSECTION
            OF HIGHWAYS 60 AND N.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:54 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
554 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0550 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     GRAYRIDGE               36.82N 89.78W
04/30/2006                   STODDARD           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 60. VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
            FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD SCOTT COUNTY.
            GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED WITH STORM ALSO. EVENT RELAYED TO
            EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

SMITTY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: April 30, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Union County, Cobden
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 37.533, -89.250

In Cobden, a farmstead was heavily damaged. The chimney of a house fell and smashed through a deck. A carport was destroyed. A boat was blown 75 feet, and a barn was unroofed. On the neighboring property, three outbuildings were destroyed and nine trees were blown down. Other trees and power lines were down in the Cobden area. A house was damaged four miles north of Cobden.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, April 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5501372.