Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2006

Name: Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2006
Start: 2006-05-02T02:20
End: 2006-05-02T02:30
Location: Illinois

May 2, 2006 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 May 1, 11:30 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:30 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1230 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST.

LATEST RADAR SHOWS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA...WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT OUR EAST/SOUTHEAST EIGHT
COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM.  LATEST NAM SHOWS SOME LINGERING QPF ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA AFTER 12Z...GFS LINGERS IT JUST IN
EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS.  WILL BASE ANY LINGERING POPS FOR THIS
MORNING ON RADAR TRENDS JUST PRIOR TO ISSUANCE.  BOTH NAM AND GFS
KEEP US DRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  NAM BRINGS QPF BACK INTO
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FA LATE TONIGHT...GFS HOLDS PRECIP WEST OF
OUR AREA UNTIL AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY.  INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
FOR WESTERN HALF AFTER 05Z WEDNESDAY...WHICH MESHES WITH NAM
SOLUTION AND BETTER BLENDS WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES.

NAM AND GFS KEEP US IN A WET WEATHER PATTERN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BRINGS A COLD
FRONT SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA.  BEST CHANCES LOOK TO BE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY.  NAM FINALLY PUSHES PRECIP INTO EXTREME
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR REGION BY 12Z FRIDAY.  GFS BRINGS
SIGNIFICANT QPF ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY...AND LOOKS TO BE OVERDONE.  CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS ON
FRIDAY...WITH POPS GRADUALLY LOWERING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

GFS AND DGEX BOTH BRING LIGHT QPF INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA
LATE MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY.  AT THIS POINT...PREFER TO KEEP MONDAY DRY DUE TO MODEL
TIMING UNCERTAINTY AND WILL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

TWEAKED LOWS UP A LITTLE TONIGHT AND HIGHS DOWN A LITTLE FOR
WEDNESDAY BASED ON MAV/MET TRENDS.  RAISED HIGHS A LITTLE ON
THURSDAY FOR THE SAME REASON.  TRENDED TEMPS UP JUST A LITTLE FOR
LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND BASED ON LATEST MEX TRENDS.

&&

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

&&

RST

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:56 AM CST, 22 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
456 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021000-
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-
456 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL CROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WHERE HEAVY
RAIN SATURATED THE GROUND SUNDAY...THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY
CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AFTER A BREAK IN THE STORMS TUESDAY...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
THE ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY...REACHING
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT MAY BE LOCALLY
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO BECOME A
CONCERN WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS CONCERNING
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 11:01 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1201 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

1201 AM     HAIL             POPLAR BLUFF            36.76N 90.41W
05/02/2006  M0.75 INCH       BUTLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EVENT OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION OF 14TH AND DAVIS.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 1, 11:31 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1231 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

1230 AM     HAIL             PATTON                  37.44N 90.04W
05/02/2006  E0.88 INCH       BOLLINGER          MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PUBLIC REPORT TO MEDIA.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 1, 11:43 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1243 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

1242 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     GRAYVILLE               38.26N 88.00W
05/02/2006                   WHITE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EVENT ALONG ROUTE 1. UNCONFIRMED.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 1, 11:45 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1245 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

1242 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N GRAYVILLE           38.29N 88.00W
05/02/2006                   EDWARDS            IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EVENT ALONG ROUTE 1. CONFIRMED BY STATE POLICE.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 2, 12:03 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
103 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

1245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT CARMEL            38.42N 87.77W
05/02/2006                   WABASH             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN WITH AREAS OF COMMUNITY WITHOUT POWER.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, May 2, 12:58 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
158 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

0145 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PETERSBURG              38.49N 87.28W
05/02/2006                   PIKE               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS 57
            AND 61. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 57 CLOSED.

&&

SMITTY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pulaski

When: May 2, 2:20 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Pulaski
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.217, -89.200

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, May 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: 5508402.