2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 17, 2:00 AM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPPER/SURFACE LOW WL RACE SE ACROSS MID OH RIVER VALLEY. DRY AIR ALREADY HAVING OVERRUN FA WL PROVIDE MOSUNNY SKY TODAY XCP PERHAPS FOR NRN/NERN PTNS FA...WHERE UPSTREAM WRAP AROUND CLOUDS WL ADVECT. HOWEVER PTSUNNY MAY WORK THERE AS TIME/HEIGHTS AND MOS SUGGEST THEYLL HAVE A HARD TIME SUSTAINING THEMSELVES THRU THE PM IN THE OVERALL DRYING COLUMN. NEXT CHC PCPN AND SLGT RISK SVR IS TUE NIGHT(-WED). GFS/NAM BOTH DEVELOP 2NDARY SURFACE LOW WITH RETURN OF WARM FRONT...ABLEIT TO VARYING DEGREES ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW. NEVERTHELESS BOTH GFS/NAM DEPICT IMPRESSIVE SHOWALTERS TO -4 AND K INDICES INTO THE MID 30S RANGE...WITH ELEVATED CONVECTIVE THREAT HEIGHTENED FOR HAILERS. FINALLY ANOTHER CHC PCPN IN THE SPRING-LIKE REGIME ENDS OUT THE WEEK...WITH A DRY WEEKEND IN STORE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM PASSAGE. WE LIKE A GFS/NAM MAV/MET MOS BLEND IN THE NEAR TO MEDIUM RANGE GIVEN THEIR SIGNAL SIMILARITIES AND THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE. IN THE EXTENDED...WE MERGED THE NEW GFS BASED MEX MOS NOS WITH THE GOING FORECAST AND COLLAB PICTURE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 320 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-181000- 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- 320 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE PROXIMITY OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW AND ATTENDANT WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALLOW A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR MOST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ELEVATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the White River occurred. At the Petersburg gage, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.51 feet on April 22. The flooding primarily affected low bottomlands along the river. Low oil fields were shut down, and a few local county roads were closed.
Minor flooding of the White River occurred. At the Hazleton gage, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.40 feet on April 23. The flooding primarily affected low bottomlands along the river. Low-lying oil fields and county roads flooded. High water isolated Pottstown, a river cabin community.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5501535, 5501536.