2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 4, 2:55 AM CST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 355 AM CDT TUE APR 4 2006 DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. LATEST SATELLITE SHOWS CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA. EXPECT CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...WITH CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A WARM FRONT. PUSHED BACK TIMING OF POPS A LITTLE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH BOTH GFS AND NAM HOLDING BACK CHANCES UNTIL AFTERNOON. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR FAR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS IN THE MORNING...THEN EXTENDED POPS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. POPS INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE STORMS...WILL BE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH OUR REGION IN THE WARM SECTOR AND THE APPROACH OF A DRY LINE. EXPECT A LULL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE PAH FA. CAPE VALUES REACH AROUND 1000 J/KG BY 12Z FRIDAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND REACH 2500 TO 3200 J/KG DURING THE DAY FRIDAY ACROSS THE QUAD STATE...SO EXPECT A SECOND ROUND OF POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY. SPC HAS INCLUDED THE ENTIRE PAH FORECAST AREA IN DAY 3 SLIGHT RISK...AND OUR REGION IS MENTIONED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE ON FRIDAY IN THE DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. COLD FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION BY 06Z SATURDAY. LINGERED POPS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR REMAINING CONVECTION INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. BEYOND FRIDAY NIGHT...FORECAST IS DRY WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND...AND A GRADUAL WARM UP EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 449 AM CDT TUE APR 4 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-051000- 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- 449 AM CDT TUE APR 4 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 ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT FROM LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY FOR ANY CHANGES TO THIS OUTLOOK. RST
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 20.09 feet on April 10. 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 19.90 feet on April 11. 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.
Every storm in Indiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2006
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: 5501469, 5501534.