Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 7, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 7, 2006
Start: 2006-04-07T15:15
End: 2006-04-07T15:15
Location: Indiana

April 7, 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: $60,000
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 7, 2:20 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:20 PM CST, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
320 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...
ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER PRECLUDES LENGTHY DISCUSSION. TORNADO WATCH
#162 CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. FOR MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION REGARDING LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOKS AND
WATCHES...REFER TO LATEST PRODUCTS FROM STORM PREDICTION CENTER.

ROUND ONE WITH SEVERE WEATHER OVER WEST KENTUCKY HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA. NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. ROUND TWO IS
ONGOING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ALSO PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AWAITING
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.

ELONGATED AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE REGION BY 06 UTC. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL PAST EAST
OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12 UTC. UNTIL THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL
LINGER UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LOW
EARLY SATURDAY...SIGNIFICANT COLD/DRY AIR ADVECTION/MIXING WILL TAKE
PLACE ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. ANY MIXING SHOULD DIMINISH
BY EARLY EVENING...PLACING THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA IN IDEAL
CONDITIONS FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE EARLY PART
OF THE OUTDOOR GROWING SEASON...I WILL LEAVE ANY CONSIDERATION OR
MENTION OF FROST ADVISORY POTENTIAL TO THE (DAY AND) FOLLOWING
EVENING FORECAST CREWS. A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WAS PLACED IN THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AS A HEADS UP FOR AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

DRY WEATHER SHOULD PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS
TIME...KEPT CURRENT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THE SAME AS IN
PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGES.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
MO...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
IL...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
IN...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.

&&

ML

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 6:21 AM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-081230-
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-
721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM DEXTER AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...EASTWARD TO BENTON AND
CARMI ILLINOIS...THEN ONWARD TO PRINCETON AND SANTA CLAUS INDIANA.

THE GREATEST CONCERN IN THIS RISK AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING
THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER DELTA REGION OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTWARD INTO THE PURCHASE AND PENNYRILE
AREAS OF WEST KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH
MARKEDLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE MAIN HAZARDS IN THIS AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING
HOURS...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN
NOON AND 2 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY START OUT IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AREAS OF FROST WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT. AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS WORKING WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR TREES SHOULD
MAKE PLANS BY SATURDAY TO LESSEN ANY DAMAGE DUE TO THE FROST.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO RETURN LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:53 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
353 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0350 PM     HAIL             BROWNS                  38.38N 87.98W
04/07/2006  E1.25 INCH       EDWARDS            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:56 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
356 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0351 PM     TSTM WND GST     KEENSBURG               38.35N 87.87W
04/07/2006  E60 MPH          WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:57 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
357 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0353 PM     HAIL             BELLMONT                38.38N 87.91W
04/07/2006  E0.88 INCH       WABASH             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 3:02 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
402 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0400 PM     HAIL             MOUNT CARMEL            38.42N 87.77W
04/07/2006  E0.88 INCH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 3:03 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
403 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0359 PM     HAIL             MOUNT CARMEL            38.42N 87.77W
04/07/2006  E1.25 INCH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 3:11 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
411 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0410 PM     HAIL             PRINCETON               38.36N 87.57W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THE HAIL ACCUMULATED TO 2 INCHES DEEP.

&&

MIKEN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson

When: April 7, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Gibson County, 4 mi E of Patoka
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $60,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.417, -87.517

At Wheeling, the windows were blown out of a church, and holes were in some vinyl siding. Between Wheeling and Patoka, a 50,000-bushel grain bin was blown over. The bin and three large propane tanks were blown about 75 feet, and some farm equipment was damaged. At Oakland City, there was damage to the metal roof of a golf course club house. About a half dozen trees were down in the same place.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, 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: 5501658.