Indiana, 2006Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 21, 2006
July 21, 2006 · NWS PAH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
218 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER THE FIRST 24 HOURS.
THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE
CWA...WHILE MAIN MID-LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED FURTHER NORTHWEST OVER
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONGOING CONVECTION WILL RUN
ITS COURSE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRIMARY WIND DAMAGE THREAT ACROSS
THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVY RAIN MORE
OF A PROBLEM IN TRAILING BAND OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP
OF ILLINOIS. LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS CONVECTION WILL
LIKELY SCOUR OUT THE AIRMASS OVER ALL BUT FAR WESTERN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
MODELS ARE OF LITTLE USE TODAY...SO WILL HAVE TO GO IT ALONE FOR
TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION THERE WILL BE A
WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR LEFT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.
SEEING NO SIGN OF NEW CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OVER NORTHERN
MISSOURI...DO NOT THINK MUCH OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON THE HEELS OF THE ONGOING STUFF.
WILL TRY TO FOCUS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN ZONES
TONIGHT...WITH A MORE GENERAL PRECIPITATION THREAT OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING ON OVER NORTHERN
ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. MAY TWEAK POPS DOWN TO LIKELY FOR TONIGHT...BUT
WILL NOT MAKE ANY RADICAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL LIKELY
BE SEVERAL UPDATES THROUGH THE EVENING TO DEAL WITH THE WATCH AND
LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS.
THE PRIMARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 12Z
SATURDAY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER
OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...MAINLY EARLY
SATURDAY. WILL LEAVE THE 20-30 POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BEYOND SATURDAY.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
DRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 10:25 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221630-
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-
1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN
THREATS...WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE
AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...
HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVIATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:21 PM CST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
321 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/21/2006 M64.00 MPH DAVIESS KY ASOS
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:28 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
328 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W
07/21/2006 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE...TREES FELL DOWN ON DUMP TRUCK
AND CAR
0300 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/21/2006 E70.00 MPH DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 60 ON DAVIESS/HENDERSON CO. LINE...1.40 INCHES OF
RAIN IN 1 HR
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:32 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
332 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG MARION 37.73N 88.94W
07/21/2006 WILLIAMSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:41 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
341 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKPORT 37.88N 87.05W
07/21/2006 SPENCER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME TREES DOWN...60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUST
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:48 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
348 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG UNIONTOWN 37.77N 87.93W
07/21/2006 UNION KY TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS TOWN
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:50 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
350 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG BEECH GROVE 37.62N 87.38W
07/21/2006 MCLEAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE ON HOME...NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS ROADWAYS
&&
JGFlash Flood, Vanderburgh
- When
- July 21, 3:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County, Evansville
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Many roads were flooded in the city. Officials advised motorists to avoid all exits off the Lloyd Expressway from U.S. Highway 41 to First Avenue due to high water. A flood-prone subdivision on the southeast side of Evansville was under water. Some homes had water in them. Many roads and yards were flooded.
Flash Flood, Spencer
- When
- July 21, 3:18 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer County, Grandview
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A trained spotter reported 3.01 inches of rain fell in 90 minutes near Enterprise. Another spotter reported 3 inches of rain in Rockport. Numerous roads were flooded across southern parts of the county. Flooding occurred on U.S. Highway 231 just north of Rockport. Water depth on roads in Rockport was up to car bumpers.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in California, July 21 to 27, 200616 deaths · 27 injured · 11 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 21, 20061 death · 3 injured · $40,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 20065 injured · $13 million · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Heat in Florida, July 21, 20061 death · 1 event
- Heat in California, July 21 to 25, 20061 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 20069 injured · $365,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 21, 2006$2.2 million · 80 kt wind · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 21, 2006$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 20061 injured · $100,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 21, 2006$45,000 · 70 kt wind · 25 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2006$91,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 2006$100,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5522519, 5522520.