1 flash 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 235 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)... COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TOWARDS THE REGION. THE FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR STL TO INDY TO CLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT DUE TO THE GREAT AMOUNT OF HEATING THE AREA RECEIVED ALONG WITH LACK OF ANY CAP...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH THE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES POSSIBLE...WHICH CAN BE EXPLAINED WITH THE FAIRLY DEEP WARM CLOUD LAYER...AND PWATS JUST ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS THE FA. CLOUDS WILL KEEP AREA FAIRLY WARM AGAIN TONIGHT WITH MOST IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TO START WEDNESDAY WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. AGAIN HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THRU THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. HAVE PRECIP CHANCES DECREASING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE DAY. WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION AREA WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO REACH THE LOWER 80S...A BIT A SUN LATE IN THE DAY MAY PUSH THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES TOWARDS THE LOWER 80S IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. --SCHOTT .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE MID AND UPPER ATLANTIC COAST STATES. THERE ARE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS BUT THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST COAST BY THE WEEKEND. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE THE PICK OF THE WEEK AS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAIL AND DEW POINTS DROP INTO THE 50S. WE WILL SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. WE WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. JA && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-050830- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 610 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM...WHERE SOME SPOTS MAY RECEIVE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...LEADING TO LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT...GENERATING ANOTHER AROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT LOOKS MINIMAL...A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR HIGH WINDS. HOWEVER...THE BETTER THREATS OVERNIGHT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS AGAIN WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BOWLING GREEN TO COLUMBIA LINE...BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. AL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
559 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM LIGHTNING SALVISA 37.92N 84.87W
07/04/2006 MERCER KY EMERGENCY MNGR
A BARN WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BURNED
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RLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
626 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM LIGHTNING 7 E LEXINGTON 38.04N 84.33W
07/04/2006 FAYETTE KY BROADCAST MEDIA
POWERLINES DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE-64 IN EASTERN FAYETTE
COUNTY. EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES CLOSED NEAR THE 87
EXIT. REPORT FORWARDED BY MEDIA. DISPATCH SHERIFF
CONFIRMED AND SAID LIGHTNING WAS THE PROBABLE CAUSE.
&&
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
631 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG CRAB ORCHARD 37.46N 84.51W
07/04/2006 LINCOLN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
&&
RLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
632 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM LIGHTNING LEXINGTON 38.04N 84.46W
07/04/2006 FAYETTE KY BROADCAST MEDIA
POWERLINES DOWN ALONG RICHMOND ROAD ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF
LEXINGTON AND ALONG VERSAILLES ROAD NEAR THE AIRPORT.
&&
ALSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 640 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 KYZ037-042-043-042315- BOURBON-HARRISON-NICHOLAS- 640 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN BLUEGRASS... AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CYNTHIANA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CYNTHIANA TO CARLISLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSTOWN TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN TO 16 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT STERLING...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR CYNTHIANA BY 650 PM EDT. NEAR KELAT BY 700 PM EDT. NEAR ODDVILLE BY 705 PM EDT. NEAR MYERS BY 715 PM EDT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
643 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM LIGHTNING LEXINGTON 38.04N 84.46W
07/04/2006 FAYETTE KY BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER OUTAGES ALONG RICHMOND ROAD ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE
OF LEXINGTON AND ALONG VERSAILLES ROAD NEAR THE AIRPORT.
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ALThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few creeks were out of their banks and flowing across roadways around Jasper.
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, July 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: 5516344.