1 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 May 17, 1:08 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 208 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS ASSOCAITED WITH UPPER ENERGY DIVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE CWA ARE WEAKENING. WITH 1000-500MB MOISTURE DECREASING AND LACK OF FORCING THIS MORNING...WILL NOT MENTION ANY POPS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST PERIOD. THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTH SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION...MODELS BRING AN AREA OF POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. MODELS ALSO INDICATING SOME INSTABILITY AT THAT TIME...SO THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING LATELY...WILL MENTION CHC POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA TAPERING OFF TO SCHC POPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI. TONIGHT THE SAME UPPER LOW PULLS A SURFACE TROF AND ASSOCIATED VORT MAX ACROSS THE REGION WHICH SHOULD GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. FEEL THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL END BY 12Z THURSDAY...BUT AFTER A SHORT BREAK THURSDAY MORNING...THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF RIPPLES CLIPS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SO INCLUDED SCHC POPS THERE. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL PULL A COLD FRONT/TROF COMBINED WITH DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION...SO ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD. THIS ROUND OF PRECIP SHOULD END BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SO WILL KEEP FRIDAY NIGHT DRY. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND FRIDAY NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AS LONG RANGE PROGS FINALLY BEGINNING TO NUDGE THE MONDO WEST COAST H5 RIDGE INTO OUR PART OF THE WORLD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WILL PROBABLY TRANSFORM FROM THE DREARY...COOL...AND WET CONDITIONS OF LATE TO INSTANT SUMMER. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 327 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-180830- 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- 327 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OFF AND ON FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred on the White River. At the Petersburg gage, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 16.55 feet on May 18. The flooding primarily affected low bottomlands along the river. Low oil fields were shut down, and a few local county roads were closed.
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: 5507915.