1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 2, 8:45 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 945 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 .EVENING UPDATE:... WILL UPDATE TO ADD TORNADO WATCH FOR ECENTRL KY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW: .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF FORECAST AREA AT MID AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLY MORE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND REACH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY LATE AFTERNOON. WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND WILL TRACK NORTH INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE AFTERNOON. COMPLEX FORECAST FOR TONIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND STRONGER STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. AIR HAS DESTABILIZED IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH SURFACE BASED LIS -9 ACROSS PARTS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. EXPECT TWO SHOTS AT SEVERE WEATHER. FIRST THIS EVENING AS THE STORMS IN TENNESSEE MOVE NORTHEAST FROM TENNESSEE. SECOND WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT AS UNSTABLE AIR FROM MISSOURI WORKS EAST AND COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. UPPER LEVEL JET WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 06Z WITH A STRONGER JET STREAK BEHIND IT. 40 TO 50 KT WINDS AT 850 MB WILL ALSO AID IN STRONG WINDS GUSTS AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP INTO LINES TONIGHT. ON MONDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES TO THE EAST...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP CLOUDS OVER THE AREA. COLDER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH COLD CORE LOW TO OUR NORTH WILL KEEP AIR UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE MUCH DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH READINGS REMAINING NEARLY STEADY THROUGH THE DAY. WILL GO A LITTLE COOLER THAN GFS MOS BUT BELIEVE NAM MOS IS TOO COOL...ESPECIALLY AT LEX. WILL GO WITH A BLEND. SCHOLZ .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN FOR THIS PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING TROUGH. AT THE SURFACE COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SKIES WILL CLEAR BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z TUESDAY AND REMAIN CLEAR UNTIL HIGH CLOUDS INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ONLY CONCERN WILL BE TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING. MODEL GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. THIS COMBINED WITH DIMINISHING WINDS WILL MAKE FROST A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. READINGS WILL REBOUND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGHS TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... MID RANGE MODELS ARE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY RESOLVING THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ADDITIONAL ENERGY DROPPING INTO THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD AND AN ADDITIONAL TROUGH DEVELOPING OFF THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL AFFECT THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF A TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR WEST AT 00Z THURSDAY. FOR CONSISTENCY WE WILL USE THE GFS ENSEMBLE FOR THIS FORECAST. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY AS A WARM FRONT TRAVELS NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY IN THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WE WILL KEEP MOST OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DRY. AS MENTIONED THIS IS A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST AND WE MAY NEED TO ADD PRECIPITATION TO NEXT WEEKENDS FORECAST IF THE EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN MODELS VERIFY. --JA && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-030830- 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- 340 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL... GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. TONIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THIS EVENING ...AND TRAVEL EASTWARD INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT...LIKELY FORMING INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BASED ON CURRENT DATA...THE BEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IN THE OUTLOOK AREA ARE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM EDT. THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE FAST MOVING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCATIONS WEST OF I-65 HAVE THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY...MAINLY TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA... OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION. JA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
942 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM TSTM WND DMG TELL CITY 37.95N 86.76W
04/02/2006 PERRY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES...POWER LINES...AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE THOUGHOUT
COUNTY.
&&
CALLAHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
953 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG CAREFREE 38.24N 86.36W
04/02/2006 CRAWFORD IN TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS I-64. I-64 CLOSED. SOME INJURIES
DUE TO POWER LINES ON TRUCK.
&&
CALLAHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
959 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0958 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CLARKSVILLE 38.32N 85.77W
04/02/2006 CLARK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMING OUT OF ROTATING WALL CLOUD
&&
CALLAHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1004 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1003 PM HAIL 2 S LOUISVILLE 38.20N 85.74W
04/02/2006 E0.88 INCH JEFFERSON KY AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT I-65 AND
OUTER LOOP.
&&
ALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1007 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1006 PM TSTM WND DMG ANCHORAGE 38.27N 85.54W
04/02/2006 JEFFERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND LIMBS DOWN.
&&
CALLAHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1013 PM EDT SUN APR 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND GST LOUISVILLE 38.22N 85.74W
04/02/2006 M60 MPH JEFFERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN.
&&
CALLAHANThe Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree damage and other debris indicated an F1 tornado with winds up to 100 mph. National Weather Service radar indicated that the tornado may have rotated in a clockwise direction.
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