Kentucky, 2006

Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 2006

April 20, 2006 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 3:08 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
408 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-210915-
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-
408 AM CDT THU APR 20 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 SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM CADIZ TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALTHOUGH
ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT RULED OUT.

ELSEWHERE...TO THE NORTH OF A CADIZ TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY
LINE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND
AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT
DURING THESE TIME FRAMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY.

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:53 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Daviess

When
April 20, 8:55 AM CST
Where
Daviess County, Utica
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
37.617, -87.117

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5501303.