32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 7, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 10 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 .MORNING UPDATE: WILL LOWER POPS INTO CHC CAT INTO THE EARLY AFTN HOURS. ALSO WILL GO WI PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND UP MAX TEMPS TO AROUND 80 NORTH TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTHWEST THIS AFTN. REMAINDER OF FCST THE SAME PREVIOUS FCST DISCUSSIONS BELOW: .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... AT 06Z SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA JUST NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. THE FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM EVV TO SDF TO JUST NORTH OF LEX AND MOVING NORTH. FAIRLY COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL OPEN AND DROP SOUTHEAST AS A NORTHERN STREAM LOW ROTATES THROUGH THE NORTHEAST STATES. A DEFORMATION ZONE WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN THIS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM IMPULSES JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW OVER NEBRASKA WILL DROP INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY EVENING. THE FORE MENTIONED DEFORMATION ZONE SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE (LIS: MINUS 9 AND CAPES OF 1000 J/KG). EXPECT A SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP AND DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG THE LINE WILL BE LARGE HAIL BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL TAKE HOLD TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH OF THE REGION BY 09Z. WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON TEMPERATURES TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. READINGS ARE ALREADY IN THE UPPER 60S ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWFA. WE WILL MENTION UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S TODAY WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE SOME 30 DEGREES COOLER TONIGHT. --JA .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... SHOWERS WILL END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY MID-MORNING SATURDAY. SHOWERS WILL LAG A FEW HOURS BEHIND THIS FRONT AND ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT THE STATE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD IN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AND A NORTHERLY WIND WILL BRING IN MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR DURING THE DAY. 925MB TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL FROM 16C TO 1C FROM 18Z FRI TO 18Z SATURDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT BY EARLY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS ILLINOIS. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM ARE SIMILAR IN FORECASTING LOWS FROM 30 TO 35 ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PLANTS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO COLD TEMPERATURES MAY NEED TO BE PROTECTED. UNDER SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL MODERATE FROM THOSE OF SATURDAY...BUT STILL FALL A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY APRIL. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... A NICE SPRING PERIOD EXPECTED WITH AMPLE SUN AND WARMING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE EAST TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY TUESDAY. LIGHT WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHERLY BY TUESDAY...BUT A RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WILL INHIBIT RAPID RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE. RIDGING ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AS TROUGHING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE ROCKIES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD APPROACH 70 BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... LOW PRESSURE MOVING WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW A TROUGH TO MOVE EAST THROUGH OUR REGION WEDNESDAY. MODIFIED GULF AIR WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SO WILL ADD LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWER AND THUNDER WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS WEAK HOWEVER...AND NO COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW...AND SO WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES MILD THROUGH THURSDAY. JSD .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1155 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-080830- 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- 1055 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 /1155 AM EDT FRI APR 7 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BOTH THE LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BROADCAST MEDIA. INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported by county dispatch along Highway 431 near the hospital, just inside the city limits of Russellville.
Hail broke windows and damaged vinyl siding on homes. Damage to vehicles was also reported.
The spotter also estimated a 75 mph wind gust.
Several homes received unspecified structural damage.
Utility poles were downed.
A barn was destroyed by straight line winds. This was just north of the track of a tornado that moved from southeast Barren County into southwest Metcalfe County.
Penny size hail was reported at Dale Hollow Lake State Park.
A tree was blown on to a house.
Several large trees were blown down.
The spotter also reported a funnel cloud.
Trees were downed near Goose Creek Road. Power lines were downed near Normandy Station Road.
Penny size hail was also reported at a local radio station.
A tree was downed.
Numerous roads in the area were closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5499886, 5499887, 5499956, 5499957, 5499958, 5499959, 5499960, 5499961, 5499962, 5499963, 5499964, 5499965, 5499966, 5499967, 5499968, 5499969, 5499970, 5499971, 5499972, 5499973, 5499974, 5499975, 5499976, 5499977, 5499978, 5499979, 5499980, 5499981, 5499982, 5499983, 5499984, 5500048, 5500049, 5500050, 5500051, 5500052, 5500053, 5500054, 5500055, 5500056.