1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 5:13 AM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 613 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST INGREDIENTS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE PROBLEMATIC...AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE THE THE MOST UNCERTAIN ITEM OF THEM ALL. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION LINGERS OVER SOUTHWEST IN/WESTERN KY THIS MORNING...THE TORNADO WATCH WAS CANCELLED EARLIER THIS MORNING...AS THUNDERSTORMS ENCOUNTERED MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND DECREASING LOW LEVEL THETA-E INFLUX FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET THAT WAS PUSHING THROUGH SERN MO LATE THURSDAY EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WHICH KICK STARTED THE SEVERE WEATHER OVER EASTERN KS/OK AND WESTERN MO/AR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONTINUES TO MOVE MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH KANSAS THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST BY THE NAM AND GFS MODEL GUIDANCE IS EXPECTED TO NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY 06Z /1AM/ SATURDAY. THE LATEST 06Z FRIDAY NAM/GFS MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME INTENSITY/TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES WITH THE MID LEVEL LOW OVER ARKANSAS AND WHEN IT WILL BE SHEARED OUT AS AN OPEN WAVE EAST OF THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SHORT TERM LOSS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY INHIBIT ANY MEANINGFUL CONVECTION FROM FIRING OVER THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA...BUT SUPPORT DECENT INSOLATION...DRY AIR ADVECTION AT LOWER LEVELS WILL ERADICATE ANY MEANINGFUL CLOUD COVER. THE GOES SOUNDER WATER VAPOR 7.0 MICRON /CENTERED ON 700 MB-10KFT/ AND 7.4 MICRON /CENTERED ON 850 MB-5KFT/ CHANNELS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT DRYING BEHIND THE CURRENT CONVECTION IN THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...A WARM CONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE WORKING BACK TO THE UPPER LOW THIS MORNING FROM THE LOWER MS/OH VALLEYS AND TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SHOULD BRING SUFFICIENT MOISTURE BACK TO THE CLOUD BEARING LAYERS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE CRITICAL...AS LAPSE RATES/CAPE/GENERAL INSTABILITY PARAMETERS WITH THE UPPER LOW INTERACT WITH SURFACE/LOW LEVEL THERMAL LIFT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW. THIS WILL BE ALSO BE CRITICAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUST POTENTIAL IN THUNDERSTORMS...AS AN INVERTED V SOUNDING WILL BE IN PLACE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. AS DEEPER LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE WORKS INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST...HAIL PRODUCING STORMS AND MORE PRONOUNCED CONVECTIVE RAIN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RULE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE TORNADIC POTENTIAL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA IS CONDITIONAL BASED ON 1/...THE PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE FRONTAL/MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW...2/...ANY AGEOSTROPHIC WARM AIR/THETA-E ADVECTION AT THE SURFACE IMPINGING ON THE LOW AND 3/...FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS TO SUPPORT PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS. ALTHOUGH WIND FIELDS AND SURFACE BASED MOISTURE WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE IN THE LOWER MS VALLEY...I COULD NOT RULE OUT AN EARLY AFTERNOON POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE WFO PAH COUNTY WARNING AREA /CWA/. I DECIDED TO KEEP ADD A MENTION OF THE SPATIAL/TEMPORAL TORNADIC POTENTIAL IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUED THIS MORNING. ONE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IS THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEFORMATION ZONE AT ORGANIZES BETWEEN THE UPPER LOW AND THE PASSING TROUGH TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE SHEARING/COLD AIR ADVECTION ALOFT...AND THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT...BUT SCATTERED DOWNPOURS. ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THAT BEEN LIMITED TO THE EDGES OF THE WFO PAH CWA...THEREFORE ANY FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD THREAT SHOULD BE MINIMAL...IF AT ALL. FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LOW EARLY SATURDAY...SIGNIFICANT COLD/DRY AIR ADVECTION/MIXING WILL TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. ANY MIXING SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING...PLACING THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA IN IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE OUTDOOR GROWING SEASON...I WILL LEAVE ANY CONSIDERATION OR MENTION OF FROST ADVISORY POTENTIAL TO THE DAY AND FOLLOWING EVENING FORECAST CREWS. A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WAS PLACED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AS A HEADS UP FOR AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. DRY WEATHER SHOULD PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...KEPT CURRENT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THE SAME AS IN PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGES. && .FIRE WEATHER... THERE IS SOME CONCERN IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY/WIND FIELDS WILL APPROACH CRITICAL OPERATING THRESHOLDS MIDDAY ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DIP DOWN TOWARD THE 25 PERCENT RANGE...WITH 20 FOOT WINDS APPROACHING 15 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH 10 HOUR FUELS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED SEVERELY GIVEN THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL...LIGHTER FUELS MAY DRY OUT QUICKLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. I MENTIONED THIS LEVEL OF CONERN IN THE FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST TO ALERT FORESTRY INTERESTS OF THE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. SUNDAY MINIMUM DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...BUT 20 FOOT AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MUCH WEAKER THAN ON SATURDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-081230- 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- 721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM DEXTER AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...EASTWARD TO BENTON AND CARMI ILLINOIS...THEN ONWARD TO PRINCETON AND SANTA CLAUS INDIANA. THE GREATEST CONCERN IN THIS RISK AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER DELTA REGION OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTWARD INTO THE PURCHASE AND PENNYRILE AREAS OF WEST KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH MARKEDLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS IN THIS AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY START OUT IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AREAS OF FROST WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS WORKING WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR TREES SHOULD MAKE PLANS BY SATURDAY TO LESSEN ANY DAMAGE DUE TO THE FROST. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO RETURN LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1116 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 MOZ076-086-087-100-107>110-071800- BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-PERRY MO- RIPLEY MO-STODDARD MO-WAYNE MO- 1116 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...TORNADO WATCH 162 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AS OF 1115 AM...NO STORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. HOWEVER...WEATHER ELEMENTS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM DONIPHAN TO MARBLE HILL MISSOURI BEFORE 1 PM. ONCE THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN. HAIL GREATER THAN AN INCH IN SIZE AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1122 AM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 AM HAIL 2 S NEW CONCORD 36.57N 88.07W
04/07/2006 E0.88 INCH CALLOWAY KY PUBLIC
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MIKENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1142 AM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1134 AM HAIL 11 S CADIZ 36.71N 87.82W
04/07/2006 E0.75 INCH TRIGG KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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MIKENThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail covered the ground at Gracey. West and northwest of Hopkinsville, hail was from nickel to quarter size. The largest reported hail was golf ball size about three miles west of Hopkinsville.
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