1 thunderstorm wind, 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, 2:20 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 320 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER PRECLUDES LENGTHY DISCUSSION. TORNADO WATCH #162 CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOKS AND WATCHES...REFER TO LATEST PRODUCTS FROM STORM PREDICTION CENTER. ROUND ONE WITH SEVERE WEATHER OVER WEST KENTUCKY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. ROUND TWO IS ONGOING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ALSO PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AWAITING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. ELONGATED AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION BY 06 UTC. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL PAST EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12 UTC. UNTIL THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY. FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...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. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES. MO...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES. IL...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES. IN...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES. && ML
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
551 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0543 PM HAIL FANCY FARM 36.76N 88.79W
04/07/2006 E0.75 INCH GRAVES KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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MIKENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
553 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0546 PM HAIL 3 W POSEYVILLE 38.17N 87.84W
04/07/2006 E1.50 INCH POSEY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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MIKENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
557 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
04/07/2006 E0.75 INCH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 62 BRIDGE CROSSING THE OHIO
RIVER.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
601 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL LILBOURN 36.59N 89.61W
04/07/2006 E1.00 INCH NEW MADRID MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MIKENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
602 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
04/07/2006 E1.00 INCH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MIKENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
603 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0601 PM HAIL BOONVILLE 38.05N 87.27W
04/07/2006 E0.75 INCH WARRICK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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MIKENThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed in Mayfield. A gust to 64 MPH was measured by a spotter in Sedalia.
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: 5501110.