Tornado in Kentucky, April 7, 2006

Name: Tornado in Kentucky, April 7, 2006
Start: 2006-04-07T18:02
End: 2006-04-07T18:07
Location: Kentucky

April 7, 2006 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $40,000
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.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:20 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:20 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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, Apr 7, 6:21 AM CST, 11 hours 41 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:37 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
637 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     SEDALIA                 36.64N 88.61W
04/07/2006  M64 MPH          GRAVES             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:39 PM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
639 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0637 PM     HAIL             DEXTER                  36.74N 88.30W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:41 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
641 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             4 W ROCKPORT            37.88N 87.12W
04/07/2006  M0.75 INCH       SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:47 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
647 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             ROCKPORT                37.88N 87.05W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:48 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
648 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     HAIL             1 S HENDERSON           37.83N 87.58W
04/07/2006  E0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:50 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
650 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             BREWERS                 36.77N 88.44W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARSHALL           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE
            AURORA AREA IN SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY AROUND 625 PM.

&&

MIKEN

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Muhlenberg

When: April 7, 6:02 PM CST to 6:07 PM CST
Where: Muhlenberg County, Moorman
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.7 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 37.383, -87.150

One home received damage due to a large tree falling on the roof. The community baseball park was damaged. A blocked building and some fencing was severely damaged. Peak winds were estimated near 85 MPH. The north side of the tornado ran along some railroad tracks which run east to west through the middle of Moorman. The tornado lifted near the Ohio County border.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kentucky, 2006 Warnings 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: 5501134.