1 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 2:31 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 331 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...CORRECTED FIRST PARAGRAPH... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)... CLOSED 500 MB LOW OVER ERN IA THIS MORNING WILL CONT TO DROP VERY SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST INTO N CNTRL IL LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WK CDFNT ACROSS N CNTRL KY WILL DROP VERY SLOWLY SWD TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS AND THE UPPER LOW STILL TO OUR NORTHWEST THIS PERIOD...ONLY VERY SLOW DRYING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. CANNOT RULE OUT LOW POPS OF RW-/TRW- TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...20 TO 30 PCT POPS. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUING THROUGH THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER...WITH CLOUDINESS DIMINISHING SOME THIS EVENING...WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S...AND WITH LIGHT WINDS...WE WILL KEEP THE PREV FCST TREND FOR AREAS OF FOG REGION WIDE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY ON WED. CURRENT FCST TEMP TRENDS FOR TONIGHT AND WED LOOK QUITE GOOD AND AGREE WELL WITH SURROUNDING FAS...SO LITTLE CHANGES MADE FOR THIS FCST. --21 .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... FOR THE MID-RANGE PART OF THE FCST PD...MAIN WEATHER FEATURE OF INTEREST WILL BE ERNESTO AND A LARGE UPPER LEVEL H5 LOW THAT IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MIGRATE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW COMING OVERHEAD EARLY THURSDAY...EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY...UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ERNESTO ARE FORECAST TO BE PULLING NORTH AS MID LEVEL HEIGHTS RISE A BIT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. STILL THINK WELL HAVE PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND...BUT PRECIPITATION LOOKS LESS LIKELY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER THROUGH THE PD WITH HIGHS BELOW NORMAL. HAVE GONE CLOSE THE GFS ENSEMBLES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S IN THE NORTHERN HALF AND IN THE LOW 80S ACROSS THE SOUTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE COOL AS WELL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO THE LOWER 60S. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AS WHATS LEFT OF ERNEST AND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DEPART FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...WE LOOK TO BE A LULL AS NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTS IN FROM THE WEST. 12Z GFS SOLUTION IS REALLY WINDING UP THE CENTRAL U.S. LOW...ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING ONE WOULD SEE IN THE LATE FALL/WINTER. LONG RANGE MODELS EVENTUALLY BRING THIS SYSTEM INTO THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHILE MOST OF THE PD LOOKS DRY...HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHC OF PRECIP IN FOR SUNDAY AS MID LEVEL VORT SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. WE HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN QUITE A BIT THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS WELL. GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS SUGGEST HIGHS OF 76 TO 81 IN THE NORTH WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER READINGS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS CONTINUE TO LOOK COOL WITH MID TO UPPER 50S IN THE NORTH AND UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 IN THE SOUTH. -MJ && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-300830- 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- 430 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA...CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A BOWLING GREEN TO LEXINGTON LINE THROUGH 8 PM EDT (7 PM CDT). THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FEW STRONGER CELLS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. ELSEWHERE...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-EVENING. AREAS OF FOG AND/OR LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO BELOW ONE MILE IN SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE REGION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS WITH ANY OF THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES FOR FLOODING OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. REPORTS OF ANY DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED. CALL OUR SPOTTER PHONE LINE...OR USE E-SPOTTER ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. CS/MJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 401 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 KYZ073>075-292045- ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE- 301 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN KENTUCKY... AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR FOUNTAIN RUN BY 310 PM CDT. NEAR AKERSVILLE BY 320 PM CDT. NEAR FLIPPIN BY 330 PM CDT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 404 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 KYZ078-081-082-292045- CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-RUSSELL- 304 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING CLINTON...CUMBERLAND AND RUSSELL COUNTIES... AT 400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN TO BURKESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING WATER WAS NOTED AT THE HIGHWAY 127/80 INTERSECTION IN RUSSELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR FREEDOM BY 310 PM CDT. NEAR JABEZ BY 330 PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 KYZ067-292115- LINCOLN- 445 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF BRODHEAD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 KYZ075-081-082-292145- CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-MONROE- 355 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF TENNESSEE INTO CLINTON...CUMBERLAND AND MONROE COUNTIES... AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TOMPKINSVILLE TO CELINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR HESTAND BY 400 PM CDT. NEAR PEYTONSBURG BY 420 PM CDT. NEAR MARROWBONE BY 425 PM CDT. NEAR BURKESVILLE BY 435 PM CDT. NEAR STATIC BY 445 PM CDT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CS
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Near Crab Orchard, some creeks were out of their banks, and water covered parts of Kentucky Highway 39. Around Stanford, Pine Grove and Tick Ridge Roads had high water in spots. Mike Jetten Road was washed out in one spot.
Water covered the bridge on Half Acre Road. Old Sano Road at Highway 80 was covered by standing water. Water covered one lane of the roadway at the intersection of Highway 127 and Highway 80.
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, August 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: 5520753, 5520754.