2 flash 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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 218 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER THE FIRST 24 HOURS. THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA...WHILE MAIN MID-LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED FURTHER NORTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONGOING CONVECTION WILL RUN ITS COURSE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRIMARY WIND DAMAGE THREAT ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVY RAIN MORE OF A PROBLEM IN TRAILING BAND OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY SCOUR OUT THE AIRMASS OVER ALL BUT FAR WESTERN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. MODELS ARE OF LITTLE USE TODAY...SO WILL HAVE TO GO IT ALONE FOR TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION THERE WILL BE A WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR LEFT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SEEING NO SIGN OF NEW CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...DO NOT THINK MUCH OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON THE HEELS OF THE ONGOING STUFF. WILL TRY TO FOCUS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT...WITH A MORE GENERAL PRECIPITATION THREAT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING ON OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. MAY TWEAK POPS DOWN TO LIKELY FOR TONIGHT...BUT WILL NOT MAKE ANY RADICAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL UPDATES THROUGH THE EVENING TO DEAL WITH THE WATCH AND LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS. THE PRIMARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 12Z SATURDAY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...MAINLY EARLY SATURDAY. WILL LEAVE THE 20-30 POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BEYOND SATURDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-221630- 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- 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVIATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
308 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
07/21/2006 VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
DOWNED POWER LINES IN/AROUND CITY
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
313 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW CAIRO 37.05N 89.24W
07/21/2006 ALEXANDER IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN OLIVE BRANCH
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
316 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/21/2006 M56 MPH DAVIESS KY ASOS
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
07/21/2006 HENDERSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
COUNTY WIDE TREES DOWN AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
0312 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.10W
07/21/2006 DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL 15-20 FOOT LIMBS DOWN
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
321 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/21/2006 M64.00 MPH DAVIESS KY ASOS
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
328 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRISBURG 37.74N 88.55W
07/21/2006 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE...TREES FELL DOWN ON DUMP TRUCK
AND CAR
0300 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/21/2006 E70.00 MPH DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 60 ON DAVIESS/HENDERSON CO. LINE...1.40 INCHES OF
RAIN IN 1 HR
&&
JGThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
In Henderson, northbound U.S. Highway 41 was reduced to one lane due to flooding. Numerous other roads were flooded. Several cars were stranded in the flooding. A spotter on the east side of Henderson reported 3.30 inches of rain.
Emergency managers reported widespread flooding of roads across the county. Nearly 3 inches of rain was reported at the Daviess County courthouse in Owensboro, and 1.4 inches of that rain fell in 30 minutes.
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, July 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: 5522521, 5522522.