Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 2006
Start: 2006-07-21T13:30
End: 2006-07-21T13:45
Location: Kentucky

July 21, 2006 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $100,000
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 Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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, Jul 21, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:13 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
113 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT VERNON            38.32N 88.91W
07/21/2006                   JEFFERSON          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE TREE DOWN

0101 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BENTON                  38.01N 88.92W
07/21/2006                   FRANKLIN           IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SIGNS BLOWN DOWN...TREES DOWN...STANDING WATER ON THE
            ROAD

0102 PM     HAIL             5 SE MOUNT VERNON       38.27N 88.85W
07/21/2006  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:16 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
116 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0108 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DU QUOIN                38.00N 89.24W
07/21/2006                   PERRY              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN CITY WIDE

&&

JG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:18 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
118 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0108 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURPHYSBORO             37.77N 89.34W
07/21/2006                   JACKSON            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN

&&

JG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:42 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
142 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAISY                   37.52N 89.79W
07/21/2006                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            3 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN

&&

JG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:44 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
144 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAISY                   37.52N 89.79W
07/21/2006                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN

&&

JG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 12:51 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
151 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT VERNON            38.32N 88.91W
07/21/2006                   JEFFERSON          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON I-57...TREES DOWN...MODULAR
            HOMES BLOWN ACROSS INTERSTATE

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELDORADO                37.81N 88.44W
07/21/2006                   SALINE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN BETWEEN EL DORADO AND CARRIER MILLS AND
            RALIEGH

&&

JG

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson

When: July 21, 1:30 PM CST to 1:45 PM CST
Where: Henderson County, Countywide
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.783, -87.567

Widespread damage resulted from wind gusts around 70 MPH. Semi trucks were overturned in the Henderson area. An overturned semi closed the southbound lanes of the Pennyrile Parkway near exit 79 in Henderson. The driver of an overturned semi was hospitalized in stable condition. Numerous trees were down across the county, including dozens of them in Henderson. Some trees blocked roads and train tracks. About 27 county roads were blocked by fallen trees. At least one third of Henderson residents were without power, some for two to three days. A spokesperson for the utility company serving the region reported this was the most significant power loss in her five years with the company. Power lines were brought down along U.S. Highway 60 a few miles south of Henderson. A few homes near Spottsville received major damage from falling trees. A fence was blown down in Henderson.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, July 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: 5522074.