Clusters of severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines over much of south central Kentucky.
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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 episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Clusters of severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines over much of south central Kentucky.
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 Jun 11, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 312 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MONDAY)... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AT MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS NEAR BOWLING GREEN TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 90 WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 60S WITH SUNSHINE. ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 60S. AN AREA OF SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AND SHRINKING IN AREAL COVERAGE. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE HOW MUCH WILL OCCUR WITH DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES. EXPECT THAT AS BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION OVER WEST KENTUCKY MOVE INTO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. ALSO MID LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING EAST FROM MISSOURI AND LOW MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS WILL HELP TO INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AS THESE SYSTEMS MOVE TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOWERS WILL DECREASE AND WILL BE ENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST. SHOWERS WILL END ALL ACROSS THE AREA BY NOON. SCHOLZ .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY)... MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... UPPER LEVEL EASTERN U.S. TROUGH WILL SHARPEN UP ALLOWING THE SURFACE COLD DROP SOUTH INTO THE GULF COAST STATES. COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TUESDAY WILL BE THE PICK OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S AND DEW POINTS IN THE MID 50S. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... FAIR WEATHER WILL DOMINATE THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE GREAT PLAINS WILL WEAKEN AS THE PATTERN SHIFTS TO ZONAL FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THIS SHIFT...LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN FROM NORTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY STARTING ON FRIDAY. AT THE SURFACE THE FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH AND DISSIPATE. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO THE EAST COAST FRIDAY BRINGING A WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW. DECIDED TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY OVER THE WEEKEND ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED T-STORMS WITH THE HUMID AIR MASS SITTING OVER THE REGION. USED A BLEND OF MEX AND GFS ENSEMBLE FOR TEMPERATURES. AML && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-120830- 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- 340 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL HELP TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS MOVES EAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CALL OUR SPOTTER LINE...OR SEND A REPORT VIA E-SPOTTER ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. SCHOLZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 511 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006 KYZ026-112145- OHIO- 411 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006 AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITESVILLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWENSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...AND SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006
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0537 PM HAIL DEANEFIELD 37.67N 86.82W
06/11/2006 E0.25 INCH OHIO KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MRCThe Louisville radar (KLVX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed. The roof of a barn was blown off. This occurred north of Fordsville on Highway 1700 near Old Askins Road.
Trees were downed along Highway 54 near Fordsville.
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, June 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: 5512110, 5512111, 5512112, 5511115, 5511116, 5511117, 5511118, 5511119, 5511113, 5511114, 5511120, 5511121.