1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 May 1, 11:30 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1230 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. LATEST RADAR SHOWS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA...WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT OUR EAST/SOUTHEAST EIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM. LATEST NAM SHOWS SOME LINGERING QPF ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA AFTER 12Z...GFS LINGERS IT JUST IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS. WILL BASE ANY LINGERING POPS FOR THIS MORNING ON RADAR TRENDS JUST PRIOR TO ISSUANCE. BOTH NAM AND GFS KEEP US DRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NAM BRINGS QPF BACK INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FA LATE TONIGHT...GFS HOLDS PRECIP WEST OF OUR AREA UNTIL AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR WESTERN HALF AFTER 05Z WEDNESDAY...WHICH MESHES WITH NAM SOLUTION AND BETTER BLENDS WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. NAM AND GFS KEEP US IN A WET WEATHER PATTERN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BRINGS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA. BEST CHANCES LOOK TO BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. NAM FINALLY PUSHES PRECIP INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR REGION BY 12Z FRIDAY. GFS BRINGS SIGNIFICANT QPF ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY...AND LOOKS TO BE OVERDONE. CONTINUED WITH CHANCE POPS ON FRIDAY...WITH POPS GRADUALLY LOWERING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. GFS AND DGEX BOTH BRING LIGHT QPF INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA LATE MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THIS POINT...PREFER TO KEEP MONDAY DRY DUE TO MODEL TIMING UNCERTAINTY AND WILL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR. TWEAKED LOWS UP A LITTLE TONIGHT AND HIGHS DOWN A LITTLE FOR WEDNESDAY BASED ON MAV/MET TRENDS. RAISED HIGHS A LITTLE ON THURSDAY FOR THE SAME REASON. TRENDED TEMPS UP JUST A LITTLE FOR LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND BASED ON LATEST MEX TRENDS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 459 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-031000- 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- 459 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION BY 8 AM. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT NORTHWEST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN FORM INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1201 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HAIL POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
05/02/2006 M0.75 INCH BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EVENT OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION OF 14TH AND DAVIS.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1231 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM HAIL PATTON 37.44N 90.04W
05/02/2006 E0.88 INCH BOLLINGER MO BROADCAST MEDIA
PUBLIC REPORT TO MEDIA.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1243 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 AM FUNNEL CLOUD GRAYVILLE 38.26N 88.00W
05/02/2006 WHITE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
EVENT ALONG ROUTE 1. UNCONFIRMED.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1245 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 N GRAYVILLE 38.29N 88.00W
05/02/2006 EDWARDS IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
EVENT ALONG ROUTE 1. CONFIRMED BY STATE POLICE.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
103 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT CARMEL 38.42N 87.77W
05/02/2006 WABASH IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN WITH AREAS OF COMMUNITY WITHOUT POWER.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
158 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 AM TSTM WND DMG PETERSBURG 38.49N 87.28W
05/02/2006 PIKE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS 57
AND 61. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 57 CLOSED.
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SMITTYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was on some roads throughout the county, mainly Old Mayfield and Houser Roads due to flooding of Champion Creek. At the Paducah airport, the daily rainfall total was 1.29 inches.
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, May 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: 5508082.