1 flash flood, 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 3, 12:15 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 115 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS IA/IL INTO MO MOVING THIS WAY...HAS CONVECTION ON ITS LEAD EDGE THREATENING PAH FA. RISING PM CAPES ESP IN SEMO VCNTY HELPING STORMS DEVELOP ON/AHEAD OF TAIL END OF FRONT AS WELL. NEW SVR TSM WATCH 282 JUST ISSUED FOR SEMO/SIL/SWKY TIL 01Z COVERS MAINLY (DIURNAL) HAIL THREAT GIVEN WEAK WIND FIELDS. FRONT IS DRAGGED ACROSS ENTIRE FA TONIGHT BY MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING ACROSS LOWER OH VALLEY. ANTICIPATE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY TO DECREASE WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL AID...HOWEVER...STILL GOOD ENOUGH ENVIRO GIVEN MOISTURE IN PLACE AND FRONT/WEAK UPPER SUPPORT TO WARRANT POPS RANGING FROM LKLY (NORTH) TO CHC CAT (SOUTHEAST). TOMORROW THIS WL FLIP WITH BOUNDARY STALLING IN SRN/ERN PTNS FA...AND ANOTHER WAVE PROGGED TO EJECT OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS AND MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...ESP LATE THU-THU NIGHT...AGAIN OUTLOOKED SLGT RISK SVR. GFS SEEMED TO INITIALIZE BETTER ON CONVECTIVE ZONE WITH NAM OVERDOING ITS PCPN BOTH ON 06Z AND 12Z RUNS. THEREFORE WE FOLLOWED THE 12Z GFS FOR THE 1ST 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...IT BEGINS TO SUFFER FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AFTER THAT...SO WE TREND BACK TO NAM/NGM HANDLE ON 2ND WAVE IE THU-THU NIGHT-FRI. OUR FORECAST BIAS IS REFLECTED RELATIVE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MOS POPS NOS AS WELL. AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED. WE RETAINED THE FRI NIGHT POP BUT DOWNPLAYED GIVEN THE BOUNDARY IS WASHING OUT OF THE PICTURE BY THEN. WE WENT DRY OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH OUR NEXT CHC PCPN STILL SLATED TO COME IN LATE DAY 6 INTO DAY 7. THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS AS WELL. THE TEMP FORECAST WL DISPLAY A SIMILAR BIAS ALTHOUGH ODDLY THE MOS DID NOT TRANSLATE THE MODEL EFFECTS OF HIGHER V LOWER POPS ABSOLUTELY TO A TEMP BIAS. THE FWC HAS RETAINED ITS WARM BIAS SO WEVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN ITS NOS. NEAR TERM WE LIKED GFS MAV MOS...BUT AGAIN TRENDED TOWARD NAM MET MOS IN THE MEDIUM RANGE. THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST WAS A BLEND OF THE MOS WITH THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE AND PERSISTENCE STRATEGY FORECASTING ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...SVR TSM WATCH 282 SWRN COUNTIES TIL 01Z. MO...SVR TSM WATCH 282 ALL COUNTIES TIL 01Z. IL...SVR TSM WATCH 282 ALL COUNTIES TIL 01Z. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-041000- 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- 330 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS HAIL...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS OR TORNADOS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY NEAR OR ALONG BOUNDARIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A THREAT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVERNIGHT BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DECREASES WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNDER A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THAN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION...SINCE AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE STALLED ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSE BORDER REGION. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAIL WITH AN ISOLATED WIND OR TORNADIC THREAT AS WELL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR FRIDAY TOO...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME FOR FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATED THIS EVENING MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED FOR ACTIVATION THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
343 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL 2 N SIKESTON 36.91N 89.58W
05/03/2006 E0.88 INCH SCOTT MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0401 PM HAIL BANDANA 37.17N 88.97W
05/03/2006 E1.75 INCH BALLARD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
408 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM TSTM WND DMG SIKESTON 36.88N 89.58W
05/03/2006 SCOTT MO TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
419 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0417 PM HAIL GRAND CHAIN 37.25N 89.02W
05/03/2006 E0.88 INCH PULASKI IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
425 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0419 PM HAIL 5 WNW JOPPA 37.23N 88.93W
05/03/2006 E0.75 INCH MASSAC IL EMERGENCY MNGR
JUIST INSIDE THE MASSAC COUNTY LINE...
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
441 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM HAIL 10 W METROPOLIS 37.15N 88.89W
05/03/2006 E0.75 INCH MCCRACKEN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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DLLThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
More than a dozen homes were evacuated due to flash flooding. Most of the flooding and evacuations were along a street on the city's south side that flooded due to a nearby creek. To the north of Mayfield, emergency management personnel reported two inches of rain was measured in an hour.
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: 5508081.