2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 10, 2:10 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 310 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON)... SOME MODEST MODEL DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SHORT TERM MODEL RUNS...AS THE NAM/WRF HAS COME IN MUCH DRIER THAN THE OTHER SHORT TERM MODELS FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL BUY THAT FOR LATER TONIGHT...BUT LIKE THE LOOK OF THE SREF RUNS FOR MONDAY SHOWING THE LULL IN PRECIP TONIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MONDAY AND WILL FOLLOW ITS SOLUTION THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. FLOODING CONCERNS WILL NEED WATCH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS WITH UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND DEEP MOISTURE CREEPING INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF...VERY NOTICEABLE ON VIS SAT. DEWPOINTS HAVE SURGED INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR NW IOWA...WRAPPING UP TIGHTLY...WITH RIDGING BUILDING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AND SW FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY START TO LIFT AS A WARM FRONT WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. VORT SHOULD HAVE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...ALLOWING FOR SOME CLEARING OVERNIGHT. SOME CIRRUS MAY KEEP ANY DENSE FOG FROM DEVELOPING...THOUGH SOME FOG WILL DEVELOP ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE DECENT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. LAST NIGHT LOWS WERE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MOS...WILL GO TOWARDS THE HIGHER END OF MOS OR A DEGREE HIGHER FOR LOWS OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND SFC LOW SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST INTO THE MS VALLEY...AREA REMAINS IN WARM SECTOR WITH VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. DECENT LIS OF -3 TO -5 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CAPES NEARING 2000-2500 J/KG WILL BE PREVALENT MONDAY AFTERNOON...THANKS TO AMPLE HEATING AS H850 TEMPS CLIMB CLOSE TO 16C...WARM FOR MID SEPT. SCTD STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...WEAK SHEAR SHOULD LIMIT SEVERE THREAT...BUT PWATS NEAR 1.7 TO 1.9 INCHES WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS THE AREA. USED MAV/MET MOS BLEND FOR HIGHS. --SCHOTT .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... A WET FORECAST WILL BE IN STORE FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL JET MAX ROUNDING THE TOP OF A WEST COAST RIDGE WILL DROP SOUTH AND DIG A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHICH WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE THE ALREADY DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NAM HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS BUT IT STILL IS NOT AS STRONG. FOR THIS FORECAST WE WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE GFS WHICH DEVELOPS A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND TRACKS IT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REACHING LEXINGTON AND BOWLING GREEN AROUND 12Z WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATES A MOSTLY SATURATED ATMOSPHERE TUESDAY SO WE WILL SEE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A GOOD BET TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. WE WILL GRADUALLY END PRECIPITATION FROM THE WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WITH THE CLOUD COVER TUESDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID AND UPPER 70S AND WITH THE COOLER AIR FILTERING IN WEDNESDAYS TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH THE SAME. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.... FAIRLY BEGIN WEATHER FOR THIS PERIOD. IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH AND A DEEP TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. AT THE SURFACE MILD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE FORECAST AREA WITH MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND CLEAR NIGHTS. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL THURSDAY BUT RISE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE MID SEPTEMBER NORMALS BY THE WEEKEND. A SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS NEXT SUNDAY AND AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CWFA BUT FOR NOW WE WILL KEEP THE WEEKEND DRY. --JA && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1207 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-110830- 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- 1107 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 /1207 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS DUMPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...THEN YOU CAN BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS FOR PROTECTION FROM DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST NUMEROUS STORMS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT INSTANCES OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. REPORTS CAN BE SENT USING THE SPOTTER HOTLINE...OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE USING THE E-SPOTTER PROGRAM. SCHOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 243 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2006 KYZ061>064-071-074-076-077-102045- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-WARREN KY-BARREN KY- METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...BOWLING GREEN...GLASGOW...EDMONTON... COLUMBIA 143 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2006 HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AT 130PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WARREN COUNTY EAST TO ADAIR COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE WITH THESE STORMS DUMPING AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY OVER BARREN AND METCALFE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0226 PM EST SUN SEP 10 2006
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0208 PM HAIL GLASGOW 0N 0W
09/10/2006 0.50 INCH BARREN KY STORM SPOTTER
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 200 SHELLY DR. GLASGOW, KY 42141The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads in the town were closed due to high water.
Trees were downed.
Water was over Coral Hill Road.
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, September 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: 5531076, 5531078, 5531079, 5531080, 5531077.