1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 25, 2:17 AM CST, 11 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 317 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006 .DISCUSSION... MOST OF THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED WITH ONLY PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR TODAY WITH CU DEVELOPMENT MAINLY IN THE EAST. ANY PATCHY FOG TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE IN RIVER VALLEYS AND WILL NOT REINTRODUCE TO PACKAGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THINGS DRY UNTIL LATER WEDNESDAY. WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATES THE SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL INTENSIFY THE CENTRAL PLAINS TROUGH AND BRING OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER IS MOVING ONSHORE NEAR JUNEAU ALASKA. GFS MAY BE A BIT FAST WITH ITS 00Z LOCATION...BUT NCEP SUGGESTS THAT A FASTER SOLUTION MAY BE THE WAY TO GO WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE OPERATIONAL GFS...THE ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLES ALL ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. GFS BRINGS THE SHORTWAVE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER BY 06Z WEDNESDAY...AND INTO IOWA BY 00Z THURSDAY. THIS WILL PUT THE COLD FRONT TO NEAR STL BY THAT TIME. AS WITH OPERATIONAL RUNS 24 HOURS AGO...THE GFS IS ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP SOME CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD IMPACT OUR AREA BY SHORTLY AFTER 06Z THURSDAY. THIS IS REFLECTED WELL IN THE GOING FORECAST SO ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE THERE TO GRID POPS...TEMPERATURES AND WINDS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. LOWERED TEMPERATURES A BIT ON THURSDAY WITH DECENT COLD AIR ADVECTION AND POSSIBLY MORE CLOUD COVER THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. GOING FORECAST HAS DEW POINTS IN THE MID 50S ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. HAVE ADJUSTED UP A BIT BUT NOT AS HIGH AS NEW MAV AND MET GUIDANCE WHICH PUSH THE DEW POINTS INTO THE LOWER 60S. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE ABOUT THAT AS GULF DOES NOT OPEN UP UNTIL ABOUT 18Z WEDNESDAY AND THE LOW LEVEL JET IS WEAK AND OUT OF THE WEST. IF THEY DO GET THAT HIGH...MIGHT JUST BE A SLIVER AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS MAY HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS ON SEVERE POTENTIAL AND WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS. RIGHT NOW...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY ELEVATED WITH SHOWALTER INDEX VALUES OF -1 TO -2 AND SBCAPE VALUES OF LESS THAN 200 J/KG CENTERED ON 06Z THURSDAY. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES AS NEW GUIDANCE IS CLOSE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-261000- 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- 458 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. PS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1020 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TORNADO CROSSTOWN 37.75N 89.73W
09/22/2006 PERRY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 5 INJ *** EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MANY HOMES. SOME
TOTALLY DESTROYED. FIVE INJURIES REPORTED. NO FATALITIES.
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JIMPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River went slightly above flood stage at the gage located at the Paradise Steam Plant. The river crested at 381.6 feet, about a foot and a half over the 380-foot flood stage. Some bottomland woods and fields were under water.
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: 5534234.