1 funnel cloud, 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 Apr 30, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... LOTS GOING ON TODAY...THEREFORE WILL BE BRIEF. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. HAVE A NARROW WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. EXPECT THAT THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD THROUGH THE UNSTABLE WEDGE AND ULTIMATELY BECOME ELEVATED AS THEY WORK EASTWARD TOWARD THE WABASH VALLEY AND THE LAKES AREA IN WEST KENTUCKY. WIND FIELDS ARE VEERING PRETTY WELL IN THE LOW LEVELS...BUT GENERALLY ARE WEAK. MAY SEE SOME ENHANCED TORNADO WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WHERE SURFACE WINDS ARE BACKED MORE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER...STILL FEEL THAT LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN TONIGHT. THE 12Z GFS ROTATES ONE MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING...AND THEN PUSHES A STRONGER ONE THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT WITH FOCUS IN NORTHWEST ZONES. FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES WILL HAVE ONLY GOOD CHANCE POP TONIGHT. THE 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO LIFT THE CLOSED LOW NORTHWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA...AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM EMERGES ONTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AS THE INITIAL UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHWARD SOME OF THE ENERGY WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA AS AN OPEN WAVE LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ANOTHER WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACCOMPANYING IT THROUGH THE AREA...SO HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT...BUT KEPT CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A RATHER STRONG ZONAL MID-LEVEL JET MOVING THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. HAIL AND WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. TUESDAY WILL HAVE A LINGERING LOW POP...BUT WILL LIKELY BE DRY...AND LIKEWISE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SECOND MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RIDE EASTWARD ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER...EVENTUALLY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL SPREAD CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA FOR BOTH PERIODS. SEVERE WEATHER MAY ONCE AGAIN BE A PROBLEM. GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE WARMER MET GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE IT BE CONSIDERABLY WARMER IF THE SUNSHINE DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED. TRENDED TOWARD THE MAV/MEX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... AS A STACKED LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN CANADA DURING MIDWEEK...COOL HIGH PRESSURE WRAPPING AROUND ITS BACKSIDE IS PROGGED TO SWEEP INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY 12Z THU OR SO...BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SOME UNCERTAINTLY EXISTS AS TO EXACTLY HOW THIS WILL EVOLVE. EVEN WITH THE FRONT POSSIBLY TO THE SE OF THE PAH FCST AREA THU MORNING... ACCORDING TO THE GFS AND ECMWF AT LEAST...THERE WILL STILL BE A CHC OF SHWS/TSTMS IN THE FCST FOR THU THROUGH 00Z SAT. THIS WILL BE DUE TO MULTIPLE PERTUBATIONS IN THE TEMPORARILY ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW TAPPING RESIDUAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AS THEY MOVE EAST. A VIGOROUS MID LEVEL SHRTWV IS PROGGED TO SWEEP SE INTO THE MIDWEST TOWARD THE WEEKEND AND HELP TO PUSH MORE SFC HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE AREA AND PUT AN END TO THE PCPN BY FRI EVE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...AND TEMPS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS/DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 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 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM...ROUGHLY WEST OF A FULTON KENTUCKY TO GOLCONDA AND FAIRFIELD ILLINOIS LINE. NUMEROUS STORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE WATCH AREA. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR SEVERE WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AFTER 9 PM...AS THEY PUSH EAST OF THE WATCH AREA...TOWARD MORE STABLE AIR. MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THAT TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IF NOT ALREADY ACTIVE...SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
518 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL CHAFFEE 37.18N 89.66W
04/30/2006 M1.75 INCH SCOTT MO BROADCAST MEDIA
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
520 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM HAIL WOODLAWN 38.33N 89.04W
04/30/2006 E0.75 INCH JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
525 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 PM HAIL NAYLOR 36.57N 90.61W
04/30/2006 M0.75 INCH RIPLEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERING GROUND.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
526 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM HAIL VASTUS 36.55N 90.41W
04/30/2006 M1.00 INCH BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EVENT OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 160 AND 67.
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SEVERAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN
BUTLER COUNTY.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
528 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0527 PM HAIL 5 S POPLAR BLUFF 36.69N 90.41W
04/30/2006 M0.75 INCH BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EVENT REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS MM AND 35.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
529 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HAIL MURPHYSBORO 37.77N 89.34W
04/30/2006 M1.00 INCH JACKSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The funnel cloud, which was reportedly almost touching ground, may have been a gustnado observed by a trained spotter along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms as it crossed U.S. Route 60 near Grayridge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 5501385.