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 Jul 11, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... BIG CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT FORMED WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. A LOW WAS DEPICTED OVER IA WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WITH EXTENDED EASTWARD THROUGH EXTREME NORTHERN IL...IN AND OH. A COLD FRONT WAS ALSO ARCING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW TO NEAR OK AND TX PANHANDLE. THIS PLACES THE PAH FA IN A WARM SECTOR WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND AMPLE INSTABILITY WITH LAPS SHOWING CAPE RANGING FROM 400 J/KG IN SOUTHERN IL TO 2000 J/KG JACKSON PURCHASE AREA. LATEST RADAR LOOPS SUPPORTS THIS AS TSRAS DEVELOPING OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA ATTM. VISIBLE SAT LOOP INDICATED SEVERAL MCV OVER AR EARLY THIS AM THAT ARE CURRENTLY SPINNING UP SOME STORMS OVER THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA. CURRENT VISIBLE SAT LOOP SHOWS SEVERAL MORE MCVS LIFTING OUT OF OK INTO SW MO. CURRENT SPC MD FOR DETAILS ON THAT AREA. NOW CURRENT MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ROUND AFTER ROUND OF PRECIP ONLY TIMING...AMOUNTS...AND PLACEMENT STILL REMAIN THE COMMON DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE SUITE OF MODELS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE TNGT THROUGH WED. ESPECIALLY WED AS A RELATIVELY SHARP UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHES TONIGHT AND MOVES THROUGH DURING THE DAY WED. CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE SHORT WAVE ALBEIT LESS OF A CHANCE AS WE PROGRESS TOWARD SATURDAY. I DID INTRODUCE ISLD SATURDAY. ITS HARD TO RULE A CHANCE OUT WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAILY HEATING. OTHERWISE KEPT CHANCES OUT FROM SUNDAY ON. AS FOR TEMPS AGREE WELL WITH PREVIOUS FCSTR IN COOLING TEMPS IN THE SHORT TERM DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. HOWEVER KEPT TEMPS AND DEW POINTS JUST BELOW HEAT ADVISORY AS PER COORD WITH SURROUNDING FOS. HOWEVER WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE ISSUANCE AS WE APPROACH FRIDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && KH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-120930- 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- 430 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND AREAS OF KENTUCKY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THE MAIN HAZARDS EXPECTED WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL POSSIBLE WHERE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVEL OVER THE SAME LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER... ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FROM FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. COMBINED WITH THE HUMID CONDITIONS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS SHOULD FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR VERY HEAVY RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM FLOOD EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
07/11/2006 VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
HEAVY RAINS REPORTED WITH STORMS, ONE AVERAGE OF ONE INCH
PER HOUR. ONE FOOT OF STANDING WATER REPORTED ALONG
DIAMOND STREET AND 1.5 FEET OF STANDING WATER ALONG
PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ON WEST
SIDE OF COMMUNITY.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
402 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN SCHELLER 38.19N 89.10W
07/11/2006 M3.70 INCH JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN REPORTED THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY SINCE 9 AM THIS
MORNING.
&&
SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall caused flash flooding of some roads. Five roadways were closed due to flooding, including U.S. Highway 61. The other roads were mostly secondary roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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