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 May 3, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 48 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM 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- 500 AM CDT WED MAY 3 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 AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS HUMIDITY RETURNS TO THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF LINGERING ACTIVITY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AGAIN THE MAIN CONCERN. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AFTER A MAINLY DRY WEEKEND...THERE IS YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF FLOODING. RJP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
212 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0208 PM HAIL SESSER 38.09N 89.05W
05/03/2006 M0.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
233 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0229 PM NON-TSTM WND GST WHITTINGTON 38.09N 88.90W
05/03/2006 E60 MPH FRANKLIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
THERE WAS ALSO 0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE SAME AREA.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
239 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL 1 N SESSER 38.10N 89.05W
05/03/2006 E1.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
256 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0254 PM HAIL HANDY 36.79N 91.08W
05/03/2006 E1.00 INCH RIPLEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
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DLLThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:03 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The funnel cloud, which was described as looking like a "snake's tail," was sighted by several people, including the mayor of Neelyville and a trained spotter.
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, 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: 5508611.