At Paducah, it was the warmest January on record. Warmest January on Record - 2006 began with the warmest January since the 1930's at some locations.
The primary rating factors are news media coverage, casualties, and the meteorological significance of the event.ġ. The following is a chronology of the ten most significant weather events in 2006. None of the fall tornadoes resulted in any fatalities. Unfortunately, Perry County was still recovering from a deadly F-3 tornado that occurred just several months earlier, in March. This was the strongest September tornado on record in our area. On September 22, autumn began with the strongest tornado of the year, an F-4 tornado that tracked across Perry County, Missouri. For the second consecutive year, fall tornadoes set intensity records in our region.From the mid 1990's until 2002, tornado activity was relatively low, averaging between 10 and 20 per year. In 2003, there were 48 tornadoes, including the May 4-6 tornado outbreaks. The tornado count of 34 was similar to that of 2002, 2004, and 2005. Large hail was the main culprit for the increase in severe weather events in 2006. From 1996 to 2005, annual totals ranged from 241 to 407. A total of 761 severe weather events were logged by the Paducah NWS office in 2006, far exceeding the tallies of the past ten years. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes dominated the 2006 weather headlines.
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