Storms in Arkansas in 2006

1,266 events in 661 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2006, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Arkansas in 2006 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,266
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 86
Damage: $66 million
Episodes: 661

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	508	0	9	$1.7 million
Hail	476	1	3	$707,000
Flash Flood	54	2	1	$6.3 million
Winter Storm	44	0	0	$21,000
Drought	37	0	0	$4.0 million
Tornado	35	0	70	$50 million
Heavy Rain	26	0	0
Heat	22	1	0
Lightning	21	2	3	$100,000
High Wind	16	0	0	$70,000
Winter Weather	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$203,000
Wildfire	3	0	0	$1.8 million
Flood	3	0	0	$282,000
Dense Fog	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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Sources

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.