Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006

Name: Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
Start: 2006-04-24T15:35
End: 2006-04-24T15:35
Location: Arkansas

April 24, 2006 · NWS LZK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and large tree limbs. Several power lines were also blown down, which set a few trees on fire.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and large tree limbs. Several power lines were also blown down, which set a few trees on fire.

What forecasters said that day

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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:52 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:52 PM CST, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
352 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

.SHORT TERM....TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
DATA FROM LOCAL RADARS...AS WELL AS SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO
INIDCATE THE PROGRESSION OF AN MCS...NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE SHOULD REACH
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY EVENING...BEFORE
WEAKENING. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PROFILES SUGGEST LARGE HAIL IS
THE PRIMARY THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...AS A LOW
LEVEL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ACCELERATES TO THE
SOUTHEAST. SOME POST FRONTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...PER FORECAST ISENTROPIC FIELDS.

COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE
TUESDAY.  FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE 8 TO 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL VALUES.

&&

.LONG TERM....THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SYNOPTIC
SCALE WITH DIFFERENCES IN BOTH TIMING AND STRENGTH IN THE FINER
DETAILS. PATTERN REMAINS SOMEWHAT BLOCKY IN NATURE WITH WEAKENING
UPPER LOW REMAINING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THE MAJORITY OF THE
PERIOD AND SEMI PERMANENT NORTHEAST CONUS TROFFING. GFS AND ECMWF IN
GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING SHORT WAVE ENERGY INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST EARLY IN THE PERIOD BUT NOT NEARLY TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE
THIS TIME YESTERDAY. WILL CONTINUE THE PREVIOUS THINKING OF BLENDING
THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS THIS TIME AROUND.

PERIOD INITIATES WITH LARGE SURFACE HIGH DOMINATING FRIDAY. OVERALL
FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE THE AREA WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR
TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR LATE APRIL. SHORT WAVE ENERGY DROPS
DOWN FROM THE NORTH INTO THE UPPER MID WEST AND WHILE FORMING JUST A
WEAK CLOSED LOW...WILL EFFECTIVELY KEEP RELOADING THE NORTHEAST CONUS
TROF. SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS INITIATES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE
FRIDAY RESULT WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING OUT BETWEEN THE
DEVELOPING LOW AND CUT OFF UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST. RAIN
CHANCES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FRIDAY NIGHT...AIDED BY A SHORT WAVE
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.

FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY AS NUMEROUS PIECES OF ENERGY ROTATE THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST. WILL END PRECIP CHANCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY SUNDAY
AS SYSTEM PULLS OUT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO MOVE IN DAY SEVEN.

AREA IS IN NORTHWEST FLOW DURING PERIOD ALTHOUGH IT DOES FLATTEN OUT
SOMEWHAT LATE. NOT SEEING ANY REAL WARM UP IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD
AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THE ENTIRE PERIOD OR EVEN
A TAD BELOW...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. MEX NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE AND
WILL BE FOLLOWED FAIRLY CLOSELY.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  67  79  53  69 /  70  80  30   0
HARRISON AR       62  66  44  65 /  50  50  10   0
HOT SPRINGS AR    67  74  50  69 /  70  70  20   0
PINE BLUFF AR     66  81  54  70 /  80  80  40   0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  63  69  45  65 /  50  50  10   0
MONTICELLO AR     67  83  56  71 /  90  80  50   0
SEARCY AR         67  79  51  68 /  70  70  20   0
MOUNT IDA AR      66  72  49  69 /  70  60  20   0
RUSSELLVILLE AR   66  74  50  68 /  70  60  10   0
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...55 / LONG TERM...56

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
200 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
200 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS FROM OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES ACROSS ARKANSAS...IT WILL RUN INTO UNSTABLE AIR...SO THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
DURING THE EARLY HOURS TUESDAY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE.
THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST SLOWLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE
SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...AS THE FRONT RUNS INTO MORE MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY. STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE STATE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN
TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:01 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
301 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     HAIL             OMAHA                   36.46N 93.19W
04/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:12 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
312 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     HAIL             DIAMOND CITY            36.46N 92.92W
04/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:54 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
354 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0328 PM     HAIL             PEEL                    36.43N 92.77W
04/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARION             AR   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            REPORT FROM THE PEEL FERRY.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:04 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
404 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     HAIL             2 NW JASPER             36.03N 93.21W
04/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       NEWTON             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS KNOCKING LEAVES OFF THE TREES. WINDS ESTIMATED
            AT 55 MPH.

&&

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The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter

When: April 24, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Baxter County, 5 mi E of Mountain Home
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.333, -92.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter

When: April 24, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Baxter County, 1 mi W of Henderson
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.367, -92.250

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2006

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5502844, 5502845.