1 hail, 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 100 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL NOW BUT A COLD FRONT IS IN THE VICINITY AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP WITH IFR CONDITIONS. WRAP-AROUND LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL BE COMING IN FROM THE NORTH.(38) && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 1010 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006/ UPDATE... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES SURFACE COLD FRONT ROUGHLY FROM A DEQUEEN TO MOUNT IDA TO CONWAY TO SALEM LINE AND SLOWLY PROGRESSING SOUTHWARD. NOT AN APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN AIR MASSES ACROSS THE BOUNDARY WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR LAGGING SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND. MCS THAT ROLLED THROUGH THIS MORNING CONTINUING TO DECAY WITH PRECIPITATION NOW CONFINED TO THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO LOWER AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AS PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER WILL CONTINUE ALTHOUGH A BREAK OR TWO IN THE OVERCAST CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. WILL TRIM POPS BACK ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WHERE FRONT WILL WORK WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE MCS TO KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES HIGHER. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE AS PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE AND A FEW DISCRETE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY BE LURKING ABOUT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 359 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY POPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE THE MAIN CHALLENGE...FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY TEMPS IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CLOUDS AND RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. EVEN WITH A WIND SHIFT AT THE OFFICE...WE ARE STILL IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE APPROACHING LOW WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING FRONTS. THE GFS IS A BIT FAST AT PUSHING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA...SO KEPT POPS LONGER IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS. NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD GIVE A PUSH TO THE SURFACE FEATURES SO THAT CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY WED MORNING. RIDGE WILL SLIDE IN FROM THE NORTH WITH DRY AIR...SO FORECAST WILL BE DRY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE NEXT SLUG OF MOISTURE SLIDES EAST IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SURFACE LOW AND FRONT. HIGH TEMPS WILL START OUT WITH A STEEP GRADIENT FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST... THEN HIGHS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR WEDNESDAY AS PRECIP ENDS AND CAA TAKES PLACES WITH SURFACE RIDGE. HIGHS WILL WARM GRADUALLY EACH DAY WHILE KEEPING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. LOWS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL AS WELL. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR BULK OF LONG TERM...DATA INDICATING LOW CLOSING OFF OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTRY. LOOKS LIKE GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND AT/BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. APPEARS THAT LOW WILL FINALLY EXIT THE REGION INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD MONDAY...WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNING. LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1035 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261000- 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- 1035 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RE-DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH OUT OF THE STATE TONIGHT...WITH THE CHANCE OF STORMS ENDING. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE HIGH WILL THEN EXIT THE REGION...WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY...WITH A NEW STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING IN ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 38
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
434 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 3 N GEPP 36.43N 92.10W
04/25/2006 E1.25 INCH FULTON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL DAMAGED VEHICLES AND FILLED UP GUTTERS.
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28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
622 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM HAIL 2 S PFEIFFER 35.79N 91.58W
04/25/2006 E0.88 INCH INDEPENDENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
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22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
636 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HAIL 2 SW CORD 35.80N 91.38W
04/25/2006 E0.75 INCH INDEPENDENCE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
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22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
655 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL ELGIN 35.75N 91.30W
04/25/2006 E0.75 INCH JACKSON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
0651 PM HAIL TUCKERMAN 35.73N 91.20W
04/25/2006 E2.75 INCH JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
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22The Memphis radar (KNQA), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to the size of baseballs damaged several vehicles, the roofs of some homes and knocked out a number of windows.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 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: 5503088.