Arkansas, 2006

Hail in Arkansas, April 30, 2006

April 30, 2006 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 7:45 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 7:45 PM CST, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
845 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

.DISCUSSION...

WATER VAPOR IMAGES CONFIRM H5 VORT MAX SHOWN BY MODELS. THIS VORT
MAX WAS SOUTH OF WICHITA AT 1Z AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS TULSA TO NEAR
SILOAM SPRINGS BY 1 AM.  EXPECT CONVECTION TO REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF
THIS VORT MAX...SO EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO END OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BY MIDNIGHT AND OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS A FEW HOURS AFTER
THAT.  AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL...EXPECT AIRMASS TO BECOME MORE
STABLE AND SEVERITY OF STORMS TO LESSEN.

SECOND LINE OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED JUST TO THE EAST OF CLAREMORE
INTO WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY.  EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POPS FOR THIS.  PLAN
NO CHANGES TO TEMPS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 6
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 2
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:05 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
352 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN
KANSAS AND WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AND
WARM AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE CREATED A VERY UNSTABLE
CONDITION THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...BUT STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR BELOW CLOUD
BASE WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCES OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE THREAT AREA WILL BE MAINLY
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED THROUGH THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH MUCH OF THE
WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES BYPASSES THE AREA MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY APPROACHES...THEN MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA BY MID TO LATE IN THE WEEK.  AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AND EXPECTED
WIND SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THAT A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT COULD
DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN BY LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 7:26 PM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

OKZ067-010200-
WAGONER OK-
826 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WAGONER

AT 826 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ONETA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONETA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 7:33 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

ARZ010-019-010215-
CRAWFORD AR-WASHINGTON AR-
833 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD

AT 833 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI TO 8 MILES WEST
OF SUMMERS TO 19 MILES WEST OF ODELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT
GROVE...ODELL...FAYETTEVILLE...WINSLOW...WEST FORK...LINCOLN...
PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...BLACKBURN...HOGEYE...STRICKLER...
MORROW...BRENTWOOD...WOOLSEY...WYOLA...CLYDE...CANEHILL...SUMMERS...
BLACK OAK...GREENLAND...RHEA...VINEY GROVE...CINCINNATI...
WEDINGTON...SAVOY...MOUNTAINBURG...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...NATURAL DAM...
CHESTER...RUDY...LEE CREEK AND MOUNT GAYLER.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:49 PM CST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
849 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PEGGS               36.05N 95.10W
04/30/2006                   CHEROKEE           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

0813 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N TAHLEQUAH           35.93N 94.97W
04/30/2006  E60.00 MPH       CHEROKEE           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0813 PM     HAIL             TULSA                   36.13N 95.92W
04/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0821 PM     HAIL             PAWHUSKA                36.67N 96.34W
04/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       OSAGE              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PBS
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:01 PM CST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
901 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

OKZ068-010230-
CHEROKEE OK-
901 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CHEROKEE

AT 901 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES WEST OF HULBERT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TAHLEQUAH...HULBERT AND
ELDON.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:07 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Crawford

When
April 30, 8:22 PM CST
Where
Crawford County, Mountainburg
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.633, -94.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5506683.