1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 6, 7:47 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 847 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 .UPDATE... CONVECTION FINALLY MAKING IT INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS BUT SO FAR IT REMAINS OUT OF THE LITTLE ROCK CWA BUT FEAR THIS WILL NOT BE CASE MUCH LONGER. IT STILL APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWA AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES. TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CELLS. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. DEW POINT AT TULSA DROPPED FROM 61 TO 21 IN ONE HOUR AS CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR SWEEPS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. ACTUAL COLD AIR IS LAGGING SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE ACTUAL PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. WHILE TREND OF THE CONVECTION IS SLIGHTLY ON THE DOWNWARD SIDE AT THE TIME BEING...CONVECTION NOW FIRING UP ON THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE FRONT OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. ALL CONVECTION IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH MOVING THE BOUNDARY INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND SWEEP IT THROUGH THE STATE BY SUNRISE. CURRENT FORECAST SEEMS TO HAVE A REAL GOOD HANDLE ON IT AND ONLY SOME TWEAKING OF THE GRIDS TO REFLECT THE CURRENT TRENDS IS NEEDED TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 621 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006/ AVIATION... STORMS CONTINUING TO FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND SOME HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN WESTERN/NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN SHOW WILL BE WITH THE PRECIP CURRENTLY OUT IN OKLAHOMA. HAVE ALLOWED FOR VCTS/TEMPO THUNDER AT HRO FROM 00-09Z...AND FROM HOT AND LIT FROM 03-09Z...AND FINALLY PBF FROM 04-10Z. INCRSD GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS AS HIGH AS 10-15 KT THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADIENT WILL PICK UP ONCE AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY. AS FAR AS CIGS GO...EXPECT MOSTLY VFR THROUGH MID-EVENING...THEN MVFR AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. IFR CONDS COULD OCCUR WITH ONSET OF PRECIP INITIALLY. DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER WILL OCCUR AROUND SUNRISE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES CENTRAL ARKANSAS. RE-DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY...AND AS SUCH KEPT PROB30 TSRA AT PBF AND LIT. 00Z TERMINALS HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 304 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN/WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH POSTED NORTH AND WEST OF WALDRON/MORRILTON/BATESVILLE UNTIL 6 PM. STORMS HAVE TENDED TO BE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED...WITH MAINLY HAILERS NOTED. THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE TONIGHT. STORM SYSTEM/FRONT STILL IN PLAINS...WITH NEW CELLS POPPING UP FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...WITH TORNADOES/VERY LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE POSTED IN THE WEST TOWARD EVENING AS THE STORMS APPROACH. OVERNIGHT...SCATTERED STORMS WILL RACE ACROSS THE STATE...WITH SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY NORTH/WEST OF LITTLE ROCK. BY MORNING...STORMS WILL BE GONE...WITH BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION. SYSTEM/FRONT STILL LINGERING ACROSS ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AGAIN...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY FROM LITTLE ROCK EASTWARD. FRONT FINALLY EXITING TO THE EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER/DRIER AIR THIS WEEKEND. (46) LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE HOLD FOR MONDAY...BEFORE A WEAK COLD FRONT TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY. CONTINUED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY. THEN WENT WITH DRY WEATHER AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. (58) LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005- ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022- ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037- ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046- ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056-ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063- ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 420 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071000- 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- 420 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND TRACKED INTO AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF LITTLE ROCK. THERE WAS SOME SPOTTY LARGE HAIL IN PORTIONS OF JOHNSON...NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE STORMS HAD WEAKENED. MEANWHILE...NEW STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WAS IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM AND STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS. THESE NEW STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SEVERE WEATHER HIGHLY LIKELY. THERE A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IN MOST AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF DEQUEEN...LITTLE ROCK AND MOUNTAIN HOME. FARTHER EAST...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING WILL TEND TO BE SCATTERED...BUT WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT STRONG ROTATION. WINDS WILL TURN WITH HEIGHT THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CAUSE THE STORMS TO ROTATE. ALSO...WARMTH AND MOISTURE WILL CREATE A LOT OF INSTABILITY... WITH STRONG UPDRAFTS INTO THE STORMS. THESE UPDRAFTS WILL SUSPEND NEWLY FORMED HAILSTONES...ALLOWING THE HAIL TO GROW LARGER IN COLD AIR ALOFT. GIVEN THE CONDITIONS...TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF LITTLE ROCK. DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO ONE OR MORE LINES...AND WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST. AS THIS OCCURS...THE MAIN CONCERNS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN GENERAL...THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DECREASE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AND THE STORMS MOVE FARTHER TO THE EAST. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. MONITOR LATER BULLETINS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF SEVERE STORMS APPROACH. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY...AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY EVENING. QUIET WEATHER SHOULD BE NOTED IN ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 46
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:53 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado touched down briefly southwest of Marble Falls. The tornado was on the ground for about 1.7 miles before lifting. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were a few trees that were snapped off or uprooted.
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