Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 14, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 14, 2006
Start: 2006-08-14T18:35
End: 2006-08-14T18:35
Location: Arkansas

August 14, 2006 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 5:27 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:27 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
627 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SOME PATCHY FOG
WILL REDUCE VISIBITY TO AROUND 4 MILES FROM 09-14Z.(38)

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 251 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD THROUGH ARKANSAS THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. FRONT ALREADY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING NORTH AND WEST OF
MENA...CONWAY AND NEWPORT. PLACEMENT OF PRECIPITATION WILL NOT
CHANGE ALL THAT MUCH OVERNIGHT...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE.

SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING...AGAIN IN AREAS
MAINLY NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK. WITH A LOT OF HEAT AT THE SURFACE TO
ENHANCE DOWNBURSTS...WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

ON TUESDAY...FAIRLY QUIET IN THE MORNING AFTER OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION SETTLES DOWN. MODELS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS REVELOPING
DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE CLOSE TO
NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY.

BY WEDNESDAY...ANY STORMS WILL BE FOUND IN THE SOUTHWEST...AND
THEY WILL BE ISOLATED. MOSTLY DRY ELSEWHERE.

SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT DURING THE
SHORT TERM...BUT WOULD STILL CALL IT HOT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAIN COOLING WILL BE AT NIGHT WITH FAIRLY LOW DEWPOINTS IN
PLACE.

BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REASSERT
ITSELF OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES. DRY/WARMER WEATHER IN
THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY. (46)

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY
PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE IN THE EARLY PART
OF THE PERIOD. INITIALLY...THIS WILL KEEP A FRONT OUT IN THE PLAINS
FROM MAKING ANY HEADWAY TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. BY SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY...RIDGE MAY CONTRACT TOWARD THE WEST...ALLOWING THIS WEAK
FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY.
THUS...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS WILL END THE LONG TERM. KEPT SMALL POPS
IN THE FORECAST DURING MUCH OF THE PERIOD. (57)

&&

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

AVIATION...38

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 2:55 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
355 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000-
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-
355 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ONE THIRD OF ARKANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
FALLSVILLE TO BEE BRANCH TO NEWPORT. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

A COMBINATION OF HIGH HUMIDITY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
PRODUCING HEAT STRESS...MAINLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL BE REACHING 105 DEGREES OR MORE...SO A HEAT ADVISORY WILL
CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

38/22

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 3:58 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
458 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WIDEMAN                 36.19N 92.01W
08/14/2006                   IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

0405 PM     HAIL             MELBOURNE               36.06N 91.90W
08/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0416 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE SAINT JOE          36.00N 92.76W
08/14/2006                   SEARCY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARSHALL                35.91N 92.64W
08/14/2006                   SEARCY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BULL SHOALS             36.38N 92.59W
08/14/2006                   MARION             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:02 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
502 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

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

0450 PM     HAIL             LAKEVIEW                36.37N 92.55W
08/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       BAXTER             AR   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
518 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALAMINE                36.01N 91.40W
08/14/2006                   SHARP              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIDING BLOWN OFF OF MOBILE HOME BY STRONG WINDS.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:32 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006

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

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E NIMROD              34.95N 93.01W
08/14/2006                   PERRY              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 60

&&

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner

When: August 14, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County, 3 mi S of Vilonia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 35.033, -92.217

A few trees were downed.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, August 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: 5533129.