Flash Flooding in Arkansas, August 26, 2006

Name: Flash Flooding in Arkansas, August 26, 2006
Start: 2006-08-26T07:40
End: 2006-08-26T09:00
Location: Arkansas

August 26, 2006 · NWS LZK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 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 26, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
650 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTH AND WEST ARKANSAS THIS
MORNING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER STORMS. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LITTLE CG LIGHTNING HAS
BEEN NOTED IN ARKANSAS SO FAR...BUT INTENSITY TRENDS ARE
INCREASING. BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY. EXPECT FOG TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING IN MOST
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND CENTRAL.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 340 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
WX HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE N AND NW OVERNIGHT AS A
COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTS TO AFFECT KS AND MO. ONLY EFFECT ON OUR FA
HAS BEEN SOME MID/HIGH LVL CLOUDS WORKING INTO NRN AR EARLY THIS
MRNG.

MODELS CONT INDC AN ACTIVE WX PATTERN FOR THE REGION DURG THE SHORT
TERM. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WL CONT TO BE A CHALLENGE IN THE COMING DAYS
DUE TO PLACEMENT OF SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE BNDRY/S. TEMP FCST WL
ALSO BE TRICKY DEPENDING ON EXTENT OF RAINFALL AND CLOUD COVER.

PLAN TO STICK WITH CHC POPS ACRS THE FA...WITH MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY
EXPECTED TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE. PLACED HIGHER POPS ACRS NRN
COUNTIES DUE TO CLOSER PROXIMITY TO ANY BNDRY/S THAT MAY DROP SWD FM
ONGOING MCS. HIGH TEMPS WL BE A BIT COOLER OVR NRN AR AS WELL DUE TO
MORE CLOUD COVER.

ON SUN...FNTL BNDRY OVR THE PLAINS WL WORK SLOLY CLOSER TO NWRN AR.
MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LVL SYS WL BE WORKING WWD ALONG THE GULF COAST
AND BRING INCRSG MOISTURE INTO CNTRL AND SRN AR. END RESULT WL BE
GOOD CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA FOR THE MID SOUTH.

MODEL SOLUTIONS DIFFER WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF CDFNT OVR THE
REGION STARTING MON THRU THE END OF THE SHORT TERM. IT STILL APPEARS
THAT THE FA WL SEE A GOOD SHOT OF RAINFALL ON MON AND CONTD WITH
LIKELY POPS. WL ALSO LEAVE A MENTION OF LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL. LEFT
CHC POPS IN FOR TUE AND EARLY TUE NGT AS FNT IS EXPECTED TO WORK
THRU THE REGION.

LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE AREA AT THE SURFACE AND
ALOFT. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. DO NOT EXPECT ANY
RAIN CHANCES FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONT
IS HINTED AT BY GFS AS APPROACHING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT. THIS COULD BRING THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN TO THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

AVIATION...51

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:00 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000-
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-
500 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE IN THE
NORTH NEAR AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND THE CHANCES
WILL SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND. AT
THE SAME TIME...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE GULF COAST REGION.
RAIN CHANCES WILL GO UP...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY SUNDAY.

ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED THIS WEEKEND...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...MAINLY
ON SUNDAY. SOME SPOTS MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

EARLY NEXT WEEK...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGH ON MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE FRONT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE REGION TO
THE SOUTH LATE TUESDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER RETURNING FOR WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK

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The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:38 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Baxter

When: August 26, 7:40 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Baxter County, 1 mi S of Midway
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High water covered Highway 126.

Flash Flood, Baxter

When: August 26, 8:15 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Baxter County, Northwest Portion
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several county roads were under water from Clarkridge to Midway and Lakeview. At least one road was impassible.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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, 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: 5533127, 5533126.