Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 27, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 27, 2006
Start: 2006-08-27T18:05
End: 2006-08-27T18:05
Location: Arkansas

August 27, 2006 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 27, 5:59 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 5:59 PM CST, 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1001 PM PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

.UPDATE...
UPDATED FORECASTS TO INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY A LITTLE FURTHER
EASTWARD FOR OVERNIGHT. BEST CHANCES WILL STILL BE IN THE WEST. LEFT
MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AREAS WHERE LIKELY POPS WERE
PUT. REST OF PREVIOUS FORECAST OKAY. ALL UPDATES GONE.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 659 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

AVIATION...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL AT TIMES QUICKLY
GO DOWN TO IFR.(38)

PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 230 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED STORMS BORDERING
ON SEVERE. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH/EAST...PRECIPITATION MORE
SCATTERED...WITH STORMS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE.

PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...WITH NEW
STORMS POPPING UP IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS IN RESPONSE
TO DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT. LOW
WILL TRACK INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH
PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPING MAINLY WEST OF LITTLE ROCK.

LOW WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OR CENTRAL ARKANSAS ON MONDAY
BEFORE EXITING THE STATE TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY EVENING.
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WITH SYSTEM
ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LIKELY POPS IN THE FORECAST.

PUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST TONIGHT...AND IN MOST AREAS ON
MONDAY. COULD BE ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THIS WILL MAINLY BE
A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. FOR NOW...LOOKING AT ONE QUARTER TO THREE
QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY...WITH LOCALLY OVER TWO INCHES.

COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY...WITH LINGERING PRECIPITATION. IN GENERAL...RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE DROPPING DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

DRIER/COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW FRONT ON WEDNESDAY TO END THE SHORT
TERM.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WITH ERNESTO APPROACHING THE GULF COAST...AND A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS...AREA WILL MOSTLY BE IN
EASTERLY/NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES...NEAR TO POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL IN SOME LOCATIONS. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...THE FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE REGION...BRINING A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN. STILL TOO
EARLY TO SPECULATE ABOUT ERNESTO...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
FLUCTUATION IN THE MODEL RUNS BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY. WILL
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 4:00 AM CST, 14 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000-
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 SUN AUG 27 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY.
MOISTURE WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. TRAINING STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE
CONCERN FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT AND MAINLY AFFECT
AREAS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A CONCERN AS
THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THE FRONT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE
REGION TO THE SOUTH BY EARLY TUESDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER RETURNING
FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON
SATURDAY BRINGING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES.

.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 Little Rock radar (KLZK), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: August 27, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, 5 mi NE of Wrightsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.650, -92.150

Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.

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.

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: 5532163.