6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jul 12, 6:37 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 737 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE RIVER VALLEY INTO WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS TEMPERATURES FALL OFF THEIR MAXIMUMS AND THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY STABILIZES WITH RESPECT TO A SURFACE-BASE LIFT. LATEST MESO-SCALE ANALYSIS GRIDS DO STILL SHOW GUST POTENTIAL TO AROUND 60 MPH AND POTENTIAL HAIL SIZE TO NEAR 0.80 INCHES... SO A SEVERE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH 830 PM WITH THE SEVERE POTENTIAL LOWERING THEREAFTER. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1217 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000- 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- 1217 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION AND TRACK OF ANY OVERNIGHT STORM COMPLEX. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LATER FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE LOCALIZED ACTIVATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...BEFORE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DECREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. RECENT RAINS MAY HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER...THOUGH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE 100 DEGREES. LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED REGARDING ANY HEAT RELATED CONCERNS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
OKZ073-122300-
PITTSBURG OK-
505 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG
AT 505 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
EAST OF ARPELAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG...BLANCO...SAVANNA...HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...
HAYWOOD...BACHE...ALDERSON...KREBS...ARPELAR...SCIPIO...BLOCKER...
FEATHERSTON...CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN.
THIS STORM 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.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
OKZ075-122315-
LATIMER OK-
529 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LATIMER
AT 529 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RED OAK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON...HIGGINS...DAMON...PANOLA AND RED
OAK.
THIS STORM 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.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
OKZ075-122330-
LATIMER OK-
600 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN LATIMER
AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILBURTON TO 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILBURTON TO BENGAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
WILBURTON...BENGAL...PANOLA AND RED OAK.
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.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
636 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND GST 3 WNW STIGLER 35.27N 95.17W
07/12/2006 M60 MPH HASKELL OK MESONET
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JDSThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a power line.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour blew trees down onto six houses, causing major damage to three of them. Several bank signs and power lines were also blown down.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines. A tree was blown down onto Highway 22, blocking it to through traffic. Half of the city was without power at one time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2006
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: 5522105, 5522172, 5522168, 5522169, 5522170, 5522171.