1 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 5:50 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 650 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .AVIATION... SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL LINGER IN THE SOUTH IN THE MORNING SO KEPT PRECIP AT LLQ DURING THE MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE MVFR CONDTIONS THOUGH IFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL BE ENCOUNTERED. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 545 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION IS MOSTLY THE RESULT OF BOUNDARIES FROM DISSIPATING MCS TO THE NORTH INTERACTING WITH DEVLOPING CU IN VERY HOT ENVIRONMENT. STORMS HAVE TENDED TO DEVELOP QUICKLY...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. RAPID COOLING ALOFT HAS LED TO SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL ON A 100 PLUS DEGREE DAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT IN MISSOURI PUSHES INTO ARKANSAS. HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHERN HALF OF STATE...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY...FRONT WILL CONTINUE HEADING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY THIN OUT DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE REGION WITH THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH COOLER AIR TO FOLLOW. REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM LOOKS DRY WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. (46) LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA TO BEGIN THE PERIOD BUT WILL MOVE EAST. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ006-ARZ007-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. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- 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- 645 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLICE THROUGH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS WORKING IN TANDEM WITH VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS WITH NICKEL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL. THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS MINIMAL. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG TO THE SOUTH. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS THEY WERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL STILL REMAIN A CONCERN UNTIL THE FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY THIN OUT DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. AGAIN...THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...AND ON SATURDAY OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
436 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0243 PM TSTM WND GST OIL TROUGH 35.63N 91.46W
07/21/2006 M62.00 MPH INDEPENDENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0243 PM TSTM WND DMG OIL TROUGH 35.63N 91.46W
07/21/2006 INDEPENDENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN. BUILDING DAMAGE.
0259 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
RODNEY PARHAM AND SHACKLEFORD. WIFE OF NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED LIMBS DOWN.
0302 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
TAYLOR LOOP AND SHEPARD. CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AND STREET
SIGNS DOWN. TREE LIMBS DOWN.
0302 PM HAIL DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 E0.88 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
TAYLOR LOOP AND SHEPARD.
0313 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
ROOF OF REGIONS BANK IN ROAD ON RODNEY PARHAM. LITTLE
ROCK TIAKWANDO SIGN IN ROAD. SIGNS DOWN.
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG NEWPORT 35.63N 91.24W
07/21/2006 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMIT ON HWY 18.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 NE GASSVILLE 36.37N 92.38W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 E OF MOUNTAIN HOME. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
457 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE GASSVILLE 36.34N 92.42W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOUNTAIN HOME. CAMPING TRAILER OVERTURNED.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE GASSVILLE 36.34N 92.42W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR NWS EMPLOYEE
MOUNTAIN HOME. TREES BLOCKING HWY 62. ROAD CLOSED.
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
648 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 NE SADDLE 36.47N 91.48W
07/21/2006 FULTON AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
MAMMOTH SPRINGS. SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W DAMASCUS 35.38N 92.43W
07/21/2006 VAN BUREN AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
ROOF OFF OF HOME.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E CENTER RIDGE 35.37N 92.48W
07/21/2006 FAULKNER AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W DAMASCUS 35.36N 92.48W
07/21/2006 FAULKNER AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0615 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN VIEW 35.87N 92.11W
07/21/2006 E0.88 INCH STONE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
219The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were downed, with the roof of a mobile home damaged at Hattieville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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