Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 2006
Start: 2006-07-21T19:15
End: 2006-07-21T19:15
Location: Arkansas

July 21, 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 Jul 21, 5:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 5:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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, Jul 21, 5:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 3:36 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 3:57 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 5:48 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:39 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
739 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0243 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OIL TROUGH              35.63N 91.46W
07/21/2006                   INDEPENDENCE       AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIGELOW                 35.00N 92.63W
07/21/2006                   PERRY              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR HARRIS BRAKE IN HWY 216, IN BIGELOW AND IN HOUSTON.
            POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Conway

When: July 21, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Conway County, 3 mi SE of Morrilton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 35.117, -92.717

Large tree limbs 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, July 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: 5524468.