Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 12, 2006

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 12, 2006
Start: 2006-06-12T13:40
End: 2006-06-12T14:08
Location: Arkansas

June 12, 2006 · NWS TSA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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: 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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 9:28 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:28 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1028 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

.UPDATE...
WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE TO POP FORECAST TO REFLECT CURRENT
TRENDS. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHILE ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO
MOVE ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL OK. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY WEAKEN THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS AS LOW LEVEL
JET SUPPORT DECREASES...BUT WILL LIKELY IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA
WEST OF TULSA BEFORE DOING SO.

SYNOPTIC FRONT NEAR I-40 ALONG WITH OUTFLOW FROM MORNING ACTIVITY
MAY SERVE AS FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SKIES REMAIN CLEAR TO THE SOUTH AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY FOR ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO BE SEVERE. FORECAST
HIGH TEMPS APPEAR REASONABLE THOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ULTIMATELY
NEED TO BE LOWERED. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 14
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 17

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 11:53 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1253 PM CDT MON JUN 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-
1242 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 3 PM.

DISCUSSION...
A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
SLOWLY WEAKENING IN THE PROCESS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LEAVE AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY POSITIONED SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MID AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY SERVE AS A
FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES
WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S SOUTH OF I-40 WILL PROVIDE
ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO BECOME
SEVERE. DAMAGING WIND WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE
REALIZED FOR TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE
AREA BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...BRINGING HOTTER TEMPERATURES
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES INTO THE WEEKEND.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:18 PM CST, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
218 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

ARZ019-020-122015-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-
218 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CRAWFORD

AT 218 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHESTER TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FIGURE FIVE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PLEASANT HILL...PARADISE...
PINEY...CONCORD...BIDVILLE...MULBERRY...TONEY...LONELM...CRAVENS...
JETHRO...FERN...BARNES...TURNERS BEND...CASS...REDDING...
MOUNTAINBURG...ALMA...CHESTER...FURRY...DYER...FIGURE FIVE...RUDY...
LOCKE AND MOUNT GAYLER.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:35 PM CST, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
235 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

ARZ029-122030-
SEBASTIAN AR-
235 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN

AT 235 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF RYE HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT SMITH...GREENWOOD...
BARLING...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...
JENNY LIND...RYE HILL...BLOOMER AND CENTRAL CITY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian

When: June 12, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Barling
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.333, -94.300

Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.

Hail, Franklin

When: June 12, 2:08 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 2 mi N of Toney
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.550, -93.967

Quarter size hail covered portions of Interstate 20.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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, June 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: 5514393, 5514392.