7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 Mar 12, 9:39 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 939 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... SPOTTERS REPORT A LARGE TORNADO HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY. RADAR DATA IS IMPRESSIVE AND SHOWS A CYCLIC MESOCYCLONE PROCESS WITH A MATURE MESO ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARGE TORNADO AND A SECOND MESO RAPIDLY ORGANIZING JUST A COUPLE OF MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRST AND ANOTHER TORNADO IS LIKELY TO FORM IN THE SECOND CIRCULATION. IN FACT DUAL SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES MAY OCCUR FOR A TIME. ALL INTERESTS IN BENTON COUNTY SHOULD BE AT A HIGH STATE OF READINESS AS THE SUPERCELL TRACKS ON A MORE EASTWARD TRACK. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1205 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131100- 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- 1205 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...SIGNIFICANT...SPREADINDEX=64. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE THIS MORNING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DISCUSSION... A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 2500 J/KG AND HELICITIES IN THE RANGE OF 200 M2/S2...SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ONCE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION FIRE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN TODAY. THE MOST DANGEROUS AREA FOR FIRES WILL BE NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MONDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND REMAIN AT LEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. FIRE WEATHER WILL REMAIN A CONCERN WITH THE MOST LIKELY BAD DAY BEING MONDAY WITH THE NORTH WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST DUE TO RETURN FLOW OF WARM AND MOIST AIR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
809 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0807 PM HAIL CHELSEA 36.54N 95.43W
03/12/2006 E0.75 INCH ROGERS OK AMATEUR RADIO
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SFPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
812 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL CHELSEA 36.54N 95.43W
03/12/2006 M1.00 INCH ROGERS OK AMATEUR RADIO
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JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
817 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W PRYOR 36.31N 95.41W
03/12/2006 E60 MPH MAYES OK EMERGENCY MNGR
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JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL VINITA 36.64N 95.15W
03/12/2006 M1.00 INCH CRAIG OK NWS EMPLOYEE
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JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM HAIL LOCUST GROVE 36.20N 95.17W
03/12/2006 M0.88 INCH MAYES OK EMERGENCY MNGR
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JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0908 PM HAIL LOCUST GROVE 36.20N 95.17W
03/12/2006 E1.75 INCH MAYES OK EMERGENCY MNGR
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JDSThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.
7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail up to softball size caused extensive damage to nearly 600 homes and businesses.
The second tornado moved into western Benton County (from Delaware County, Oklahoma) south of Highway 12, where damage suggested the tornado strengthened considerably. A mobile home was destroyed, a pickup truck was rolled and destroyed, and several homes sustained major damage to their roofs near Bloomfield, where damage was rated at F2. Damage was more extensive in and around Gentry and Centerton where 75 homes were damaged or destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3. Twelve people were injured by the tornado.See Storm Data for Oklahoma, Eastern for details regarding the Delaware County segment of this tornado.
Thunderstorm wind, likely associated with the supercell's rear flank downdraft, destroyed a hangar and offices at the Bentonville Municipal airport. Wind damage also occurred at the high school where the roof was removed from the field house and scoreboards and light towers were destroyed. A number of homes were damaged.
The supercell cycled again and produced a third tornado that moved through the southern portion of Bentonville and Little Flock damaging or destroying 125 homes.
The supercell cycled again and produced a fourth tornado that affected mainly rural areas. The tornado produced minor damage to homes and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Several outbuildings were damaged by the tornado. The tornado, which was rated F1 in Carroll County, moved into Stone County, Missouri at 2256 CST where it continued to produce F1 damage. See Storm Data for Missouri, Southwest for details concerning the Stone County segment of this tornado.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew shingles off the roof of the post office.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 2006Warnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5493656, 5493653, 5493842, 5493654, 5493646, 5493655, 5493647, 5493648, 5493649, 5493650, 5493651, 5493652.