Hail, Newton
- When
- March 13, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Hasty
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.017, -93.050
Hail in Arkansas, March 13, 2006
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Mar 12, 3:19 PM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:19 PM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 319 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL KEEP WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...SO WILL KEEP THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY AS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY. MIXING OF THE LOWER LEVELS HAVE BEEN ERODING THE CAP ABOVE THE FORECAST AREA. MIDDAY SOUNDING SHOWED A SMALL CAP LEFT...AND IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE TONIGHTS ONSLAUGHT. SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL KEEP PUSHING DRYLINE CLOSER TO THE STATE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL FIRE UP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND MOVE EAST TOWARD OUR FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CATCH UP TO DRYLINE AND CONTINUE PUSHING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY 12Z MONDAY. POPS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY...AND THEY WILL DROP TO CHANCE LATE TONIGHT AND FOR EARLY MONDAY. COOLER AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PUNCTUATE THE WEATHER FOR MONDAY. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH ARKANSAS BY 00Z TUESDAY...WITH CAA TAKING OVER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING IN THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH CENTER OVER LIT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS SUGGESTING FAIRLY COOL H85 TEMPS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE STATE...SO ADJUSTED TEMPS DOWN A LITTLE FOR TUESDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON. GFS ENSEMBLES...AND OPERATIONAL GFS...SUPPORT INCREASING THE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW HAVE PUT THE BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS /IN RESPONSE TO SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MO/ AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS /BETTER ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOISTURE/. PRECIP LOOKS TO BE SHORT LIVED AS SYSTEM ZIPS OUT OF AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. KEPT THUNDER ISOLATED TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. GFS/CMC ENSEMBLES POINTING TOWARDS A RATHER EXPANSIVE SFC HIGH COMING DOWN LATE IN THE WEEK. OPERATIONAL GFS ISN/T AS AGGRESSIVE WITH THE SFC HIGH. IN FACT...IT IS AT THIS POINT IN THE FORECAST WHERE THE ENSEMBLES WILDLY DIVERGE. SOME MEMBERS DEVELOP A ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS...WHILE SOME DEVELOP A RATHER DEEP H5 LOW OFF THE WEST U.S. COAST. FEEL THERE WAS ENOUGH MEMBERS SIGNALING PRECIP FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY TO WARRANT THE POPS...WHICH AGREES WELL WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. SLIGHT TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT MADE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 60 70 38 61 / 70 30 0 0 HARRISON AR 48 61 32 57 / 70 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 60 69 37 62 / 70 20 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 62 70 40 62 / 60 30 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 49 62 33 57 / 70 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 64 71 42 63 / 60 40 0 0 SEARCY AR 59 70 36 60 / 70 30 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 59 69 37 61 / 60 20 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 55 68 34 60 / 70 20 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004- ARZ005-ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-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. && SHORT TERM...32 / LONG TERM...220
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:45 PM CST, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 445 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131100- 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- 445 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A DRYLINE REMAINED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS TO ITS EAST...WITH VERY DRY AIR TO ITS WEST. THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE DRYLINE WAS SLIGHTLY CAPPED DUE TO A WARM LAYER OF AIR ALOFT. HOWEVER...THE CAP WAS SLOWLY WEAKENING. TOWARD THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE...AND WILL TRACK INTO ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SUPERCELLS...OR STORMS WITH ROTATING UPDRAFTS...WILL BE NOTED. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THE SUPERCELLS WILL MOSTLY AFFECT WESTERN INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT STORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT REACH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SO. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...A COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS WILL CATCH UP TO THE DRY LINE...AND STORMS MAY FORM INTO A LINE FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL NOT REACH THE EASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER RULES... AND MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BULLETINS FOR ANY WARNINGS... WATCHES...AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. USE OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TELEVISIONS WITH ALERT FEATURES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME IN HANDY DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS MONDAY MORNING...WITH STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER COMING TO AN END. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS TO THE STATE FOR MUCH OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY. RAIN CHANCES RETURN LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT LIKELY. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 46
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:04 AM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
204 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0201 AM HAIL 4 N WALDRON 34.96N 94.09W
03/13/2006 M0.75 INCH SCOTT AR AMATEUR RADIO
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58The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:38 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 13 to 14, 2006
- Tornadoes in Missouri, March 13, 2006
- Tornadoes in Missouri, March 13, 2006
- High Wind in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 2006
- Strong Wind in Ohio, March 13, 2006
- Tornado in Missouri, March 13, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 13, 2006
- Strong Wind in Illinois, March 13, 2006
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, March 13, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 13, 2006
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, March 13, 2006
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5497004.