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.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 4:10 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 410 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT CURRENT BOUT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE PUSHING EAST FAST AS UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE STRONG WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE...SO WILL CONTINUE THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT. UPPER LOW WILL BE EAST OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT... SO PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ENDING OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. DRY WEATHER FOR FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL RETURN QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTH FOR THE WEEK END. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAST IN THE SERIES OF UPPER SYSTEMS WL BE WORKING ACRS THE FA ON MON. HAVE CONTD WITH SCTD POPS ALONG AND AHEAD OF ASSOCD CDFNT ATTM AS TIMING ISSUES STILL A CONCERN. HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR WL BLD INTO AR FOR TUE AND WED. THE HIGH WL SHIFT E OF THE AREA BY LATE WED AND WED NGT. ANOTHER LOW PRES SYS IS PROGGED TO DVLP OVR THE PLAINS STATES...ALLOWING SLY FLOW TO RETURN TO THE REGION. ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO GOING TEMP FCST THRU THE PD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 70 44 70 57 / 90 10 10 20 HARRISON AR 58 39 66 54 / 90 20 10 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 69 44 72 58 / 90 10 10 20 PINE BLUFF AR 71 47 72 59 / 90 10 10 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 59 39 66 54 / 90 20 10 20 MONTICELLO AR 73 48 72 59 / 90 10 10 20 SEARCY AR 69 43 68 56 / 90 10 10 20 MOUNT IDA AR 68 44 72 57 / 90 10 10 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 67 42 68 55 / 90 20 10 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY 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...44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101100- 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- 500 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TODAY...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE PLAINS STATES THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SEVERAL LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY EASTWARD THROUGH ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE LINES OF STORMS. THE LINES OF STORMS MAY BULGE FORWARD IN PLACES...WITH SEVERAL BOWING SEGMENTS LIKELY. WINDS TEND TO POOL AND ROTATE ON THE ENDS OF EACH SEGMENT...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES OFTEN SPAWNED. ALSO...SHOULD THERE BE ANY STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE...THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO ROTATE AND COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EXIT THE STATE TO THE EAST WITH THE FRONT SOON TO FOLLOW. THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH COLD AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL MOVE OVER WARMER CONDITIONS NEAR THE GROUND...WITH A FEW MORE STORMS POPPING UP. THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT NORTHERN ARKANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS AND COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY EACH SYSTEM. TIMING OF EACH SYSTEM IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE NATURAL STATE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF THE AREA. AFTER TODAY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER RULES AND MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BULLETINS FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS. USE OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TELEVISIONS WITH ALERT FEATURES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME IN HANDY TODAY. FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
716 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 AM TSTM WND DMG MALVERN 34.37N 92.82W
03/09/2006 HOT SPRING AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
0540 AM TSTM WND DMG MORTON 35.25N 91.10W
03/09/2006 WOODRUFF AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO AT MORTON. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS HWY 64 AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING.
0540 AM TSTM WND DMG ARKADELPHIA 34.12N 93.07W
03/09/2006 CLARK AR TRAINED SPOTTER
OUACHTIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY SCOREBOARD DAMAGED.
0545 AM TSTM WND DMG AMAGON 35.56N 91.11W
03/09/2006 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES...POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 14 AND
HWY 37 NEAR AMAGON. ALSO...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A SHED.
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
720 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 AM TSTM WND DMG MORTON 35.25N 91.10W
03/09/2006 WOODRUFF AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO AT MORTON. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS HWY 64 AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING.
&&
CORRECTED TIME FOR MORTON REPORT TO 655 AM.
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
846 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0829 AM HAIL DANVILLE 35.05N 93.39W
03/09/2006 M1.75 INCH YELL AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0814 AM TSTM WND DMG KIRBY 34.25N 93.63W
03/09/2006 PIKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOFS OFF BARNS
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
855 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0847 AM HAIL CRYSTAL SPRINGS 34.52N 93.33W
03/09/2006 M0.75 INCH GARLAND AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0814 AM TSTM WND DMG KIRBY 34.25N 93.63W
03/09/2006 PIKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHICKEN HOUSES WITH ROOFS OFF AND TREES DOWN
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM HAIL ALPINE 34.22N 93.38W
03/09/2006 M0.75 INCH CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
952 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 AM HAIL CONWAY 35.09N 92.45W
03/09/2006 M0.75 INCH FAULKNER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0945 AM TSTM WND GST HASKELL 34.51N 92.64W
03/09/2006 E75 MPH SALINE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
219The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and caused some structural damage to several buildings.
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