Tornado in Arkansas, March 9, 2006

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, March 9, 2006
Start: 2006-03-09T07:55
End: 2006-03-09T08:05
Location: Arkansas

March 9, 2006 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 6:24 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 6:24 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
624 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE TO ADD TORNADO WATCH 48 UNTIL 19Z FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.

UPDATE ALREADY OUT.

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 530 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006)

DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ONGOING THIS MORNING. A SURFACE LOW OVER NW
IL WAS CONNECTED BY FRONTAL SYSTEM SOUTHWEST INTO ANOTHER LOW ALONG
THE RED RIVER NE OF DALLAS/FT WORTH...WITH A COLD FRONT CONTINUING
INTO SW TX. ALOFT SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPS FROM PLAINS ACROSS PAN HANDLE
REGIONS OF TX AND OK AND INTO W TX THIS MORNING. WARM AND MOIST
SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO THE GULF COAST STATES AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE SYSTEMS. THIS IS
RESULTING IN BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND RESULTED IN
SEVERAL TORNADO WATCHES. THE UPPER JET OVER THE AREA OF NE TX
..SE OK...AND SW AR WAS APPROACHING 135 KTS WITH LLJ JET OF 60 TO
70 KTS. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE. WILL ALSO INCLUDE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ENTIRE AREA TODAY...AND LET EXPIRE AT 600 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES WILL MOST LIKELY BE EXTENDED
AND ISSUED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CURRENT ONES INTO THE DAY...WITH
A THREAT OF INCREASING CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS HELICITY
VALUES INCREASE...AND LAPSE RATES BECOME FAVORABLE. STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AS THE
ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE. RAIN CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST
TO EAST IN THE DAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS EAST AND IS FOLLOWED
BY MUCH DRIER AIR WITH THE FRONT THAT MOVES OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE QUITE WARM WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE.
A LARGE AND BROAD TROUGH ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN STATES
AND WILL KEEP SENDING A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEM THROUGH FROM THE
WEAKENS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 78 50 80 62 / 90 10 10 10
MLU 74 50 79 62 / 90 20 10 10
DEQ 73 43 76 58 / 90 10 10 10
TXK 76 47 77 60 / 90 10 10 10
ELD 75 48 76 60 / 90 20 10 10
TYR 76 49 81 60 / 60 10 10 10
GGG 77 50 81 59 / 60 10 10 10
LFK 78 49 83 62 / 90 10 10 10

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE
SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA
SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
AND MCCURTAIN.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED
RIVER...RUSK...SABINE TX...SAN
AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.

99/99

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-091800-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
600 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE
AREA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS
OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST DURING THE DAY
AND EXIT THE EASTERN SECTIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND UP TO NEAR
80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLY...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL TO NEAR 2 INCHES
IN DIAMETER. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND THE
INCREASING INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE EASTWARD ADVANCING BAND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE CHANCE OF TORNADOES WILL BE
INCREASING AS WELL. IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER PERSONS
SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES IN THE FOUR STATE
REGION LATE ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY...WHICH
MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT
AFTER 600 PM CST.

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 3:49 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
349 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0300 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BROKEN BOW              34.03N 94.74W
03/09/2006                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 3:51 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
351 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0300 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST IDABEL                  33.90N 94.82W
03/09/2006  M67 MPH          MCCURTAIN          OK   MESONET

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:54 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
654 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0640 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W JACKSONVILLE        31.97N 95.28W
03/09/2006                   CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 LARGE TREE DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 7:08 AM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
708 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0330 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG MOUNT PLEASANT          33.17N 94.98W
03/09/2006                   TITUS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 7:16 AM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
716 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0430 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ASHDOWN                 33.67N 94.13W
03/09/2006                   LITTLE RIVER       AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 ROOFS AND A CARPORT DAMAGED.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 7:30 AM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
730 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006

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

0725 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT ENTERPRISE        31.91N 94.68W
03/09/2006                   RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

&&

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Howard

When: March 9, 7:55 AM CST to 8:05 AM CST
Where: Howard County, Center Pt
Rating: F1
Path length: 11 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 34.033, -93.933

An F1 tornado touched down in Howard County near Center Point and moved northeast to the Pike County line approximately 11 miles northeast of Center Point. The tornado was on the ground for nearly 11 miles and damage consisted of numerous trees snapped and uprooted. Minor roof damage was observed to two homes and a barn was destroyed.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 2006 Warnings 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: 5494672.