Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 2006

Name: Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 2006
Start: 2006-05-13T00:53
End: 2006-05-13T00:53
Location: Arkansas

May 13, 2006 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
904 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2006

.UPDATE...SAT PICS SHOW CLEAR SKIES WHILE METARS SHOW LIGHT WINDS.
SEEMS TO BE AN IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT.  GOING LOWS LOOK
REASONABLE.  DO NOT PLAN ON UPDATING AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 17

ABBAS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:53 AM CST, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
153 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 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-
153 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. A LIMITED
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST...
HOWEVER CHANCES REMAIN SMALL GIVEN THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 12:04 AM CST, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
104 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

ARZ010-130630-
WASHINGTON AR-
104 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WASHINGTON

AT 104 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PRAIRIE GROVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALNUT GROVE...WINSLOW...WEST
FORK...PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...HOGEYE...BRENTWOOD...WOOLSEY...
WYOLA...ARNETT...GREENLAND AND VINEY GROVE.

THIS STORM 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, May 13, 12:09 AM CST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
109 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

ARZ001-130645-
BENTON AR-
109 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWEST BENTON

AT 109 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SILOAM SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCKY
COMFORT...FAIRMOUNT...SILOAM SPRINGS...GENTRY...LAKE FRANCIS...
GALLITIN AND SPRINGTOWN.

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

Special weather statement, May 13, 12:35 AM CST, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
135 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

ARZ020-130700-
FRANKLIN AR-
135 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN FRANKLIN

AT 135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF CASS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PARADISE...TAFT...
MOUNTAIN TOP...BARNES...TURNERS BEND...CASS AND REDDING.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. 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), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When: May 13, 12:53 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, 3 mi NE of Watalula
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.600, -93.783

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5508335.