Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 9, 2006
Start: 2006-05-09T21:34
End: 2006-05-09T21:34
Location: Arkansas

Where it happened

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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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 9:03 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 9:03 PM CST, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1003 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

.UPDATE...
EXPANDED FF WATCH EARLIER THIS EVENING TO INCLUDE THE REST OF
N-CNTRL AR. ONGOING CONVECTION ACRS WRN AR WL CONT WORKING SLOLY EWD
TNGT. WHILE A FEW SVR STORMS WL BE RMN POSSIBLE...FOCUS WL MAINLY BE
ON HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. ADJUSTED POP/TEMP GRIDS TO
REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. REST OF FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. ALL UPDATES GONE.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY 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.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:55 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101000-
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-
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE ARKANSAS MISSOURI BORDER BACK INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT WHERE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY...AND IT
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY OVER ABOUT THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 4:00 PM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0855 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N MOUNTAIN HOME       36.36N 92.38W
05/09/2006                   BAXTER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN...ALONG WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL.

1040 AM     HAIL             5 S BATESVILLE          35.70N 91.62W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       INDEPENDENCE       AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

1100 AM     HAIL             5 W DARDANELLE          35.23N 93.25W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       YELL               AR   PARK/FOREST SRVC

&&

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Local storm report, May 9, 9:32 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1032 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1018 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAULKSVILLE             35.30N 93.87W
05/09/2006                   LOGAN              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23 IN CAULKSVILLE.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOONEVILLE              35.14N 93.92W
05/09/2006                   LOGAN              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23 IN BOONEVILLE.

&&

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: May 9, 9:34 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 1 mi NW of Driggs
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.250, -93.800

Trees down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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: 5509420.