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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 9:03 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
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. && 44
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 44
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.
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1047 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1034 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW DRIGGS 35.24N 93.80W
05/09/2006 LOGAN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON COX VALLEY ROAD.
1035 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S COVE 34.41N 94.41W
05/09/2006 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 71.
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58The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A number of trees were blown down and shingles were torn off several houses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2006
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: 5509421.