Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 9, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County, 1 mi E of Hot Spgs
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.033
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 9, 2006
Severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees and power lines across Garland County. Several homes sustained roof damage as well as additional structural damage from falling trees.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees and power lines across Garland County. Several homes sustained roof damage as well as additional structural damage from falling trees. Signs and awnings on several businesses in Hot Springs were damaged, along with some blown out windows.
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, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 9:03 PM CST, 1 hour 52 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. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:55 PM CST, 6 hours 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 44
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 9:32 PM CST, 1 hour 23 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.
&&
58Local storm report, May 9, 9:47 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.
&&
58Local storm report, May 9, 10:32 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1132 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM TSTM WND DMG COVE 34.44N 94.41W
05/09/2006 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOME AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
219Local storm report, May 9, 10:52 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1152 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM TSTM WND DMG MURFREESBORO 34.06N 93.69W
05/09/2006 PIKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF HOUSES
&&
219The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:56 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 9, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County, Hot Spgs
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 9, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County, Hot Spgs
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
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
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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 2006
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, May 9, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 9, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 9, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 9 to 10, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 2006
- Hail in Texas, May 9, 2006
More
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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: 5509424, 5509426, 5509425.