Funnel Cloud in Arkansas, September 21, 2006

Name: Funnel Cloud in Arkansas, September 21, 2006
Start: 2006-09-21T23:08
End: 2006-09-21T23:08
Location: Arkansas

September 21, 2006 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 Sep 21, 5:59 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 5:59 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
659 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

.AVIATION...
CONVECTION HAS BEEN SUBDUED SO FAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT
THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST. BANDED
STRUCTURE TO THE CONVECTION HAS ONE LINE TAKING SHAPE NOW OVER THE
NORTHWEST SECTIONS...AND ANOTHER FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ON TO THE RED RIVER. CAPE VALUES WILL BE
INCREASING DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 247 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006/

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
QUIET WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED AS HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY...BUT MOISTURE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE.
AS SUCH...ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

AVIATION...32

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 12:05 PM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-
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-
105 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY BRINGING WARM
HUMID AIR TO THE STATE. AS A BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
MAIN CONCERNS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...MAINLY IN AREAS WEST OF LITTLE
ROCK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WARM HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY...WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
SATURDAY...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS...BUT THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS.

ALL HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT MOSTLY
IN WESTERN ARKANSAS.

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 10:06 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1106 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

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

1023 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANNIS                 34.24N 94.32W
09/21/2006                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

1023 PM     HAIL             HATFIELD                34.49N 94.38W
09/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Garland

When: September 21, 11:08 PM CST
Where: Garland County, Pearcy
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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, September 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: 5534711.