1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 21, 5:59 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
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...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. 58
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado was spawned in southern Polk County. The tornado tracked from 2.8 miles northwest of Wickes to 2 miles north of Wickes. The tornado downed or snapped dozens of trees, with two houses damaged and a parked automobile crushed by fallen trees. Two storage buildings were also overturned.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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