1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 22, 2:33 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 333 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT KLZK RADAR SHOWS MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ALSO LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW CLOUDS DECREASING IN CENTRAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION. WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY MAINLY FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXTENDED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT. COLD FRONT REMAINS IN OKLAHOMA WITH A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MODELS HAVE THE FRONT TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA WITH THE GFS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. THIS WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL TAPER RAIN CHANCES OFF SUNDAY MORNING AND FINALLY EXIT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND INCREASED POPS TO 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 72 83 61 78 / 70 70 70 30 HARRISON AR 67 78 52 70 / 70 70 70 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 72 83 59 78 / 70 70 70 20 PINE BLUFF AR 74 86 63 79 / 50 60 60 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 69 79 52 70 / 70 70 70 10 MONTICELLO AR 75 88 64 80 / 50 60 60 40 SEARCY AR 70 83 58 75 / 70 70 70 30 MOUNT IDA AR 70 82 57 77 / 70 70 70 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 68 80 57 73 / 70 70 70 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY 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-ARZ062-ARZ063- ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069. && SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 815 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000- 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- 815 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TODAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST ABOVE 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY. UNTIL THEN...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO COULD OCCUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN REDEVELOPING BY MID AFTERNOON IN WESTERN ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS... POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. IN THESE AREAS...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 75 MPH AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER IN THE STATE ALL THE WAY INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON SATURDAY...SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME WILL BE FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EVENING...BUT SOME SEVERE WEATHER COULD CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 28
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
154 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0131 PM HAIL WITTS SPRINGS 35.80N 92.90W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0131 PM HAIL PINDALL 36.06N 92.87W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
51PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
329 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL WIDEMAN 36.19N 92.01W
09/22/2006 E0.88 INCH IZARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
352 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 3 S ASH FLAT 36.18N 91.61W
09/22/2006 E3.00 INCH SHARP AR EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
0335 PM HAIL ASH FLAT 36.23N 91.61W
09/22/2006 E3.00 INCH SHARP AR AIRPLANE PILOT
HAIL AND TREES DOWN 3 MILES SOUTH OF ASH FLAT.
&&
222PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
358 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL 3 S ASH FLAT 36.18N 91.61W
09/22/2006 E3.00 INCH SHARP AR EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL AND TREES DOWN.
&&
58The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Izard County. The tornado tracked from 1.4 miles southeast of Franklin to 1 mile south-southeast of Myron. The tornado snapped or uprooted dozens of trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 2006Warnings in Arkansas, September 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: 5534875.