1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 23, 2:55 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 355 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 .DISCUSSION... MORE ROUGH WEATHER IN STORE FOR TODAY...AS FRONT TO THE WEST OF THE AREA GAINS MOMENTUM. INTERACTION BETWEEN APPROACHING FRONT...OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS STORMS AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATER THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES OVER THE REGION. TORNADO THREAT WILL BE A LITTLE LESS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT WIND AND HAIL POTENTIAL WILL BE A GREATER HAZARD. STRONG GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE LOW IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...WILL EXTEND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FRONT LOOKS TO GET INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ANY LINGERING PRECIP COMING TO AN END BY THE AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...COOLER AIRMASS WILL BE USHERED INTO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH IN THE NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NEXT WEEK. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP AROUND WEDNESDAY...AS THE HIGH MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ARKANSAS...AND ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL BRING ABOUT ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. NO CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST BEYOND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 81 59 76 53 / 80 70 20 10 HARRISON AR 76 51 68 46 / 70 40 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 83 57 76 52 / 80 70 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 86 60 77 53 / 70 80 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 78 51 69 47 / 70 50 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 88 63 78 54 / 60 80 20 10 SEARCY AR 82 56 74 50 / 80 70 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 81 54 75 48 / 80 60 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 80 55 74 48 / 80 50 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 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 AND LONG TERM...57
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
1045 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL HORSESHOE BEND 36.22N 91.74W
09/22/2006 E1.75 INCH IZARD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0949 PM HAIL 5 NE SITKA 36.24N 91.36W
09/22/2006 E1.25 INCH SHARP AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS.
0749 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 SW SIDNEY 35.97N 91.70W
09/22/2006 SHARP AR TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD LOCATED 3 MILES SW OF SIDNEY.
0702 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN HOME 36.34N 92.38W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH BAXTER AR BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. HAIL THE SIZE OF MARBLES.
0602 PM HAIL BROCKWELL 36.15N 91.93W
09/22/2006 E4.00 INCH IZARD AR BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
222PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1125 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 PM HAIL ZINC 36.29N 92.92W
09/22/2006 E1.00 INCH BOONE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
57PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1132 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
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.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG MORNING STAR 35.97N 92.59W
09/22/2006 SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0602 PM HAIL BROCKWELL 36.15N 91.93W
09/22/2006 E4.00 INCH IZARD AR BROADCAST MEDIA
0610 PM HAIL BROCKWELL 36.15N 91.93W
09/22/2006 E4.00 INCH IZARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALSO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 56.
0615 PM HAIL HORSESHOE BEND 36.22N 91.74W
09/22/2006 E1.75 INCH IZARD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0615 PM HAIL 3 S FRANKLIN 36.13N 91.77W
09/22/2006 E2.75 INCH IZARD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0620 PM HAIL HORSESHOE BEND 36.22N 91.74W
09/22/2006 E1.75 INCH IZARD AR PUBLIC
0702 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN HOME 36.34N 92.38W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH BAXTER AR BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. HAIL THE SIZE OF MARBLES.
0715 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN VIEW 35.87N 92.11W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH STONE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0749 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 SW SIDNEY 35.97N 91.70W
09/22/2006 SHARP AR TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD LOCATED 3 MILES SW OF SIDNEY.
0855 PM HAIL OMAHA 36.46N 93.19W
09/22/2006 E0.75 INCH BOONE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0949 PM HAIL 5 NE SITKA 36.24N 91.36W
09/22/2006 E1.25 INCH SHARP AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS.
1106 PM HAIL ZINC 36.29N 92.92W
09/22/2006 E1.00 INCH BOONE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
57PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
316 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM HAIL MOUNTAIN HOME 36.34N 92.38W
09/23/2006 E0.75 INCH BAXTER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
414 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 AM FLASH FLOOD HARDY 36.32N 91.48W
09/23/2006 SHARP AR AIRPLANE PILOT
RIVER BEND CAMPGROUND FLOODED. EVACUATIONS BY BOAD
CONDUCTED.
0310 AM FLASH FLOOD 11 N HARDY 36.48N 91.48W
09/23/2006 FULTON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
VEHICLE OVERTURNED IN WATER ON WIRTH ROAD. OCCUPANTS WERE
UNINJURED.
0310 AM FLASH FLOOD SALEM 36.37N 91.82W
09/23/2006 FULTON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER ON MOST MAIN ROADS IN THE COUNTY. ALSO...MAJOR
FLOODING ON AREA CAMPGROUNDS.
&&
57The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water rescues continued at the Riverbend campground and the Spring River Beach Club. Some people were in trees to avoid the water. One man was swept away by the water and drowned.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Sharp | 2006-09-23 | 55 | Male | Camping | Direct |
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, 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: 5534951.