2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 8:51 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 951 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006 .UPDATE... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST NOW BEING REPORTED IN OAK GROVE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND SHOULD FIZZLE OUT BY MIDNIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS NEAR THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDER. WOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WESTERN KANSAS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TO MOVE EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY POSSIBLY MOVING INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE OVERNIGHT. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED OVERNIGHT TEMPS TO BETTER REFLECT THE CURRENT TRENDS AND THE LATEST MODEL DATA. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 10 LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
125 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
108 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHWEST OF I44 AND BENTON CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY NEAR THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA
BORDER AND A MOIST NIGHTTIME LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THOSE STORMS WILL MIGRATE SOUTHEAST
INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TULSA FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
MORE STORMS ALONG A BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WILL MIGRATE INTO BENTON CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE BOUNDARY
SHOULD LIFT WELL NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY SO A REPEAT PERFORMANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT IS NOT EXPECTED. DRY AND WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0943 PM HAIL OAK GROVE 36.46N 93.45W
05/25/2006 E1.75 INCH CARROLL AR PUBLIC
&&
NMKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006
OKZ054-260815-
OSAGE OK-
228 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE
AT 228 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAINOLA TO 19 MILES WEST OF
APPERSON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...SHIDLER...HOMINY...
WYNONA...FAIRFAX...BARNSDALL...PERSHING...TALLANT...NELAGONEY...
BURBANK...OKESA...APPERSON...WEBB CITY...PEARSONIA...FORAKER AND
GRAINOLA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Heavy thunderstorm rains flooded a rural road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5509168, 5509166, 5509167.