3 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 2:26 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 326 AM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER TOUGH PRECIPITATION FORECAST AT HAND. THE MIDSOUTH REMAINS ENTRENCHED IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CAUSING UNCOMFORTABLY HIGH HUMIDITIES. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SLOWLY GET A GRIP ON THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH LITTLE TO FOCUS ON FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...HAVE UNDERCUT POP GUIDANCE VALUES TODAY AND TONIGHT. APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MUCH NEEDED RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY. HOWEVER THE CHANCES ARE SMALL FOR MOST AREAS DUE TO LACK OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM. DAYTIME HEATING WILL LIKELY CAUSE AFTERNOON CONVECTION EACH DAY. ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. THUS HEAT INDEX VALUES SUNDAY AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY...PERHAPS TUESDAY WILL APPROACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. MAYBE SOME RELIEF THURSDAY WITH THE RIDGE FLATTENING OUT AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRYING TO PUSH INTO THE MIDSOUTH. IF THIS ACTUALLY DOES OCCUR THEN SOME AREAS THAT MISSED THE BENEFICIAL RAIN COULD GET THEIR WISH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 89 76 95 76 / 40 20 30 20 MKL 87 71 92 72 / 50 20 20 20 JBR 89 73 96 73 / 30 20 20 10 TUP 90 73 91 73 / 50 30 50 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && AC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 446 AM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-301200- ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)- MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 446 AM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO APPROACH 105 DEGREES ON SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:22 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning from a thunderstorm struck a house on 109 Wallace Road in Jackson. The strike started a fire in the home. The home burned to the ground and a 87 year old man was killed inside.
Numerous roads were flooded in the southeastern portion of Carroll County.
Heavy downpours left temporary lakes of flood water in locations between Parker Crossroads and Chesterfield. Caramel Road in Chesterfield was also flooded.
Flash flooding caused major problems in the city of Parson. One home had close to one foot of water inside. Another home had six inches of water. Meanwhile, four businesses had four inches of water. Sections of nearly every road in Parsons was flooded with nearly two feet of water.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Madison | 2006-07-29 | 87 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5519084, 5520380, 5519082, 5519083.