Storms in Texas in 2006

3,812 events in 807 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2006, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Texas in 2006 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 3,812
Deaths: 42
Injuries: 260
Damage: $3.0 billion
Episodes: 807

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	1,230	1	10	$128 million
Drought	863	0	0	$2.3 billion
Thunderstorm Wind	590	0	7	$2.7 million
Flash Flood	370	3	6	$217 million
High Wind	155	2	13	$686,000
Tornado	117	9	57	$151 million
Wildfire	102	12	32	$220 million
Winter Weather	102	3	7	$33,000
Heavy Snow	47	0	3	$1.5 million
Flood	40	0	0	$1.1 million
Strong Wind	36	3	4	$561,000
Lightning	35	1	2	$510,000
Ice Storm	28	0	3	$566,000
Heat	27	2	2
Funnel Cloud	26	0	0
Winter Storm	22	0	109	$40,000
Dust Storm	11	0	0	$3.0 million
Coastal Flood	4	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Blizzard	2	6	5	$100,000
Storm Surge/Tide	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0	$75,000

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

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.