5 hail, 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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1201 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006
.UPDATE...
UPDATED FORECAST PACKAGE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
256 FOR THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PB AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. DRYLINE
MOVING THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING PROVIDING LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE. ALSO...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST AND A 130 KT JET MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AROUND THE BASE
OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE THE LIFT OVER THE
AREA. THESE INGREDIENTS ALONG WITH RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER
THE EASTERN CWA...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE AREA EAST OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN CWA.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...AND
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONE...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND VAN HORN
AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
99/99HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 902 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291415- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 902 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 /802 AM MDT FRI APR 28 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY EAST OF A TATUM...HOBBS...KERMIT... FORT STOCKTON...AND SANDERSON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. DRY AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AREA...MARFA PLATEAU...DAVIS MOUNTAINS... AND BIG BEND REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...AND FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN... WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:21 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A member of the Scurry Methodist Church reported marble to quarter size hail falling at the church.
The Mitchell County Sheriff's Office reported marble to penny size hail at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2183 and Texas Highway 163.
The Reagan County Sheriff's Office reported quarter to baseball size hail north of Best. No damage reports were received. This area is mostly rural, so likely no property damage was done by the large hail.
Quarter to baseball size hail was reported north of Best, while quarter size hail was reported in Big Lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 5501193, 5501194, 5501195, 5501196, 5501197.