Hail, Burnet
- When
- April 6, 5:45 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, 10 mi SW of Burnet
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -98.333
Hail in Texas, April 6, 2006
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 5:30 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 5:30 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 630 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 .UPDATE... MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SOME LOW POPS FOR THE EVENING OVER THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND NE CWA AS ISOLATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE DRY LINE WHERE THE CAP HAS WEAKENED AND GOOD CONVERGENCE INDICATED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 403 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006) DISCUSSION... A RATHER SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM IS UNDERWAY ACROSS MID SECTIONS OF THE U.S...BUT WELL MISS-OUT ON THE RAIN ONCE AGAIN. RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE OUT...WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FORECAST TOMORROW. MAX TEMPS TOMORROW WILL SOAR INTO THE 90S THANKS TO DOWNSLOPING WEST WINDS...BUT WILL REMAIN A GOOD 3-5 DEGREES BELOW RECORD HIGHS. A COLD FRONT WILL BE A WELCOME RELIEF TO THIS HEAT...AND IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. MAX TEMPS ON SATURDAY WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...FOR A CHANGE. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL END SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH NEAR- IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING KICKIN-IN AND TEMPS DIPPING INTO THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA. RETURN FLOW IS FORECAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED THANKS TO RIDGING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN MONDAY...AND CARRY US THROUGH THE WORKWEEK WITH NO CHANCE FOR RAIN. 12Z MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR SOCAL TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS FEATURE WILL BE OUR HOPE AT RAIN GOING INTO THE WEEKEND OF THE 15TH. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BANDERA... EDWARDS... GILLESPIE... KERR... KINNEY... LLANO... MAVERICK... REAL... UVALDE... AND VAL VERDE. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA... BANDERA... BEXAR... BLANCO... BURNET... COMAL... DE WITT... DIMMIT... EDWARDS... FRIO... GILLESPIE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... KENDALL... KERR... KINNEY... LLANO... MAVERICK... MEDINA... REAL... TRAVIS... UVALDE... VAL VERDE... WILLIAMSON... WILSON... AND ZAVALA. && 01/25
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:17 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 417 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-070000- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 417 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT. THE RED FLAG WARNING COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. LLANO...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL...KERR...BANDERA... GILLESPIE...KINNEY...UVALDE...AND MAVERICK. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS RED FLAG WARNING COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL...KERR... BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS...TRAVIS...KINNEY... UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL...GUADALUPE...MAVERICK...ZAVALA... FRIO...ATASCOSA...WILSON...KARNES...GONZALES...DE WITT...DIMMIT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Burnet
- When
- April 6, 6:30 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, 6 mi W of Marble Falls
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.567, -98.367
Hail, Williamson
- When
- April 6, 7:12 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Cedar Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -97.817
Hail, Travis
- When
- April 6, 7:40 PM CST to 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Pflugerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.433, -97.617
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 6, 2006
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- Debris Flow in California, April 6 to 20, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, April 6 to 7, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 6, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, April 6 to 7, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 6, 2006
- Wildfire and High Wind in Texas, April 6, 2006
- Tornado in Missouri, April 6, 2006
- Tornado in Kansas, April 6, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, April 6, 2006
- Hail in Iowa, April 6, 2006
More
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2006
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5496626, 5496627, 5496628, 5496629.