3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 345 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 .UPDATE... BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND 18Z MODEL DATA...HAVE UPPED THE POPS IN MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA FOR BOTH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS. UPDATED WEATHER GRIDS TO MATCH NEW POP GRIDS AND TO INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WORDING. BOTH THESE CHANGES LED TO A CHANGE IN THE QPF GRIDS FOR HIGHER QPF VALUES. KMAF 12Z SOUNDING HAS PWAT VALUE OF 1.65 INCHES...AND WITH HIGHER MOISTURE OFF TO THE WEST...EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL. CURRENTLY EXAMINING RIVER FORECAST DATA FOR THE RIO GRANDE AND WILL ISSUE A STATEMENT/FORECAST FOR POINT(S) ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. ALL OTHER GRIDS LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL SEND GRAPHIC AND TEXT PRODUCTS ALONG SHORTLY. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/74
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 143 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-021845- 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- 143 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 /1243 PM MDT TUE AUG 1 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER A GOOD PORTION OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. AREAS WEST OF A GAIL TEXAS...WINK TEXAS...TO VAN HORN TEXAS LINE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 426 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 TXZ068-075-012230- CRANE-PECOS- 426 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL CRANE AND NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDONA LAKE AT 426 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE TEXAS HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND GIRVIN AND CORDONA LAKE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 452 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 TXZ075-081-082-012245- PECOS-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 452 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSON AT 452 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED COULD INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 90...SANDERSON...AND LONGFELLOW. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 530 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 TXZ068-069-075-012330- CRANE-PECOS-UPTON- 530 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN CRANE...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF CORDONA LAKE AT 530 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED COULD INCLUDE TEXAS HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND GIRVIN AND U.S. 385 BETWEEN CRANE AND MCCAMEY...AND CORDONA LAKE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a heavy portable sign.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a house on West County Road 114 in Midland. Power lines also were blown down at the intersection of Bankhead Highway and Kentucky.
Local broadcast media reported flooding at multiple locations in Midland, including the intersection of Midkiff Road and Wadley Avenue, the Wadley Avenue entrance to Midland College, and the intersection of Scharbauer Drive and Carver Street.
The Brewster County Sheriff's Office reported that a foot and a half of water was flowing over U.S. Highway 90 in Marathon. They also reported very heavy rain with visibility below 10 feet.
The Howard County Sheriff's Office reported that several roads in Big Spring had been barricaded due to floodwaters, including Centerpoint Road and Howard County Road 35. Water was reportedly one foot deep at the intersection of Texas Highway 350 and Centerpoint Road.
Thunderstorm winds pulled up a 10 by 14 foot metal shed that was anchored to a concrete slab near the intersection of Texas Highway 349 and South County Road 140. The shed was tossed approximately 100 yards. Steel scaffolding also was blown over.
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, August 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: 5524970, 5524969, 5524973, 5524971, 5524972, 5524968.