1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 2:46 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 246 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2006 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO/FAR WEST TEXAS...WILL MOVING EAST NORTHEASTWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AS OF 0830Z. EXPECT MOST OF THE RAIN TO END BY 18Z ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES...AND ACROSS THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER THE SHORTWAVE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST... UPPER RIDGING WILL OCCUR. AFTER A COOL MORNING SUNDAY...WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH MID WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT...WHICH WILL BRING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 55 37 60 43 / 90 10 0 0 WACO, TX 59 39 62 41 / 90 10 0 0 PARIS, TX 55 33 56 38 / 100 10 0 0 DENTON, TX 56 34 57 41 / 90 10 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 54 34 57 39 / 100 10 0 0 DALLAS, TX 55 37 60 45 / 90 10 0 0 TERRELL, TX 56 38 60 39 / 100 10 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 54 38 58 40 / 100 10 10 0 TEMPLE, TX 60 40 61 43 / 90 10 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 258 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 258 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL PRESENT A HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. ONCE AGAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 77
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:13 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Part of the roof at the Greenville Herald-Banner caved in due to heavy rainfall.
Lightning started a fire in an apartment complex when it struck an electrical panel. Twelve units were damaged by the fire, and two residents were treated for smoke inhalation.
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, February 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: 5490850, 5490849.