6 hail, 2 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 Mar 18, 8:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 850 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 .AVIATION... HAVE UPDATED ALL METROPLEX TAFS TO SHOW INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AS ELEVATED CLUSTER S OF ABILENE MOVES ENE INTO THE TRACON. EXTRAPOLATION AND TRENDS SUGGEST THAT TIMING WILL BE FROM 17-20Z WITH 1 1/2SM +TSRA EXPECTED. HAVE KEPT PREVIOUS TAF FORECAST ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AFTER 20Z WITH -RA AND IFR CIGS. TR/92 && .PREVIOUS AVIATION ISSUED AT 537 AM... SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS N TEXAS THIS MORNING AS NEXT UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WORKS INTO THE REGION. STORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO OUR SW CWA. TIMING SHOULD BRING THEM TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 12 AND 16Z. COULD SEE OFF AND ON STORMS ALL TAF PERIOD...BUT DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT PESSIMISTIC...SO WILL GO WITH A PROB GROUP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND JUST -RA REST OF FCST. WL LIKELY HAVE TO AMD FOR TSRA AT SOME POINT. CIGS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOWER...BECMG MVFR PRETTY SOON...THEN IFR 16Z-18Z. IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBY TO FINISH OUT TAF PERIOD. SFC WINDS LOOK TO REMAIN ERLY AROUND 12KTS. && .DISCUSSION... TONIGHTS FORECAST HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FIRST OF ALL...WE ARE BULLISH ON HIGH PROBABILITIES OF RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. AND...THE MODELS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME CAMP. I HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE SEVERE THREAT IN THE ZONES...BUT WE WILL FOLLOW SPCS OUTLOOKS FOR THREE DAYS OF SLIGHT RISK IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. MOST OF THE SEVERE ACTIVITY TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE A THREAT OF HAIL FROM ELEVATED STORMS...PROBABLY MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. IF A STRAY ELEVATED SUPERCELL ROLLS ACROSS THE AREA...WE COULD SEE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. (ELEVATED STORMS HAVE MUCH HIGHER BASES AND USUALLY DONT PROVIDE MUCH THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE...AND/OR TORNADOES) THE NEW ETA (06Z) IS A BIT MORE AGRESSIVE IN MOVING THE WARM FRONT NORTHWARD SUNDAY. THIS COULD BRING A THREAT OF HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS...ASSUMING THAT IT IS A GOOD FORECAST...BY LATE SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT PROBABLY WILL COME AFTER SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY. THE ETA OFFERS A COMBINATION OF WARM ADVECTION LIFT AND A MODERATE INTENSITY SHORT WAVE TROUGHS LIFT...THE LATTER ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE SOME RAINFALL. THE EXTENT OF SUNDAYS FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS PARTIALLY PREDICATED ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...IT IS STILL TO EARLY TO GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. MY TEMPERATURES MAY BE A BIT ON THE COOL SIDE SUNDAY...IF THE WARM FRONT DOES PUSH MORE QUICKLY TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER...MY CURRENT THINKING IS THAT TODAY AND TONIGHTS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A HARDER BOUNDARY...ONE THAT WILL NOT BE SO INCLINED TO MOVE AS QUICKLY TO THE NORTH. I HAVE GONE WARMER THAN MOS MONDAY WITH THE SURFACE LOW/DRY LINE PASSAGE ...A PROBLEM THE MODELS HAVE HAD ALL THROUGH THE WINTER AND SPRING. FORTUNATELY...THIS DRY LINE WILL FOLLOW A HEALTHY CHUNK OF RAINFALL...SO THAT FIRE WEATHER PROBLEMS IN NORTH TEXAS WILL PROBABLY BE ONLY MODERATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE LATE IN THE COMING WEEK. #26 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 53 52 61 51 / 90 90 90 80 WACO, TX 62 59 67 55 / 60 90 80 80 PARIS, TX 51 46 51 50 / 100 100 100 90 DENTON, TX 51 50 57 52 / 90 90 90 80 MCKINNEY, TX 53 50 55 51 / 90 90 100 80 DALLAS, TX 54 53 58 55 / 90 90 90 80 TERRELL, TX 55 48 62 50 / 90 90 90 80 CORSICANA, TX 58 55 63 55 / 70 90 90 80 TEMPLE, TX 63 61 70 57 / 50 80 70 80 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 414 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191015- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 414 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WEST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WAXAHACHIE TO TEMPLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MANY AREAS LIKELY WILL RECEIVE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES. THUS...FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN IN SOME AREAS. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY...AS A WARM FRONT AND THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO PRESENT A HAZARD. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE THE NEXT PERIOD WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
753 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006
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1045 PM HAIL FERRIS 32.54N 96.66W
03/17/2006 M0.75 INCH ELLIS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FERRIS P.D. REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN FERRISSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1021 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 TXZ130-181645- ERATH- 1021 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1021 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLUFF DALE...CHALK MOUNTAIN...DUBLIN AND STEPHENVILLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1052 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 TXZ132-144-181715- BOSQUE-SOMERVELL- 1052 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1052 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GLEN ROSE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 92
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
6 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an electrical box on the side of an apartment complex and started a fire inside the wall. The fire was extinguished after the sheet rock was pulled down.
Lightning struck a radio antenna and ignited a fire in the attic of a Red Cross Building. Damage was mostly confined to the attic, where the fire destroyed wiring and electricity, as well as the roof of the building. Smoke and water damage also occurred inside the building.
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, March 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: 5498291, 5498290, 5498284, 5498285, 5498286, 5498287, 5498288, 5498289.