3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Mar 19, 5:56 PM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
656 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006
.UPDATE...
UPDATE HAS BEEN SENT TO RAISE THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR MOST
AREAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR AND
SATELLITE TRENDS. PRODUCTS HAVE ALSO BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #98 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST OR MIDNIGHT
MST.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONE...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONE...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...AND GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...AND
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&
06HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-201100- 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- 245 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 /145 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS IS FORECASTED TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION THIS EVENING WHERE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE MAXIMIZED. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES... AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO NEED TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 359 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ075-082-192230- PECOS-TERRELL- 359 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD AT 359 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 10 AND STATE HIGHWAY 349. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mountain high wind event occurred overnight on the 19th. The peak wind speed recorded at Guadalupe Peak was 88 mph. No damage was reported.
A mountain high wind event occurred on the 20th in the Davis Mountains. The peak wind speed was 71 mph recorded at Mount Locke. No damage was reported.
A mountain high wind event occurred during the afternoon of the 20th. The peak wind speed recorded at Guadalupe Peak was 66 mph. No damage was reported.
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: 5494616, 5494618, 5494617.