Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 19, 2006

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 19, 2006
Start: 2006-03-19T22:00
End: 2006-03-19T22:30
Location: Texas

March 19, 2006 · NWS EWX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Mar 19, 8:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 8:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
842 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

.UPDATE...
UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE NEW TORNADO WATCH #99...WHICH COVERS
ALL BUT 3 OF OUR COUNTIES AND IS VALID THROUGH 4 AM CST. ALSO
ADDED WIND GUSTS TO FORECAST FOR TOMORROW...MAY REQUIRE A WIND
ADVISORY.

NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 533 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006)

AVIATION...
SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH
THROUGH THE EVENING. VFR AND MVFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING. ALL
LOCATIONS WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE
PERIOD FROM 00Z-06Z. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON
MONDAY MORNING BY 12Z WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO W-NW 15 TO 25 AND
GUSTY.

PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 257 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006)

DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM GIDDINGS
WESTWARD TO PANDALE. ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUED NORTH OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT WHEN THE UPPER TROF CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST KICKS OUT TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. LARGE
SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROF WILL BREAK
THE MID-LEVEL CAP OVER THE CWFA TONIGHT. LINE OF TSTMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE TRANS PECOS REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A DRYLINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL
TRAVERSE THE CWFA OVERNIGHT AND EVOLVE INTO A MCS BEFORE EXITING
THE EASTERN COUNTIES AROUND NOON MONDAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE CWFA
IS IN THE SPC SLIGHT RISK AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL INCLUDE SEVERE IN
THE FCST FOR TONIGHT. GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOWERING DEWPOINTS WILL
FOLLOW THE FROPA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR MONDAY.

THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK LOOKS QUIET AND FOR THE MOST PART
DRY. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
ON WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL DRAG A WEAK FRONT INTO THE CWFA ON
THURSDAY SHIFTING THE WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST. A FEW SHOWERS
MAY DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS GULF
MOISTURE IS ADVECTED NORTHWARD WITH THE APPROACH OF THE SHORT WAVE
TROF. DEVELOPING SFC RIDGE WILL KEEP GULF MOISTURE AT BAY THURSDAY
THRU SATURDAY.

LOCAL STUDY INDICATED THAT GFS(X) MOS CONTINUED A COLD BIAS...SO
FCST TEMPS WILL FOLLOW THE WARMER NAM TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA... BANDERA... BEXAR... DIMMIT...
EDWARDS... FRIO... KERR... KINNEY... MAVERICK... MEDINA... REAL...
UVALDE... VAL VERDE... AND ZAVALA.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BASTROP... BLANCO... BURNET... CALDWELL...
COMAL... DE WITT... FAYETTE... GILLESPIE... GONZALES...
GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... KENDALL... LAVACA... LEE... LLANO...
TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON... AND WILSON.

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA... BANDERA... BEXAR... DIMMIT...
EDWARDS... FRIO... KERR... KINNEY... MAVERICK... MEDINA... REAL...
UVALDE... VAL VERDE... AND ZAVALA.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BASTROP... BLANCO... BURNET... CALDWELL...
COMAL... DE WITT... FAYETTE... GILLESPIE... GONZALES...
GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... KENDALL... LAVACA... LEE... LLANO...
TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON... AND WILSON.

&&

11/03/DC/JB

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 12:16 PM CST, 9 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1216 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-201200-
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-
1216 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. RED FLAG CONDITIONS COULD LINGER INTO
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
640 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     HAIL             10 S LOMA ALTA          29.77N 100.77W
03/19/2006  M1.75 INCH       VAL VERDE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HWY 277.

&&

DC

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
842 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W LEAKEY              29.72N 99.83W
03/19/2006                   REAL               TX   STORM CHASER

            FM 337 TREE LIMBS 10 TO 15 FEET LONG AND 6 TO 8 INCHES IN
            DIAMETER DOWN. LOTS OF DEBRIS.

&&

DC

Local storm report, Mar 19, 9:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
922 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0908 PM     HAIL             7 S KERRVILLE           29.94N 99.14W
03/19/2006  M1.75 INCH       KERR               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0909 PM     HAIL             CENTER POINT            29.93N 99.03W
03/19/2006  M2.75 INCH       KERR               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL TO BASEBALLSIZE HAIL.

0915 PM     HAIL             COMFORT                 29.97N 98.90W
03/19/2006  M2.75 INCH       KENDALL            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DC

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Uvalde

When: March 19, 10:00 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: Uvalde County, 5 mi SW of Uvalde
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 29.167, -99.867

During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm struck just south of the Uvalde downtown area. The damage began five miles southwest of Uvalde and continued south of the town to 7 miles east of the Uvalde airport. The most widespread of the damage was southwest of the city in the Uvalde estates area. Nearly all debris was reported by emergency management to have blown toward the east in an area approximately 3 miles wide and 5 miles long. Damage in this area included damage to about 100 homes and mobile homes. Many of the mobile homes were overturned or rolled and destroyed, with some of the damage occurring while occupants were still inside their mobile homes. Scores of roofs were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees were knocked over, with pieces of sheet metal, aluminum, tree branches and broken glass everywhere. Miraculously, there were no deaths and no serious injuries. The type of damage and the fact that nearly all the debris was blown toward the east indicates that nearly all of this damage was due to severe thunderstorm winds. Wind speeds in this event were estimated to be between 80 and 90 mph. This wind damage became spotty as the storm continued eastward...moving just south of the Uvalde downtown area.

Hail, Uvalde

When: March 19, 10:15 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: Uvalde County, Uvalde
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.217, -99.800

Tornado, Uvalde

When: March 19, 10:20 PM CST to 10:25 PM CST
Where: Uvalde County, 5 mi E of Uvalde
Rating: F2
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $1.5 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 29.217, -99.717

The most severe level of damage was located approximately 5 miles to the east of the Uvalde airport along Agape Road. This was due to a combination of both severe thunderstorm winds and a strong tornado. The wind damage, which had ended just south of Uvalde, once again was observed beginning just west of the Agape area by the team. The damage continued toward the east nearly one quarter mile to the Agape compound. Roof damage was noted at the first buildings, along with widespread damage to trees. Continuing to the east, the team found a mobile home that had been completely destroyed with the debris deposited about 30 yards to the south. This was the first time damage had been thrown in any direction except to the east and is believed to be just east of the starting point of the tornado. About 50 yards further to the east, an asphalt road was observed to have chunks of the topping removed and tossed toward the southeast. Very nearby, a large three-story concrete and steel-beam gymnasium valued at one million dollars had been gutted by the storm. The windward, west side was not blown inward as would have occurred with severe thunderstorm winds. Instead, it was pulled outward. A 40-foot steel beam had been bolted in a dozen different places to the building. The beam was pulled from the building and thrown back 15 feet to the northwest. Although many of the supporting steel beams held, several were pulled away and tossed. Concrete blocks, filled solid with concrete in their construction, had been ripped out of the building and lay tossed and strewn over the area. Much of the wall structure was destroyed. Pieces of sheet metal were strewn to the east and southeast for nearly one half mile. Additional damage to vegetation stretched for another 2 miles east of the gymnasium. Some of this damage was clearly due to severe thunderstorm winds and some of the damage was due to the tornado. Based on the level of damage of the mobile home and the gymnasium, the tornado was rated F2. The path width was estimated at 50 yards and the path length was estimated at 2 miles. From the reports available, it is thought the tornado developed about 1020 pm CST and dissipated around 1025 pm CST. It is the strongest tornado in South Central Texas since the evening of October 12, 2001, when an F3 tornado struck Stonewall, and an F2 tornado struck Hondo.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5489792, 5489715, 5489793.