1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 19, 9:32 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 932 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... 932 PM CST TORNADO WATCH 99 INCLUDES 4 SC COUNTIES. WARM FRONT ENTERING FAR SC ZONES. WARM AIR WITH DEW POINTS IN 60S IMPINGING ON SC CWA. TORNADO THREAT LIMITED TO NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BUOYANT MT AIR RIDING UP FRONTAL SFC COULD ALLOW FOR SOME HAIL PRODUCING CELLS FURTHER NORTH...BUT MAIN CONCERN FOR BULK OF CWA WILL BE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOOD ISSUES. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMP/DP GRIDS. KEEPING HEAVY RAIN MENTION ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT...BUT LIMITING SVR MENTION NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF WARM FRONT. (FRONT MAY MAKE SOME PROGRESS...AS FAR NORTH AS PSN BY MORNING...BUT EXPECT RAIN-COOLED AIR TO LIMIT MOVEMENT SC AND SW ZONES.) UPDATED NUMBERS BELOW. 25 && .AVIATION... 605 PM CST COMPLICATED FORECAST CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRECIPITATION TRENDS PRESENTING THE MOST CONCERN. EXPECTED CURRENT AREA OF RA/TSRA AFFECTING METROPLEX AIRPORTS AND KACT TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES DIMINISHING AFTER 02Z. HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST THAT STRONGER CONVECTION DEVELOPING WEST OF KSJT WILL DEVELOP INTO AN MCS...WITH THIS SYSTEM EXPECTED TO AFFECT KACT OVERNIGHT LINGERING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. FURTHERMORE...THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS MAY GRAZE THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS TOWARD EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT HAVE MUCH LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THIS. REGARDLESS...WILL ADD A PROB30 GROUP FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. OTHERWISE...EXPECT IFR CIGS/VSBYS TO PERSIST AT ALL SITES THROUGH 15Z...WHEN DRYLINE SHOULD SURGE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 17G27 AND ONLY SCATTERED... HIGH-BASED CU EXPECTED AFTER PASSAGE OF DRYLINE. 65/DD && .PREV DISCUSSION... 342 PM CST WARM CONVEYOR BELT/ISENTROPIC LIFT INDUCED ELEVATED MCS THAT HAS GIVEN MUCH OF N TX FLOODING RAINS TODAY...IS SLOWLY LIFTING NEWD WITH SOME EMBEDDED HAILERS TOWARD SULPHUR SPRINGS/EMORY. HOWEVER...SECOND ROUND ALREADY ON ITS WAY PER RADAR JUST WEST OF D/FW...AS STRONG S/W SEEN OVER SE AZ/SW NM CONTINUES PUNCHING EWD TOWARD W TX TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED (SEE ADVISORY LINE BELOW). MODELS STILL DIVERGING ON WHAT TO DO WITH SFC LOW/WARM FRONT OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...BUT LEANING TOWARD THE MORE REALISTIC ETA IN THIS REGARD WITH SFC LOW MOVING INTO THE CWA AND TOWARD D/FW BETWEEN 06Z-12Z MONDAY. HAVE STAY GENERALLY CATEGORICAL TO LIKELY ALL AREAS...WITH NW 1/2 SEEING BEST SHOT THIS EVENING...THEN AREAS S OF I-20/E OF I-35 DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND LINGERING INTO THE MORNING HRS MONDAY. UNTIL WARM FRONT MOVES NWD...LOOK FOR MAINLY EMBEDDED/ELEVATED HAIL AS MAIN SEVERE RISK ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT AREAS SE OF LAMPASAS...HILLSBORO...GREENVILLE LINE MAY COULD SEE SOME STORMS ROOTED AT THE SFC...SO DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS...IF THE BOUNDARY LAYER CAN STAY COUPLED S OF THE WARM FRONT...AN ISOLATED TORNADO (SEE SWODY1 FOR DETAILS). BY MIDDAY MONDAY...S/W ROTATES UP INTO TX PANHANDLE/OK/SW KS WITH DRYLINE VIGOROUSLY PUNCHING THROUGH AND RESULTING IN STRONG DOWNSLOPING...MIXING AND VERY GUSTY W/SW WINDS. TEMPS WITH AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING...ESPECIALLY S OF I-20 WILL WARM NICELY INTO THE 70S TO NEAR 80. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED MONDAY AFTN ALONG/WEST OF I-35. REALLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME (SEE ADVISORY LINE BELOW ONCE AGAIN). COLD FRONT MON NIGHT WITH MUCH COOLER/BREEZY CONDS TUES UNDER MAINLY SUNNY SKIES. LEFT LOW POP FOR THURS ALONG RED RIVER AND NE ZONES...BUT DONT EXPECT MUCH WITH S/W EJECTING WELL N OF OUR AREA AND MOISTURE FAIRLY SCANT. A SECOND SURGE ARRIVES TO COOL US OFF AGAIN THURS/FRI...WITH A WARMER...DRIER WEEKEND ON TAP NEXT WEEKEND. /05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 49 72 39 56 / 100 20 0 0 WACO, TX 51 76 41 61 / 100 20 0 0 PARIS, TX 48 69 38 52 / 100 40 0 0 DENTON, TX 47 70 37 55 / 100 20 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 48 71 38 54 / 100 30 0 0 DALLAS, TX 49 72 40 56 / 100 30 0 0 TERRELL, TX 49 73 40 56 / 100 30 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 51 74 42 60 / 100 30 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 54 78 42 61 / 100 20 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105-TXZ106- TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ121-TXZ122- TXZ123-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141-TXZ142- TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092- TXZ093-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117- TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141- TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160- TXZ174. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY FOR TXZ158-TXZ160-TXZ174-TXZ175. && 65/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201200- 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- 400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. THE MAIN THREATS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR IS WHERE A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO HILLSBORO...TO CANTON...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...BEFORE A DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH AND CLEARS THINGS OUT. VERY GUSTY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 92
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 857 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ143-144-200330- BOSQUE-HAMILTON- 857 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 857 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIFTON...CRANFILLS GAP... HAMILTON...IREDELL...LANHAM...MERIDIAN...OLIN AND MERIDIAN STATE PARK. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. 07/BB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 923 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ156-157-200400- CORYELL-LAMPASAS- 923 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 923 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF LAMPASAS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ADAMSVILLE...ARNETT... EVANT...FORT GATES...GATESVILLE AND PURMELA. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 07/BB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1101 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ146-200530- NAVARRO- 1101 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1101 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES EAST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANGUS...BARRY...BLOOMING GROVE...CORSICANA...KERENS AND NAVARRO. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 07/BB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1139 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 TXZ174-200615- MILAM- 1139 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1139 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELGIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROCKDALE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 07/BB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1209 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006
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1208 AM FLASH FLOOD PARIS 33.67N 95.55W
03/20/2006 LAMAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARIS PD REPORTED FLOODING AROUND THE COUNTY...SEVERAL
ROADS CLOSED AND SOME HOMES AND APTS FLOODEDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Non-thunderstorm winds blew over a shed and damaged a house.
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: 5498956.