5 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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 28, 5:10 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 510 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 .AVIATION... WEAK COLD FRONT IS NOW LOCATED NEAR A TYLER...WACO...LLANO LINE. PRECIP ALONG THIS AXIS WILL MOST LIKELY CONTINUE THRU ABOUT 16Z THIS MORNING. AS NEXT SHORTWAVE NEARS LATE TONIGHT...PRECIP WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z AT ALL TAF SITES. COVERED THIS WITH A PROB30 FOR NOW. CIGS AND VSBYS SHOULD STAY IN THE MVFR RANGE FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. WINDS WILL BE VEERING TO THE SOUTH WITH SPEEDS OF 5-10 KTS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND A LEE TROUGH FORMS ALONG THE ROCKIES. /13 && .DISCUSSION... 336 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 AFTER SOME GRAVE HUMBLING 24 HRS ON THIS CURRENT MORNINGS FCST...DESPITE MODEL CONSENSUS...FRONT...THOUGH WEAK...DROVE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO NEAR A GOLDTHWAITE...WACO...CORSICANA...TYLER LINE...LEAVING AREAS TO THE NORTH DRY...BUT ACTING AS A GOOD SFC FOCUS...ALONG WITH S/W MOVING OVER THIS AREA FROM WEST TX AREA THAT WILL KEEP REGION VERY WET 18Z OR SO... BEFORE S/W MOVES TOWARD LA BY AFTN WITH JUST CHANCE POPS THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...AS SUBSIDENCE/MIXING WEAK OUT THIS ACTIVITY. HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER WACO...LAMPASAS...TEMPLE... MARLIN AND PALESTINE AREAS...WITH SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING NOT OUT THE QUESTION. LUCKILY...THESE AREAS WERE SPARED LAST WEEKEND...SO NOW THEYRE GETTING THEIR SHARE...BUT WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY AT THE MORNING PROGRESSES FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. OTHERWISE...A BRIEF REPRIEVE THIS EVENING...BEFORE NEXT IN A LINE OF DISTURBANCES PUSHED TOWARD W/SW COUNTIES BY 12Z WED...THEN MOVES ACROSS N TX DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HAVE MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND RAISED POPS AGAIN...BECAUSE THIS DISTURBANCE LOOKS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE AND FRONT WILL SLOWLY RETREAT NWD AS IT MOVES ACROSS. AGAIN SOME REPRIEVE WED NIGHT...BEFORE MAIN UPPER LOW KICKS OUT OVER NRN OK/KS/SRN NE WITH A DRYLINE PUNCHING IN. BEST FORCING TO BE ALONG/N OF I-20...SO WILL HAVE HIGHEST POPS THERE...TAPERING OFF FURTHER S/SW YOU GO. HIGH PRESSURE BOTH AT THE SFC/ALOFT SHOULD FINALLY GIVE US A FEW DRIER DAYS FRI/SAT WITH NICE TEMPS. NOT BUYING GFS ON QPF FIELDS OVER SRN ZONES SAT AFTN/EVENING AS ELEVATED MIXED LAYER SHOULD BE STOUT AND MSTR FAIRLY SHALLOW...SO WILL LEAN WITH ECMWF THOUGHT WITH A PACIFIC TYPE COLD FRONT AND LOW POPS FOR SUNDAY...LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO THE EARLY WORK WEEK AS FRONT STALLS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 72 58 71 63 / 10 20 80 10 WACO, TX 68 59 73 65 / 90 30 80 10 PARIS, TX 71 51 68 60 / 10 20 80 20 DENTON, TX 73 56 70 62 / 10 20 80 20 MCKINNEY, TX 72 54 70 61 / 10 20 80 20 DALLAS, TX 72 58 71 63 / 10 20 80 20 TERRELL, TX 72 56 70 63 / 30 20 80 20 CORSICANA, TX 69 58 71 63 / 70 20 80 20 TEMPLE, TX 69 61 74 66 / 90 50 60 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 405 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291100- 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- 405 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...AND FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WHERE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DRYLINE MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL AGAIN INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY TO ASSESS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 13
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:15 UTC.
5 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were washed out due to flood waters, including FM 456, FM 460, and FM 937 near Groesbeck. Parts of a railroad crossing were also washed away near FM 456. Also, CR 463 near Mexia was barricaded, as was FM 462 and CR 243, due to flood waters.
Highway 84 West near the Limestone/Freestone border were barricaded due to flooding.
Crossing Road in Nolanville barricaded due to flooding.
Flooding reported along FM 116.
Water over FM 1838 and Highway 79 between Buffalo and Oakwood at Keechie Creek.
Lightning struck a utility box and started a fire at a home on Timberwolf Trail in Morgan's Point Resort. The one-story brick house was completely destroyed by the fire.
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: 5498957, 5498958, 5498959, 5498057, 5498058, 5498059.