Hail, Young
- When
- March 8, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Young County, Olney
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.367, -98.767
The Olney Fire Department reported baseball-size hail.
Hail in Texas, March 8, 2006
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 930 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 .UPDATE... THE PREVIOUS FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE DRY LINE HAS DRIFTED WESTWARD THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES EASTWARD...THE PACIFIC FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE...AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH FARTHER SOUTH THIS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO FORMED OVER SOUTH TEXAS BETWEEN DEL RIO AND KERRVILLE. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORMS TO THE SOUTH COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE AFFECT ON THE STORMS FARTHER NORTH...BUT WITH DECENT LAPSE RATES...AND SHEAR...THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. #58 && .AVIATION... 526 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TIMING THUNDERSTORMS VERY DIFFICULT THIS EVENING AS BEST DYNAMICS ARE STILL UPSTREAM. CONVECTION NOW BREAKING OUT IN THE WEST EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH OF METROPLEX AIRPORTS AND STRONGER STORMS SHOULD FORM IN TWO TO FOUR HOURS AS UPPER SUPPORT MOVES IN. HAVE OPTED FOR BEST CHANCE OF TSTMS AT TAF SITES AFTER 06Z...BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE A TSTM FREE EVENING BEFORE THAT TIME AND AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. AFTER DRY LINE PASSES IN THE MORNING GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CROSSWIND PROBLEMS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 535 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 HAVE SENT UPDATED ZONES TO ADD NEW TORNADO WATCH #42 THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN... DENTON...WEATHERFORD...GLEN ROSE LINE. #58 321 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO TOMORROW. A DRYLINE IS LOCATED NEAR AN OKLAHOMA CITY TO STEPHENVILLE TO SAN ANGELO LINE...AND A PACIFIC FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS THE CAP INDICATED ON OUR 18Z SOUNDING BEGINS TO BREAK. THE PACIFIC FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP TO THE DRYLINE AND PUSH EAST THROUGH NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS EARLY IN THE EVENT AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...BEFORE THE DRYLINE/PACIFIC FRONT CONSOLIDATES THE CONVECTION. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE EASTWARD MOVING BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. BOWING SEGMENTS/ DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SQUALL LINE WITH IMPRESSIVE WINDS INDICATED AT ALL LEVELS. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEARS...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL APPROACH 9 DEGREES C ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. AS A RESULT...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. A 50-60 KT LLJ WILL SET UP OVERNIGHT AND MAY AID IN KEEPING STORMS SURFACE BASED INTO THE MORNING. IF THE BOUNDARY LAYER CAN MANAGE NOT TO DECOUPLE...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...GIVEN 0-1 KM SHEAR VALUES CLOSE TO 50 KTS. MUCH OF THE LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BE PLAYING CATCH UP WITH THE MOISTURE...WHICH WILL BE RAPIDLY SHUNTED EAST BY THE BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...SOME AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS MAY NOT SEE MUCH PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST. DRY AIR AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. THERE ARE SEVERAL LOW CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TOWARDS THE WEEKEND AS NORTH TEXAS REMAINS IN ACTIVE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AN IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON MONDAY AND A RETURN TO MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 57 73 49 80 / 60 20 10 10 WACO, TX 56 75 48 83 / 50 30 10 10 PARIS, TX 59 71 45 79 / 80 60 10 10 DENTON, TX 56 72 45 78 / 80 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 56 72 45 80 / 80 40 10 10 DALLAS, TX 60 73 51 79 / 60 30 10 10 TERRELL, TX 59 72 46 78 / 60 60 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 62 75 49 81 / 60 60 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 59 77 49 82 / 40 30 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132. RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 PM THURSDAY FOR TXZ091- TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ156- TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ174-TXZ175. && 58/13/84
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 5:39 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 539 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200- 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- 539 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES. THIS EVENINGS THREAT BEGINS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN...CLEBURNE...EASTLAND AND WILL EXPAND EASTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE STORMS MAY STILL BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. AS A DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH GUSTY WEST WINDS AND RAPIDLY LOWERING HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF A BOWIE...FORT WORTH...HILLSBORO... HEARNE LINE. LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD AFTER MIDNIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:44 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 544 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ101-116-090015- JACK-PALO PINTO- 544 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF PALO PINTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CUNDIFF...GRAFORD... JACKSBORO...PERRIN AND VINEYARD. ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:17 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 617 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ101-102-090045- JACK-WISE- 617 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRIDGEPORT...CHICO AND VINEYARD. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF INTENSIFICATION AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR WISE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:36 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 836 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ093-090300- GRAYSON- 836 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 836 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF SHERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DENISON...DORCHESTER... KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO AND SHERMAN. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:40 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 840 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ119-090315- DALLAS- 840 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 840 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF HIGHLAND PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ADDISON...COCKRELL HILL... DALLAS...FARMERS BRANCH...GARLAND...HIGHLAND PARK...RICHARDSON... SACHSE AND UNIVERSITY PARK. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:41 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1041 PM CST WED MAR 08 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1038 PM HAIL 3 W OLNEY 33.36N 98.81W
03/08/2006 M1.75 INCH YOUNG TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUESpecial weather statement, Mar 8, 10:43 PM CST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1043 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 TXZ158-090515- BELL- 1043 PM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1043 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARKER HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELTON...HARKER HEIGHTS... KILLEEN...MORGANS POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE AND TROY. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:44 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montague
- When
- March 8, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, 6 mi NE of Nocona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 33.867, -97.683
Golf ball-size hail reported near Lake Nocona.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Iowa, March 8, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Washington, March 8, 2006
- Strong Wind in Texas, March 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 8 to 9, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, March 8, 2006
- Winter Storm in Oregon, March 8 to 10, 2006
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Texas, March 8, 2006
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2006
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 8, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 8 to 13, 2006
- Winter Storm in Washington, March 8 to 10, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 8, 2006
More
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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: 5498180, 5498181.