4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 2:08 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 308 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... AT 2 AM FRONT LIES SHERMAN...GRAHAM MOVING SOUTH. EVEN THOUGH FRONT IS PROVIDING SOME LIFT...ATMOSPHERE FARTHER SOUTH IS LESS UNSTABLE THAN IT WAS UP NORTH EARLIER. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EAST AS THE FRONT CONTINUES THROUGH THE CWA. AFTER TODAY/S 90S...THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL SEEM MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S NORTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. NEXT FRONT MOVES THOUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS FOR SATURDAY AND A CHANCE SOUTH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS MORE MOISTURE. WITH NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE NEXT WEEK...MCS POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH UPPER DISTURBANCE FOLLOWING LATER IN THE DAY...SO HAVE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY IN THE EXTENDED AS WELL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 82 56 81 55 / 10 10 0 0 WACO, TX 87 56 82 54 / 20 10 0 0 PARIS, TX 78 53 77 51 / 40 10 0 0 DENTON, TX 81 48 80 52 / 20 10 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 79 49 79 50 / 20 10 0 0 DALLAS, TX 82 57 80 56 / 20 10 0 0 TERRELL, TX 81 54 78 52 / 20 10 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 84 55 80 55 / 20 10 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 86 57 83 54 / 20 10 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE && 91/84/42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 717 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100- 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- 717 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS MORNING...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING. HAIL TO ONE INCH DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...MAINLY ALONG THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
201 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
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1030 PM TORNADO WESTMINSTER 33.36N 96.46W
05/09/2006 COLLIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 3 FATAL, 3 INJ *** AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND A TEENAGER
WERE KILLED IN THE TOWN OF WESTMINSTER WITH EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE IN AND AROUND TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. DAMAGE SURVEY
WILL BE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY MORNING.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 319 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ093-100845- GRAYSON- 319 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 4 MILES NORTH OF DENISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL INTO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HENDRIX...DENISON... KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO AND EISENHOWER STATE PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM IF IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 344 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ095-100915- LAMAR- 344 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BONHAM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BROOKSTON...PETTY AND SUMNER. IF THIS LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED BY 5 AM CDT. 05/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 514 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ091-101045- MONTAGUE- 514 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 514 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT FROM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF HENRIETTA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BOWIE...FORESTBURG... MONTAGUE...NOCONA...RINGGOLD...ST. JO AND STONEBURG. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS THEMSELVES MAY STAY IN OKLAHOMA...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS GUST FRONT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ093-101200- NORTHERN GRAYSON- 635 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF WHITESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HENDRIX...DENISON...POTTSBORO AND EISENHOWER STATE PARK. LAKE TEXOMA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS WELL. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 657 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 TXZ094-101230- FANNIN- 657 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF DENISON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL HAIL IN OKLAHOMA. THE LARGE HAIL SHOULD STAY IN OKLAHOMA BUT IF THE STORM SHOULD CHANGE TRACK OR BUILD SOUTH A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:25 UTC.
4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Insurance companies reported 19 auto claims and 112 house claims for window and roof damage caused by hail. Most of the damage was reported in the communities of Telephone and Monkstown.
Baseball-size was hail reported nine miles northwest of Paris. Many windows were broken.
Deputy reported seeing a funnel due west of Paris; relayed by emergency manager.
Golf ball-size hail broke windows at an elementary and a high school.
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, May 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: 5511072, 5511141, 5511142, 5511143, 5511144.