Hail in Texas, May 14, 2006

Name: Hail in Texas, May 14, 2006
Start: 2006-05-14T17:20
End: 2006-05-14T17:30
Location: Texas

May 14, 2006 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 May 14, 2:08 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:08 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
308 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SETTING UP FOR AN ACTIVE EVENING A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY
DRIFTS SOUTHWARD INTO THE HILL COUNTRY-NE CWA AND STORMS BACK-BUILD
WESTWARD. AMS OVER THE CWA CONTS TO DESTABILIZE ESPECIALLY OVER
THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS WHERE TEMPS HAVE
CLIMBED WELL INTO THE 90S UNDER FULL SUNSHINE. ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THERE WILL BE A THREAT
OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS THE BACK-BUILDING STORMS REDEVELOP AND
TRAIN SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. CONSIDERED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE NRN CWA THIS EVENING BUT FEEL HEAVY RAINS WILL BE MORE LOCALIZED
SO WILL ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN RATHER THAN ISSUE A WATCH
FOR THE TIME BEING. THE CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE SHIFT TO THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY ENDING OVER ALL BUT THE
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A COOLER DRIER NWLY FLOW TO PREVAIL THIS WEEK WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
BELOW SEASONAL NORMS MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK WHILE MAX TEMPS WILL WARM
TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMS STARTING TUESDAY. THE NWLY FLOW WEAKENS BY
LATE IN THE WEEK WITH A BROAD FLAT UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE
SOUTHWEST U.S.. A RETURN TO SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS BY LATE IN THE
WEEK WILL RETURN HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND
AND NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED AMS CONVECTION NOT WORTH
MENTIONING AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              62  80  55  89 / 60 10 0 0
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  62  77  50  85 / 60 10 0 0
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           66  76  60  87 / 70 50 -  0
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       64  77  56  86 / 60 30 -  0

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

01/25

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:05 AM CST, 13 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
505 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151015-
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-
505 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. A MINOR THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS TODAY ALONG
SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND A COLD FRONT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THE
MAIN THREAT IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WHERE
STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 2:56 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
356 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0340 PM     HAIL             7 NNW FREDERICKSBURG    30.36N 98.92W
05/14/2006  M1.75 INCH       GILLESPIE          TX   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            REPORT RELAYED BY FREDERICKSBURG FD

&&

WR

Local storm report, May 14, 3:08 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
408 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 W FLORENCE            30.84N 97.91W
05/14/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF TORN OFF OF HOUSE.

&&

WR

Local storm report, May 14, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0338 PM     TORNADO          W FLORENCE              30.84N 97.79W
05/14/2006                   WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT JUNCTION OF HWY 183
            AND S STATE HWY 138 W OF FLORENCE.

&&

DC

Local storm report, May 14, 4:01 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
501 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0438 PM     HAIL             3 NW KERRVILLE          30.07N 99.17W
05/14/2006  M1.00 INCH       KERR               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

0451 PM     HAIL             10 N KERRVILLE          30.19N 99.14W
05/14/2006  U1.25 INCH       GILLESPIE          TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL SIZE UNKNOWN, BUT BREAKING WINDSHIELDS IN CARS.

0455 PM     HAIL             5 NW KERRVILLE          30.09N 99.20W
05/14/2006  M1.00 INCH       KERR               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            HARD QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

PM

Local storm report, May 14, 4:22 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW FLORENCE           30.91N 97.88W
05/14/2006                   BURNET             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERFAL BUILDINGS BLOWN
            DOWN INCLUDING A BARN. WIND APPEAR TO BE STRAIGHT LINE.
            WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 KTS.

0410 PM     HAIL             11 W FREDERICKSBURG     30.27N 99.06W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       GILLESPIE          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH HAIL SPREAD ALONG HIGHWAY 290 BETWEEN HARPER AND
            FFREDERICKSBURG.

0440 PM     HAIL             7 NE KERRVILLE          30.11N 99.05W
05/14/2006  E1.50 INCH       KERR               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WALNUT TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND ALONG
            HIGHWAY 16 NORTH OF KERRVILLE.

&&

PM

Local storm report, May 14, 5:02 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
602 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

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

0500 PM     HAIL             3 SE NIXON              29.24N 97.73W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       GONZALES           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE HAIL ESTIMATED LARGER THAN AN INCH.

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUERO                   29.09N 97.29W
05/14/2006                   DEWITT             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRONG WINDS BLOWING DOWN SOME TREES.

&&

PM

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Karnes

When: May 14, 5:20 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
Where: Karnes County, Gillett
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.133, -97.800

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

Every storm in Texas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, May 2006

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: 5504888.