5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 6:15 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 715 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 .DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 356 IS IN EFFECT OVER ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 1 AM MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TONIGHT AND MONDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE CWA MONDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL VALUES FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. DRIER CONDITIONS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. UPDATED THE GRIDS AND TEXT TO REFLECT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. && .MARINE...AT 6 PM BUOY020 REPORTED E WINDS AT 10 TO 15 KTS AND SEAS NEAR 4 FEET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE THRU MID EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY MONDAY...SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING...AND BUILDING SEAS TO 10 FEET OFFSHORE. GALE FORCE GUSTS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND VEER ONSHORE BY WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. && .AVIATION...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THRU SUNSET OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF DEEP S TX. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA MONDAY MORNING WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA...WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. AVIATION INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MVFR TO IFR CIGS/VIS AND STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED POST FRONT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SCA GMZ135-155-175 FROM 15/09Z THROUGH 15/15Z. SCA GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175 FROM 15/15Z THROUGH 16/06Z. SCA GMZ150-155-170-175 FROM 16/06Z THROUGH 16/12Z. && SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...63 MARINE/AVIATION...58 MESO...ABBOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 710 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 TXZ248>257-151100- BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON- INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA- 710 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR THE MARINE AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OVERNIGHT...AND REMAIN WEATHER ALERT...AS A VOLATILE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE AND THE LIFTING OF THIS AIR IS LIKELY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. PHILO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
928 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006
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0923 PM HAIL SAN YGNACIO 27.03N 99.45W
05/14/2006 M1.00 INCH ZAPATA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ZAPATA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL OVER SAN
YGNACIO.
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CAFFREYThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 196 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:24 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Damaging winds associated with a severe thunderstorm completely blew a roof off of a medical clinic in Zapata. The winds also destroyed a mobile home and damaged canopies at a gas station.
The forest service reported that three 12 inch diameter trees were snapped due to damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm.
Damage to mobile homes was reported by law enforcement in Mission.
A wind gust to 60 mph was measured by the ASOS in McAllen.
Damaging winds associated with a severe thunderstorm caused a roof collapse at a city maintenance facility. The roof fell on severeal vehicles.
Large hail was reported by the Rio Hondo Fire Department.
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: 5512048, 5512051, 5512053, 5512049, 5512050, 5512052.