2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 6:01 AM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 701 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 .AVIATION... THRU 18Z OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO KSAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SHRA/TSRA MOVING E AND SE AT 25 MPH. ISOLATED TSRA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AFTER 18Z GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA CONTINUING. AFTER 04Z MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA MOVING SE INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TEXAS THRU 12Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 325 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006) DISCUSSION... MCS SLOWLY MOVING SEWD THROUGH THE NERN CWA AND BACK BUILDING INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY THIS MORNING. THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY LOOKS RIPE FROM CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT BUT A STRONGER CAP OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS SHOULD LIMIT ANY DEVELOPMENT OVER THE WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVING CELLS AND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAIN... WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THRU NOON TODAY. HOWEVER WILL REMOVE A FEW OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES BECAUSE OF THE CAP. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE S CENTRAL TX AND THE HILL COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE OVERNIGHT MCS ACTIVITY ROLL THRU THRU DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE NIGHTS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AGAIN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ACTIVE WESTERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND WILL KEEP SOME SLGT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST AS S/W TRACK ACROSS TX. A COLD WILL DROP INTO CENTRAL TX WEDNESDAY AND THRU S TX WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE NWLY IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROF MOVING ACROSS THE MID-WEST. THEREFORE EXPECT COOLER/DRIER WEATHER AND DIMINISHED RAIN CHCS LATE NEXT WEEK. THERE COULD HOWEVER BE SOME NW FLOW CONVECTION BY THE WEEKEND BUT LEAVE POPS 10 PERCENT FOR NOW AS DO NOT HAVE ENUF CONFIDENCE TO FORECAST A NW FLOW EVENT 7 DAYS OUT. && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA... BANDERA... BASTROP... BEXAR... BLANCO... BURNET... CALDWELL... COMAL... DE WITT... EDWARDS... FAYETTE... GILLESPIE... GONZALES... GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... KENDALL... KERR... LAVACA... LEE... LLANO... MEDINA... REAL... TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON... AND WILSON. && 01/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 530 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071030- 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- 530 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT AS STORMS REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
207 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0101 AM HAIL 12 NNW BURNET 30.92N 98.31W
05/06/2006 E4.00 INCH BURNET TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF REPORT LARGE HAIL NEAR LAKE VICTOR.
0110 AM HAIL 20 NE BURNET 30.97N 97.99W
05/06/2006 M2.00 INCH BURNET TX CO-OP OBSERVER
COOP OBSERVER REPORT HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0120 AM TORNADO BRIGGS 30.87N 97.92W
05/06/2006 BURNET TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO SEEN CROSSING HIGHWAY 183.
0207 AM HAIL FLORENCE 30.84N 97.79W
05/06/2006 M0.75 INCH WILLIAMSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZE AND HEAVY RAIN.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
225 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 AM HAIL 2 W JARRELL 30.82N 97.63W
05/06/2006 M1.00 INCH WILLIAMSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
349 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 AM HAIL LOCKHART 29.87N 97.68W
05/06/2006 M0.75 INCH CALDWELL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
410 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 AM HAIL 10 NW AUSTIN 30.41N 97.87W
05/06/2006 M0.88 INCH TRAVIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED AT DUVAL AND HIGHWAY 183.
&&
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
627 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 SW STAPLES 29.74N 97.88W
05/06/2006 GUADALUPE TX NWS EMPLOYEE
COTTONWOOD CREEK FLOODING ACROSS FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1339
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WRThe Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 3 inches of rain falling in the Tarpley area caused flash flooding through the morning period. Low water crossings along FM462 and FM470 were reported to be under water.
Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in the early morning over the northern sections of San Antonio, causing widespread flash flooding. Water was reported to be over Loop410 between Broadway and Nacogdoches.
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: 5506721, 5506722, 5506723.