3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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 Sep 17, 4:15 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 .AVIATION... CEILINGS ARE CURRENTLY STAYING VFR...BUT LIGHT SHOWERS OVER METROPLEX RAPIDLY INCREASED AND PRODUCED LIGHTNING OVER THE AIRPORTS. RAIN SHOULD BRING CEILINGS DOWN TO MVFR BY SUNRISE. UNFORTUNATELY...THIS BATCH OF RAIN/TSTMS SHOULD BE JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT IS IN STORE FOR TODAY...WITH LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN/EMBEDDED TSTMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS AREA AND THEN INTERACT WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING SOUTH FROM OKLAHOMA. PERIODS OF CELL TRAINING ARE LIKELY TODAY AS THE MOISTURE AREA IS QUITE LARGE. METROPLEX CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY SUNSET OR SOON AFTER AS WINDS SHIFT NORTHWEST AND DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. 84 && .UPDATE... 502 AM WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN THE DISCUSSION UPDATE ON THIS BUSY SUNDAY MORNING. WE DID DECIDE TO PUT THE NW 2/3 OF N TX IN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN THE SE 1/3 FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...DUE TO ALL SAID IN ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE. PLEASE REFER TO THE ADVISORY/WATCH LINE BELOW OR FTWFFAFWD FOR DETAILS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006/ DISCUSSION... A WET 24 HRS IN STORE FOR N TX...WITH JUST SUBTLE TIMING CHANGES... MAINLY FOR FASTER TIMING THAN THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. ISENTROPIC ASCENT IN WAA REGIME NOW ONGOING OVER SW/W-CENTRAL TX AS S/W MOVES NEWD OUT OF OLD MEXICO AND TOWARD N TX. RAIN/EMBEDDED THUNDER ALREADY EXPANDING ACROSS WRN COUNTIES AS OF 08Z...AS 30-40 KT LLJ WAA CONTINUE WITH >2.00 PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...AS DENOTED BY LOW LVL DEW PT VALUES (18- 19 DEG C @ 850 MB...>70 DEG F @ THE SFC). THROW IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM WHAT WAS ONCE HURRICANE LANE OFF THE WRN MEXICAN COAST AND N TX IS SET FOR SOME SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. COLD FRONT NOW PUSHING SLOWLY THROUGH THE LEE OF THE ERN CO/NM AND SHOULD SPEED UP TOWARD THE ESE AND TOWARD N TX THROUGH THIS EVENING ..AS LARGE UPPER LOW CONTS MARCHING EWD ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS. STRONG LIFT TO CONTINUE IN CONVERGENT FLOW ALOFT AS SUB-TROPICAL/POLAR UPPER JET STREAMS MERGE OVER COLD FRONT. THIS WILL PROVIDE WIDESPREAD RAIN/STORMS. HAVE MAXED POPS OVER NW 2/3 OF THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFT HEAVIER RAIN OVER ERN/SRN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MON MORNING. FRONT CLEARS AREA BY 18Z MONDAY...AS DO RAIN CHANCES FROM NW TO SE. WOULDNT SAY THIS IS A DROUGHT BUSTER...BUT IT WILL LEND TO SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PLACES WITH WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCHES EXPECTED... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 3-5 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .THUS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER AN FFA (FLASH FLOOD WATCH) FOR THIS AFTN-TNGT AND WILL DECIDE BEFORE PACKAGE GOES OUT. DONT FEEL THE SEVERE THREAT IS A BIG THREAT WITH CLOUDS/RAIN ALREADY ONGOING IN MOIST ENVIRONMENT...SO WELL JUST MENTION A VERY ISOLATED THREAT IN HWOFWD (HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK). FOR THE EXTENDED...A MUCH DRIER/COOLER AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR MOST OF THE WEEK MORE CONDUCIVE TO EARLY FALL. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BE GATHERING STRENGTH IN THE CENTRAL/NRN ROCKIES BY LATER THURS AND FRI...WITH SLY FLOW/MOISTURE RETURN ONCE AGAIN. RIGHT NOW...THIS IS FAR OUT AND WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS FOR NOW...AS PACIFIC COLD FRONT ARRIVES NEXT SATURDAY. && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105-TXZ106- TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145- TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM MONDAY FOR TXZ121- TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ135-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162- TXZ174-TXZ175. && /05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 401 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181000- 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- 401 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY BEGINNING IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SPREADING NORTH AND EAST TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA BECAUSE THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION OF RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL DECREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MONDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE AREA. BY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL POSSIBLY BE REQUIRED IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. 84
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ104-171130- COLLIN- 530 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY AT 530 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CELINA...FRISCO AND PROSPER. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3340 9681 3310 9683 3330 9658 3340 9662
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:30 UTC.
3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines down on Main Street in town.
Runoff from earlier showers and thunderstorms flooded roads and ditches.
Runoff from earlier showers and thunderstorms flooded roads and ditches.
Water over highways 121 and 11 was reported. Roads were passable.
Lightning struck a tree, bounced off of a propane tank and struck a house on Highway 77. The kitchen, hallway, and attic suffered the most damage from the fire. The house was considered a total loss.
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, September 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: 5533355, 5533356, 5533357, 5533358, 5533359.