Tropical Storm Paul
NFIP flood claims
- Texas is the only state listed, with 100.0% of the storm’s paid claims.
- By paid claims (1,449), Tropical Storm Paul is the 10th lowest of 42 named storms covered here, and the 13th lowest of 42 by median paid claim in 2024 dollars.
- Harris County, TX alone accounts for 32.8% of the storm’s paid claims, followed by Brazoria County, TX and Hardin County, TX.
- In 2024 dollars (CPI-U), its median paid claim, $18,298, is 27.7% below the middle value of the storm medians ($25,316).
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipClaims (v3, data as of 2026-09-09, retrieved 2026-10-12); CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0), annual average (BLS Public Data API v1, annual averages 2005-2025, retrieved 2026-10-12). Not an official federal report.
Landfall and storm report
The National Hurricane Center’s HURDAT2 best track of Tropical Storm Paul (EP172006, retrieved 2026-10-12) records 1 landfall, not in or near a US county.
| Date | Time (UTC) | Position | Strength | Wind (kt) | Pressure (mb) | County containing or nearest the position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-26 | 04:00 | 24.8N 108.1W | tropical depression | 25 | 1,007 | no US county |
National Hurricane Center report
From the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Paul (retrieved 2026-10-12):
“Paul was a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale over the open waters of the eastern North Pacific.”
“Paul eventually weakened to a tropical storm as it passed south of Baja California, then made landfall along the coast of mainland Mexico near the southern end of Isla Altamura and later dissipated inland over mainland Mexico.”
NFIP paid building claims in Tropical Storm Paul
NFIP claims: amounts paid, not repair cost. Window: event: Tropical Storm Paul, year of loss 2006; 1,449 paid claims; median $11,760, half of them between $4,193 (Q1) and $27,823 (Q3), in nominal dollars. Median in 2024 dollars (CPI-U): $18,298, a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Paid claims by year of loss
| Year of loss | Paid claims |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,449 |
Paid claims by state
| State | Paid claims | Median paid |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,449 | $11,760 |
Counties with the most paid claims
| County | FIPS | Paid claims |
|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 48201 | 475 |
| Brazoria County | 48039 | 287 |
| Hardin County | 48199 | 140 |
| Galveston County | 48167 | 126 |
| Montgomery County | 48339 | 125 |
| Orange County | 48361 | 112 |
Questions about Tropical Storm Paul flood claims
How many flood insurance claims were paid after Tropical Storm Paul?
1,449 NFIP building claims carrying FEMA’s Tropical Storm Paul event label were paid (event: Tropical Storm Paul, year of loss 2006), with a median of $11,760; half of them fall between $4,193 and $27,823. These are amounts paid, not repair cost.
Which counties had the most Tropical Storm Paul flood claims?
Harris County, TX (475), Brazoria County, TX (287) and Hardin County, TX (140), across 1 state listed.
What is the median Tropical Storm Paul flood claim in 2024 dollars?
$18,298 once each claim is adjusted with the CPI-U, against $11,760 in nominal dollars: a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Related tools
Paid claims of Tropical Storm Paul are not repair estimates: to estimate the cleanup of a flooded basement from published cost-guide rates, use the basement water damage repair cost calculator; for water removal and drying after any water loss, the water damage and mitigation calculator.
To set these figures against every State on one claims window, amounts paid, not repair cost: NFIP paid building claims by state.
Before using these figures
A storm total counts NFIP-insured buildings with a paid claim, not all the damage of the storm. Method and limits.
Source and notice
- Storm = floodEvent "Tropical Storm Paul" with yearOfLoss 2006; window of the extraction: yearOfLoss 2005-2025.
This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).