Flash Flood in Texas, July 7, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in Texas, July 7, 2005
Start: 2005-07-07T02:39
End: 2005-07-07T04:00
Location: Texas

July 7, 2005 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A motorist was strnaded after driving into deep water on the underpass on Highway 105 and I-10.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

A motorist was strnaded after driving into deep water on the underpass on Highway 105 and I-10.

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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 7:35 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:35 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
835 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WHICH HAS SAGGED SOUTH IN THE WAKE OF
TROPICAL STORM CINDY MOVED INTO A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND IS CURRENTLY
DRAPED ACROSS THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

&&

.UPDATE...ADDED SOME POPS FOR SE TX AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA DUE TO THE
FRONTAL SYSTEM COMBINING WITH SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY WHICH HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD TONIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND MIDNIGHT...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOK ABOUT RIGHT...MAINLY
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

&&

.AVIATION...ANY SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO IFR.

&&

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.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 400 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005)

DISCUSSION...
IN THE SHORT TERM A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING MOVING TOWARDS THE
SOUTHEAST AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE. OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 70S. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE
TOWARDS THE MORNING HOURS LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED
PRECIP.

SHOWERS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...MOISTURE AND OLD
BOUNDARIES WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. TEMPS TO CLIMB
INTO THE LOWER 90S. PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO TAPER OFF TOMORROW EVENING.

DENNIS WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND LOOKS TO
MOVE UP TOWARDS THE GULF COAST STATES BY MONDAY.

AVIATION...
VFR MOST LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF PRECIP.

&&

.UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  73  90  73  93 /  20  40  10  20
KBPT  73  92  74  93 /  40  40  10  20
KAEX  72  92  72  92 /  30  40  10  20
KLFT  73  93  73  92 /  20  40  10  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

K. KUYPER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM CST, 21 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
6 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
051100-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-TYLER-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...OBERLIN...ABBEVILLE...
VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...MARKSVILLE...
LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...DERIDDER...
CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO EAST
TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
SOUTH OF STATIONARY FRONT. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL STORM DENNIS MAY ENTER THE GULF OF MEXICO
BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUIRED FOR TODAY.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Orange

When: July 7, 2:39 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where: Orange County, Vidor
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.117, -94.017

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, July 2005

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: 5463408.