Flood in Texas, April 22, 2007

Name: Flood in Texas, April 22, 2007
Start: 2007-04-22T22:07
End: 2007-04-22T22:32
Location: Texas

April 22, 2007 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Runoff from intense heavy rainfall caused the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River to rise above flood stage during the late evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 AMA wrote it up.

Runoff from intense heavy rainfall caused the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River to rise above flood stage during the late evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 5:18 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:18 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
618 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007

.AVIATION...
CUMULUS CLOUDS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET ONCE DAYTIME
HEATING CEASES. SURFACE WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO THE SOUTHEAST
OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE NEXT WEATHER
SYSTEM SHOULD BRING A SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID LEVEL DECK OF CLOUDS ON
MONDAY AND WILL INCREASE SOUTHERLY WINDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
EAST OF THE CAPROCK.

NUNEZ

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007/

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST
AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT...SO WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX.
SOME INSTABILITY CU PRESSING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WILL
DISSIPATE BY SUNSET...SO WILL ONLY SEE SOME INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS
AHEAD OF NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHERN NEVADA.

UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ROCKIES AHEAD
OF NEXT SYSTEM...THEREFORE...SURFACE WINDS WILL COME AROUND
TO THE SOUTH BY EARLY MONDAY AS PRESSURES FALL ALONG THE
LEE-SIDE OF THE ROCKIES. DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO SHARPEN UP
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLES EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND IT
SHOULD SLOWLY PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. AS THE DRYLINE REACHES
THE EASTERN CWA...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREATS. THE DRYLINE WILL BACK UP TO THE WEST
MONDAY NIGHT...SINCE UPPER LOW WILL STILL BE BACK OVER THE
ROCKIES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT MONDAY
AS PACIFIC COLD FRONT CATCHES UP TO THE DRYLINE AND PUSHES
EVERYTHING EAST.

UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY PUSH FROM NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO THE EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE FAIRLY
AGGRESSIVE WITH THE DRY SLOT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
WITH WRAP-AROUND PRECIP ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. WINDS COULD GET
PRETTY STRONG...MAYBE INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA...TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS
700 MB GRADIENT GETS PRETTY TIGHT AND MODELS SHOW DOWNWARD MOTIONS
ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW.

ANOTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS NEXT SYSTEM IS THAT
ALL MODELS DEPICT A FAIRLY HIGH QPF BULLSEYE OVER THE BLACK
MESA JUST TO THE WEST OF CIMARRON COUNTY. THIS IS IN THE
WRAP-AROUND AREA OF THE LOW ALONG WITH SOME UPPER LEVEL JET
ENHANCEMENT AS THE JET MOVES SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. WE DID GO
AHEAD AND INCREASE THE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA FOR
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT MORE WRAP-AROUND
PRECIP WILL GET INTO THE PANHANDLES.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK WHICH WILL BRING A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE
PANHANDLES. THIS NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE
TROUGH THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HAVE ADDED
SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO THE EASTERN CWA AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO RETURN AND THEN THIS MOISTURE SHOULD GET
LIFTED BY THE WAVE TO PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM UP BY NEXT WEEKEND AS UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO
EDGE OUT INTO THE PLAINS.

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

17/08

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:05 PM CST, 7 hours 2 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
405 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-231100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
405 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY
THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MORE
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR THE EASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. ANY STORMS THAT FORM ON
TUESDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

ANDRADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:50 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
650 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW WAYSIDE            34.76N 101.58W
04/21/2007  E65 MPH          ARMSTRONG          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            500 GALLON CATTLE FEEDER BLOWN OVER AND PUSHED UPHILL
            50 FEET

&&

SMB

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:51 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
651 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2007

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HAIL             3 SW WAYSIDE            34.76N 101.58W
04/21/2007  E0.75 INCH       ARMSTRONG          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMB

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Armstrong

When: April 22, 10:07 PM CST to 10:32 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County, 13 mi NE of Wayside
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.913, -101.388

A strong storm system brought a round of thunderstorms which produced very heavy rainfall over the south central Texas Panhandle. National Weather Service Doppler radar estimated that one to two inches of rain fell in a seven mile wide strip across the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River just upstream of the river gage site located thirteen miles northeast of Wayside Texas. The runoff from the intense heavy rain caused a rise on the river to just over the flood stage of ten feet. There was no reports of damage or injuries.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, April 2007

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: 58189.