An upper level disturbance moving over the region created lift over a cold airmass. Snow was reported in numerous counties.
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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 episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moving over the region created lift over a cold airmass. Snow was reported in numerous counties. Needless to say this is a very rare occurrence in April in North Texas.
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 Apr 7, 5:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 .AVIATION... MAIN AVIATION WEATHER CONCERNS TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES. EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...IFR TO LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN WACO TONIGHT. CEILINGS SHOULD IMPROVE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT AS PRECIPITATION ENDS WITH THE EXITING SHORT WAVE. THE METROPLEX TAF SITES WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH MID LEVEL CEILINGS AROUND 10000 FT. A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND TONIGHT WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST BY MIDDAY SUNDAY ONCE THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. && .UPDATE... 507 PM CDT THE UNUSUAL APRIL WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS STILL VERY MUCH UNDERWAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. WE WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATE FOR HEADLINE CHANGES. THE PREVIOUS SNOW ADVISORY AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE COMBINED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY RECONSTRUCTED INTO A SNOW ADVISORY EXTENDING ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EASTLAND TO ATHENS LINE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE FWD CWA. OUR SOUTHEAST CWA WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE FREEZE WARNING...BUT GIVEN THE CONTINUED PRECIP AND ASSOCIATED COOLING WE SEE NO REASON WHY THOSE LOCATIONS WILL NOT BE JUST AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING/SUBFREEZING TEMPS OVERNIGHT. OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES ARE QUITE WARM AT THE CURRENT TIME /LOW TO MID 40S/ BUT THE EROSION OF HIGH CLOUD COVER AND THE LOOMING COOL AIR MASS WILL LIKELY DROP TEMPERATURES QUITE RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TEMP TRENDS THROUGH THE EVENING. ALSO MADE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY TEMP AND TD. OTHER ELEMENTS ON TRACK. ALL UPDATES AVAILABLE SHORTLY. SCHULTZ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007/ SHORT TERM... WELL BE DEALING WITH W TX/NRN MEXICO SHORTWAVE AND ITS AFFECT ON COLD DOME IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY SUN MORNING. RIGHT NOW...THE RUC (RAPID UPDATE CYCLE) MODEL HAS BEEN THIS BEST MODEL TODAY WITH BANDING OF MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION FURTHER NORTH OVER N TX. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT WSW (WINTER WX/SNOW ADVISORIES) THROUGH TONIGHT...THOUGH EVE SHIFT MAY NEED TO EXPAND THIS SLIGHTLY FURTHER EWD IF WET-BULB TEMPS SHOW A DECREASE OVER ERN AREAS TOWARD EVENING. ALSO...WILL MAINTAIN ISOLATED...EMBEDDED/ELEVATED THUNDER S OF I-20 PER TRACK OF COLDER MID LVL TEMPS AND ELEVATED LAPSE RATES WITH TRACK OF SHORTWAVE AS IT HITS CONFLUENT FLOW OVER THE ERN PTN OF THE STATE. AS OF RIGHT NOW...D/FW...WACO...TEMPLE/KILLEEN AND POINTS E ARE NOT IN ANY ADVISORY. ALSO...RECORD MINIMUM HIGH TEMPS FOR THIS DATE LIKELY TO BE SET...WITH RECORD LOWS TONIGHT BEING POSSIBLY THREATENED. AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO SUN MORNING...SHORTWAVE WILL WEAKEN/SHEAR OVER SE TX/SW LA/NW GULF OF MEXICO. THE WET-BULBING AFFECT AND RESIDUAL POLAR AIR MAY GET FREEZE WARNING AREA DOWN TO JUST BELOW FREEZING FOR 6-12 HRS. LOOK FOR PRECIPITATION TO SLOWLY SHIFT SE OF CWA BY LATE SUN MORNING. A SECOND SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE POLAR BRANCH OF WLYS MAY RE-ENHANCE UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION OVER OK AND W TX SUN AFTN/ EVE...THUS LEFT SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR A COLD RAIN NEAR THE RED RIVER AND NW COUNTIES DURING THIS TIME. ERN CONUS POLAR VORTEX WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT NE OF AREA HEADING INTO MON/MON NIGHT...THOUGH ANOTHER FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE MAY INDUCE SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES AND ISOLATED...MAINLY ELEVATED THUNDER MON/MON EVENING OVER NE 1/2 OF THE REGION. LONG TERM... N TX WILL SEE A BRIEF WARM/PARTLY SUNNY DAY TUES...BEFORE NEXT COLD FRONT ARRIVES LATE TUES NIGHT/WED WITH WINDY/COOLER CONDS...BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS PAST ARCTIC/POLAR AIRMASS. HOWEVER...AS IS COMMON WITH SPRINGTIME...CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS QUICKLY TO OUR NW ON THURSDAY WITH A MORE INTENSE MID LVL SYSTEM DIGGING OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL WARM US UP...BUT WILL ALSO LEND TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STRONG STORMS ALONG A DRY-LINE THURS NIGHT INTO FRI. NEXT COLD FRONT ARRIVES JUST IN TIME FOR NEXT WEEKEND. ALL THESE FEATURES WILL BE FINE TUNED IN FUTURE FCSTS...DUE TO BUSY SHORT TERM WINTER SCENARIO THAT OCCURRED TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 35 50 40 58 51 / 40 20 10 10 20 WACO, TX 35 48 42 60 54 / 70 20 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 32 56 39 54 48 / 20 10 20 10 30 DENTON, TX 32 49 38 58 51 / 30 20 10 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 31 50 39 57 51 / 30 10 10 10 20 DALLAS, TX 35 51 42 58 53 / 40 20 10 10 20 TERRELL, TX 32 52 41 58 51 / 40 10 10 10 30 CORSICANA, TX 35 49 43 58 52 / 60 20 10 10 20 TEMPLE, TX 33 49 43 61 55 / 80 20 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ129-130-132-135-141>148-156>162-174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 445 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TODAY. OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS...THE SNOW WILL MELT QUICKLY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR ON EXPOSED AND GRASSY SURFACES...BUT SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ON GRASSY AND EXPOSED SURFACES OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO ATHENS. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THESE LOCATIONS. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN WILL COME TO AN END OVER NORTH TEXAS BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THE END OF THE WEEK...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 TXZ158-072045- BELL TX- 300 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... BELL COUNTY AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS IDENTIFIED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW OVER KILLEEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION INCLUDE BELTON...FORT HOOD...HARKER HEIGHTS...KILLEEN...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...MORGANS POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE...TEMPLE AND TROY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW WILL AFFECT MUCH OF BELL COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO WARM ROAD TEMPERATURES...BUT BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION BEFORE THE SLEET AND SNOW CAN MELT COMPLETELY. LAT...LON 3121 9766 3106 9791 3092 9731 3121 9729
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
622 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007
TXZ158-072345-
BELL TX-
622 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
BELL COUNTY
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS IDENTIFIED
AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET OVER KILLEEN...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELTON...FORT HOOD...HARKER
HEIGHTS...HOLLAND...KILLEEN...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...MORGANS POINT
RESORT...NOLANVILLE...ROGERS...SALADO...TEMPLE AND TROY.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
BELL COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET
AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TRAVEL
PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO WARM ROAD TEMPERATURES...BUT
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SLICK IN THE AREAS OF
HEAVY PRECIPITATION BEFORE THE SLEET AND SNOW CAN MELT COMPLETELY.
LAT...LON 3121 9766 3106 9791 3078 9742 3097 9706
3134 9741PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
656 PM CDT SAT APR 07 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM SNOW COPPERAS COVE 31.12N 97.90W
04/07/2007 E2.25 INCH CORYELL TX PUBLIC
REPORTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF COPPERAS COVE, STARTING TO
COVER SIDE ROADSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007
TXZ156>158-160-174-080130-
CORYELL TX-FALLS TX-LAMPASAS TX-BELL TX-MILAM TX-
700 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
BELL COUNTY
SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY
FALLS COUNTY
LAMPASAS COUNTY
MILAM COUNTY
AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS IDENTIFIED A
BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG A LINE FROM LAMPASAS TO KILLEEN
TO HEARNE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW UP TO 3
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASS AND ELEVATED SURFACES ACROSS THIS
AREA WHERE THE BAND OF SNOW CONTINUES TO PERSIST. SOME
BRIDGES...OVER-PASSES...SIDE ROADS AND LESS TRAVELED ROUTES WILL
BECOME SLICK AND TREACHEROUS DURING AND JUST AFTER THE SNOW FALLS.
THE SNOW AND ICE WILL EVENTUALLY MELT IN AN HOUR OR TWO OFF OF THE
ROADS. TRAVEL THIS EVENING SHOULD BE DELAYED OR POSTPONED IF
POSSIBLE.
SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE
BELTON...FORT HOOD...LAMPASAS...KILLEEN...LITTLE
RIVER-ACADEMY...COPPERAS COVE...TEMPLE...CAMERON AND TROY.
LAT...LON 3137 9825 3116 9869 3067 9688 3072 9664
3109 9685
92The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The general public and trained spotters reported snowfall totals anywhere from 2-4 inches across the county.
Spotters reported snowfall totals of 4.50 inches in Killeen. The snow weighted down tree limbs, which broke and pulled down power lines. This caused power outages to about 20,000 people. A large oak fell and damaged a light in a parking lot.
Waco received a record daily snowfall of 3.4 inches.
Up to three inches of snow was received across the county.
Up to four-and-a-half inches of snow was received across the county.
Two inches of snow fell across the county.
Up to four inches of snow was received across the county.
Teague received about four inches of snow.
Up to two inches of snow was received across the county.
Parts of the county received about four inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2007
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: 25543, 25544, 25545, 25550, 25551, 25552, 25553, 25548, 25549, 25554.