A very moist and unstable airmass produced scattered showers and thunderstorms two days in a row. A weak synoptic boundary and an upper level disturbance also helped convection develop.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A very moist and unstable airmass produced scattered showers and thunderstorms two days in a row. A weak synoptic boundary and an upper level disturbance also helped convection develop.
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 Aug 1, 1:49 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 249 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 .DISCUSSION... CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY BISECTING OUR CWA HAS SHARPENED THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECIP HAS FORMED RIGHT ALONG THE BOUNDARY FROM THE GULF COAST INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. ALL THE STORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE FLOODING DUE TO TRAINING ECHOES AND HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING CELLS. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL FORECAST ANALYSIS OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. PWATS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...BUT WILL SHOW A GRADUAL DRYING TREND. SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW...WITH MORE WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY ON FRIDAY. THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE A REPRIEVE IN PRECIP BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND. BY MONDAY...MID LEVEL HIGH WILL ANCHOR OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES. SFC HIGH OFF THE TX GULF COAST WILL RESULT IN SOUTHWESTERLY /DRIER/ LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES FOR NORTH TEXAS. WITH MORE SCATTERED CLOUD COVER AND DRIER AIR...THE LUXURY OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL COME TO AN END. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO WARM EACH DAY...AND FLIRT WITH THE CENTURY MARK ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS STARTING SUNDAY. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 95 75 97 76 / 40 40 10 20 10 WACO, TX 75 95 75 97 75 / 30 50 20 20 10 PARIS, TX 73 93 73 94 72 / 20 30 10 20 10 DENTON, TX 74 93 74 95 73 / 40 40 10 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 92 73 95 74 / 40 40 10 20 10 DALLAS, TX 76 95 76 96 76 / 40 40 10 20 10 TERRELL, TX 74 93 73 96 73 / 40 40 10 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 74 93 74 96 73 / 40 50 20 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 74 95 74 96 74 / 30 40 20 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 303 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-022015- 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- 303 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO THE METROPLEX TO CENTERVILLE...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY...GENERALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR FLOODING. SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
244 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007
TXZ102-118-012015-
WISE TX-TARRANT TX-
244 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY
AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BRIAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AURORA...BLUE
MOUND...BOYD...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...HASLET...PECAN ACRES...SAGINAW.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3304 9738 3319 9748 3315 9760 3303 9755
3278 9740 3288 9722SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 TXZ119-012230- DALLAS TX- 500 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINS...OR 4 MILES WEST OF BALCH SPRINGS...NEARLY STATIONARY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BALCH SPRINGS AND MESQUITE. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3279 9660 3279 9676 3266 9676 3266 9661
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
6 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down near Central Expressway.
Northwest Highway was barricaded in downtown Dallas, and a portion of Hall Road at Heard Park was closed due to flooding in Seagoville. About eight inches of water was across Central Expressway in Richardson.
A few roads were flooded and one high water rescue was needed on Highway 380 in town.
Highway 34 was closed due to cars stalled in high water.
CR 528 was barricaded after fire fighters performed a high water rescue and retrieved a vehicle which was driven into deep water.
City streets experienced flooding.
Flooding occurred along Interstate 35 in Temple and on several roads in Holland.
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, August 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: 48222, 48219, 48223, 48221, 48228, 49061, 49062.