Flash Flooding in Texas, January 13 to 14, 2007

Name: Flash Flooding in Texas, January 13 to 14, 2007
Start: 2007-01-13T17:30
End: 2007-01-14T04:00
Location: Texas

January 13 to 14, 2007 · NWS SHV · 9 events in 8 counties and zones

A strong upper level storm system across the southern plains and plentiful moisture throughout the atmosphere resulted in widespread heavy rainfall across Northeast Texas ahead of a strong cold front. The event occurred during the afternoon hours of January 13th and continued through the predawn hours of January 14th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 SHV wrote it up.

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 4:03 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 4:03 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
403 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

.DISCUSSION...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
NOT EXPECTING THIS TO CHANGE MUCH ANY TIME SOON. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
WERE POSTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THIS REGION AND THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT
WAS TO EXTEND THE WATCH INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD
BE COMING TO AND END SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION
WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN TO FILL IN FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST THUS HAVE
KEPT POPS RATHER HIGH ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BUT HAVE TRIMED
POPS BACK TO CHANCE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ACROSS OUR EXTREME EASTERN
PARISHES.

COLD FRONT HAS SLOWED TO A CRAWL TODAY...NOW LOCATED NEAR A HOT
SPRINGS...TEXARKANA...MARSHALL...MOUNT ENTERPRISE LINE. HAVE
FOLLOWED THE RUC FCST CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT 12HRS WHICH ONLY
BRINGS THE FRONT A LITTLE FURTHER EAST OVERNIGHT...INTO THE
SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREA NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THIS FRONT WILL AGAIN PULL UP NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY AS A SECONDARY SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AREA DIVES DOWN
OUT OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS WHICH PROMISES TO
KICK THE ORIGIONAL BOUNDARY THROUGH ALL OF THE REGION BY LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. MEDIUM RANGE PROGS REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME CONCERNING THE DEGREE OF OVERRUNNING
MOISTURE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BUT THE NAM PROG...WHICH OF
LATE HAS BEEN FAR SUPERIOR TO THE GFS...PUSHES THE 32 DEGREE
ISOTHERM INTO A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY MONDAY. FOR THIS
REASON...HAVE POSTED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE AND TEXARKANA
TEXAS TO LEWISVILLE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. AT THIS TIME...IT DOES
NOT APPEAR THAT FREEZING RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE EXCESSIVE BUT
THE WATCH IS A GOOD START THIS FAR IN ADVANCE SUCH THAT IF IT
APPEARS LIKE CONDITIONS WARRANT...THE WATCH CAN BE EXPANDED OR
UPGRADED TO AN ADVISORY OR WARNING ISSUED BY LATER SHIFTS.

FOR THE EXTENDED PACKAGE...TROUGH CONTINUES TO RELOAD ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST CONUS AND THUS WE REMAIN IN A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW
REGIME THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. HAVE INTRODUCED
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AND BETTER
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE NEXT WEEK/ NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE
APPROACH OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT.

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&&

.AVIATION...
IFR/LIFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE RAIN AREA ALONG/BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT...WHICH HAS NOW SHIFTED JUST E OF TXK...TO N CADDO
PARISH...TO JUST E OF MARSHALL...TO DKR AS OF 21Z. EMBEDDED THUNDER
CONTINUES AS WELL...ALTHOUGH THESE CAN BE HANDLED IN TEMPO GROUPS IN
THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE. CIGS HAVE BECOME VFR FARTHER E ACROSS DEEP E
TX AND MUCH OF N LA...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL NOT LAST LONG AS MVFR/IFR
STRATUS DEVELOPS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL REDEVELOPMENT WILL
OCCUR FARTHER E INTO SW AR/NW LA/DEEP E TX...INCLUDING THE
ELD/SHV/LFK TERMINALS...THUS WILL PREVAIL MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS AT
THESE LOCATIONS TONIGHT. RAINFALL WILL REMAIN PERSISTENT OVER ALL
BUT THE MLU TERMINAL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. FROZEN PCP
WILL REMAIN ACROSS E/S OK AND N TX THROUGH 00Z MONDAY...BEFORE RAIN
BEGINS TO CHANGE OVER TO -FZRA OVER MCCURTAIN CO. OK/DEQ PRIOR TO
6Z. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  56  58  37  40 /  80  90 100  70
MLU  65  74  48  48 /  50  50 100  70
DEQ  40  40  31  38 / 100 100 100  50
TXK  48  50  32  38 / 100 100 100  50
ELD  57  64  39  41 /  80 100 100  70
TYR  39  40  31  38 / 100 100 100  50
GGG  47  47  32  39 / 100 100 100  50
LFK  58  64  37  40 /  80  90 100  70

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...AND SEVIER.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
     RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...AND SEVIER.

LA...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
     MCCURTAIN.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: AND MCCURTAIN.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...
     MARION...MORRIS...RED RIVER...RUSK...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...
     AND WOOD.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...
     MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK...SMITH...TITUS...
     UPSHUR...AND WOOD.

&&

13/15

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA. OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS THE RAINFALL WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS
...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE MAIN LOCATION OF THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR PRESCOTT ARKANSAS TO MARSHALL AND
ALTO TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THERE MAY BE SOME
BRIEF STRONG WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD CAUSE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS...BUT DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF LEAVES
ON MANY TREES THIS TIME OF SEASON...THIS CASE WILL BE MORE ISOLATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW HOWEVER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...GIVEN THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND ADVANCEMENT OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA.
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS...LOW
LYING...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE WATER RUNOFF WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO SEND SOME STREAMS...CREEKS...RIVERS...AND BAYOUS OUT OF
THERE BANKS. MUCH COLDER AIR OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE RAIN
MAY BECOME FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION SEEING A CHANCE OF FREEZING
RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FORECAST WILL
LIKELY CHANGE AS THE EVENT GETS CLOSER IN TIME SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT MAY HAVE FLOODING ISSUES TO
BE CONCERNED WITH.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.

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Event by event

9 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Smith

When: January 13, 5:30 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Smith County, Lindale to Winona
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.520, -95.400

Locally heavy rainfall fell across mainly the northern portions of the county resulting in numerous roads closed. CR 472 at the intersection of CR 463 was reported flooded in the Wood Springs Community. Portions of CR 411 just south of I-20 was reported flooded. In addition...CR 343 near the intersection of CR 313 near Winona was flooded.

Flash Flood, Titus

When: January 13, 5:30 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Titus County, Talco
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 33.370, -95.100

Heavy rainfall resulted in widespread road closures across portions of the county. Road closures were reported in the town of Talco and three people had to be rescued from their car on CR 4410 which was flooded. There were no report of injuries.

Flash Flood, Upshur

When: January 13, 5:30 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Upshur County, Gilmer
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.730, -94.930

Locally heavy rainfall resulted in widespread road closures across the county. One motorist had the be rescued from his vehicle from high water. There were no report of injuries.

Flash Flood, Upshur

When: January 13, 5:30 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Upshur County, Gilmer
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.730, -94.930

Locally heavy rainfall resulted in widespread road closures across the county. One motorist had the be rescued from his vehicle from high water. There were no report of injuries.

Flash Flood, Red River

When: January 13, 6:00 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Red River County, 5 mi S of Clarksville
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.548, -95.050

Heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of Hwy 909 between the towns of Clarksville and Bogota.

Flash Flood, Wood

When: January 13, 6:05 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Wood County, Quitman
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.800, -95.430

Widespread heavy rainfall resulted in numerous roads flooded across the county. Some of the roads include CR 2375, 1563, 3880, 2688 and 4575.

Flash Flood, Bowie

When: January 13, 10:15 PM CST to 10:45 PM CST
Where: Bowie County, New Boston
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.450, -94.420

Locally heavy rainfall resulted in several road closures in the town of New Boston.

Flash Flood, Cass

When: January 13, 10:15 PM CST to 10:45 PM CST
Where: Cass County, Linden
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 33.020, -94.330

Locally heavy rainfall resulted in the closure of Hwy 125 just south of town.

Flash Flood, Angelina

When: January 14, 12:10 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where: Angelina County, 1 mi NW of Diboll
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 31.190, -94.812

High water was reported over FM 2497 and had to be closed.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, January 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: 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007, 8008, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8012.