Cold air in place in combination with ample moisture and an upper level disturbance caused a mix of freezing rain and rain to fall across North Texas. Dozens of winter weather and flash flood incidents were reported with this event.
Every event with a place to put it; 32 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Cold air in place in combination with ample moisture and an upper level disturbance caused a mix of freezing rain and rain to fall across North Texas. Dozens of winter weather and flash flood incidents were reported with this event.
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 Jan 13, 4:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 450 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 .DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM (THROUGH 12Z MONDAY)... ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING FORECASTS IN QUITE SOME TIME. WINTER WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING...ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS BUT WILL TRY TO COVER ALL THE BASES. FIRST...THE WINTER WEATHER. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE ICE STORM WARNING SLIGHTLY EAST AND SOUTH AS THE FREEZE LINE CONTINUES TO SLIDE FASTER AND FARTHER THAN MODELS DEPICTED AND WE EARLIER THOUGHT. WE ALSO EXTENDED THE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE TIME PERIOD. THE GFS HAS NOT HANDLED THIS EVENT VERY WELL WHILE THE NAM HAS BEEN CLOSER...ESPECIALLY WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES...SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE NAM TEMP GUIDANCE. WHERE IT IS FREEZING NOW...WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY SIGNIFICANT WARMUP FOR 48 HOURS SO THERE WILL BE LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN ICE PROBLEMS. WE EXPECT THE FREEZE LINE TO TRAVEL SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH TODAY BUT NOT FAR...PARTIALLY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS (MORE ABOUT THAT LATER). THIS AREA MAY WAFFLE BACK AND FORTH FROM JUST BELOW FREEZING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE...HENCE WE WILL CONTINUE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN THIS AREA. IT WILL NOT RAIN CONTINUOUSLY THE NEXT 48 HOURS BUT WILL COME IN WAVES AS UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES TRAVERSE THE REGION. THE FIRST...COMING OUT OF THE BIG BEND AREA...WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY. THE SECOND ONE...PROGGED TO EJECT NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...COULD PRODUCE EVEN MORE PRECIP THAN TODAYS. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SHOULD SEE THE LAST WAVE OF ENERGY TO BRING WINTER PRECIP. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL LIFT...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...JUST WHAT WE DONT NEED FALLING INTO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE BAD TODAY...BUT WE EXPECT IT TO BECOME WORSE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS MONDAY...WE WILL LIKELY SEE A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING QUITE A FEW NORTH TEXANS. IN ADDITION...THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL WARM THE SURFACE AIR...SLIGHTLY...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE FREEZE LINE TO RETROGRADE SLIGHTLY...THEN SURGE BACK AFTER THE RAINS END. THUS SOME AREAS...MAINLY THOSE IN THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY AREA...MAY ALTERNATE BETWEEN LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY RAIN. TO THE EAST OF THE ICE STORM WARNING...WE EXPECT HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS. BASICALLY...THE AREA NOT IN THE ICE STORM WARNING IS IN A FLOOD WATCH. && .LONG TERM DISCUSSION (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... MODELS ARE HITTING AT A FINAL BAND OF PRECIP MONDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA AS MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS OVERSPREADS THE AREA. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACROSS THE SE CWA WHERE MORE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. WE HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES SE OF THE ICE WARNING AND FREEZING RAIN ADV FOR THE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY PERIOD. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE MODES BEFORE ACTIVITY FINALLY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA BY TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT SURE IF WARNING CRITERIA WILL BE MET...BUT THE WATCH IS A HEADS UP FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OR WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH CAN BE BETTER ASSESSED BY THE LATER SHIFTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD WITH A COUPLE NIGHTS OF TEENS IN THE OUTLYING AREAS MON-TUE. MAX TEMPS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY MODIFY AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES EARLY IN THE WEEK...BEFORE HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS SPREAD BACK INTO THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE AHEAD OF A SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH...WHICH WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THE GFS IS INDICATING FREEZING RAIN...BUT GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT...HAVE KEPT PRECIP ALL LIQUID AT THIS TIME. WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN POSSIBLE...DAY TIME TEMPS WILL REMAIN RATHER CHILLY...BUT LOWS SHOULD COME UP INTO THE MID 30S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 31 30 30 24 32 / 100 100 100 60 40 WACO, TX 35 32 35 29 33 / 100 100 100 80 60 PARIS, TX 37 30 32 24 33 / 100 100 100 60 30 DENTON, TX 30 29 30 23 31 / 100 100 100 40 30 MCKINNEY, TX 32 29 31 24 31 / 100 100 100 60 30 DALLAS, TX 31 31 31 25 32 / 100 100 100 60 40 TERRELL, TX 37 32 32 27 34 / 100 100 100 60 50 CORSICANA, TX 42 33 35 29 32 / 100 100 100 80 60 TEMPLE, TX 39 33 36 29 32 / 100 100 100 80 60 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091>094-100>104-115>120-129>133-141>144-156-157. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ095-105>107-121>123-134-135-145>148-158>162-174-175. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ107-122-123-135-146>148-158>162-174-175. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ095-105-106-121-134-145. && 92/42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 908 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 908 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO FORT WORTH TO SHERMAN LINE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA SOUTHEAST WARNING AREA...THAT IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE... HILLSBORO...KAUFMAN...PARIS LINE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT RESULTING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS. AREAS OF RAIN WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...AND ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY WEATHER..HEAVY RAIN AND AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A CISCO TO GAINESVILLE LINE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH FROM COMANCHE TO FORT WORTH TO SHERMAN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTHEAST TO A GOLDTHWAITE... KAUFMAN....PARIS LINE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...KEEP AN EXTRA BANKET...FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...MAINLY ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO ASSIST WITH ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. 58
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:27 UTC.
32 ice storm, 11 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Northbound Highway 287 was closed due to ice north of Bowie. Montague County received almost an inch of ice out of the entire event. Many injuries were reported as residents slipped and fell on the ice, including one broken leg.
Bridges and overpasses were covered with ice in Gainesville, and in Rosston trees and power lines accumulated ice. One tree fell due to the weight of the ice, and power outages were reported in Gainesville as power lines were affected. Total ice accumulations were between 3/8 and 1/2 inches.
At least 50 accidents were reported across the county in association with a weekend ice storm. Several of the accidents involved injuries. Power was also briefly out to residents as ice accumulated on and pulled down power lines.
A woman drowned after attempting to cross a flooded low-water crossing in her truck. The truck was found on January 15, but the woman's body was not located until the 18th. She was found off CR 147 near the Marak community. Water was also reported over roads near Davilla.
Several roads were closed due to icing during this event, including U.S. Highway 67 in Cedar Hill, and Spur 408 at Intersate 20. Large limbs were downed due to the icing in Duncanville. Hundreds of accidents were reported with cars sliding off roads and into one another. One woman died when her car slid into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 30. About 400 flights were cancelled from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Around 2,500 people in the county were without power as power lines were downed by falling branches and trees laden with ice.
Power outages were reported from north Weatherford along Highway 51 to Old Springtown Road as lines were downed due to icing.
Icing was reported on Highway 180 at FM 919, and at Highway 16 between Possum Kingdom and Brad. Interstate 20 was also icy near mile marker 373. A total of 48 accidents were reported countywide with cars sliding off roads and into one another. Approximately 300 residents in Boyd were without power when at least eight lines were downed by ice.
About 30 accidents were reported as motorists encountered ice covered roadways. Most of the wrecks were near the Highway 199 and Highway 281 corridor. One tree was forced down due to icing.
Over 25 wrecks were reported in the Sanger area due to ice-covered roadways.
Dozens of minor accidents were reported countywide and at least one major accident was reported near Olney due to ice-covered roadways.
Numerous minor wrecks were reported due to ice-covered roadways. About 300 people were without power as ice-laden oak trees leaned or fell on power lines. City officials estimate a total of a half-inch of ice.
Dozens of accidents were reported over the weekend due to icy roadways. The eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 20 near its intersection with Highway 287 were closed due to a large accident resulting from the ice. About 400 flights were cancelled from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport over the weekend, stranding travelers. Around 3,500 residents in the county were without power as power lines were downed by falling branches and trees laden with ice.
Twelve major and eighteen minor accidents were reported over the weekend due to icy conditions on roadways.
Up to one inch of ice acucmulation was reported. Interstate 30 was closed over a large portion of the county due to ice. FM 1565 and FM 276 were also ice-covered.
Several roads were reported with water over them, including FM 147 off of Highway 114. Flash flooding caused an accident on FM 39 south of Highway 164. The water did not recede for several hours.
Flooding was reported near Indian Creek in the Bartlett area, on the Interstate 35 southbound and northbound service roads between Midway and Temple, and along Kegley Lane, First Street, Shallowford Road, and between FM 317 and Pea Ridge.
Flooding was reported on Farm-to-Market and County Roads east of Mart.
Flash flooding was reported over much of the central and southern portions of the county. A total of 51 roads were closed, one bridge was washed out, and numerous creeks were flooded from Richland, to Navarro, to Corsicana. Two cars were washed off roadways.
Flooding was reported on secondary roads in the western half of the county. A motorist was stranded near Streetman, and two bridges were closed.
Water was reported over the western half of the county near Rosebud and also near Guda.
Water over numerous roads across the county.
Water over numerous roads across the county.
Power outages were reported in Gorman, Cisco, and Carbon as power lines fell over due to the weight of ice. Numerous accidents were reported along Interstate 20 near Ranger.
Power lines were forced down as ice accumulated, causing power outages on Sunday.
Numerous accidents were reported due to icy roadways over the weekend. The Burleson Police Department responded to 16 minor accidents and 4 major accidents (with injuries). Most of the accidents were along Highway 174 and Interstate 35 in Burleson, and also on the Highway 67 and Cotter Street bridges on Interstate 35 near Alvarado. A power line was damaged in one accident. Power outages were reported countywide as lines and limbs were forced down due to ice accumulations.
Power outages were reported as power lines were weighed down by ice.
Numerous accidents were reported due to ice-covered roadways. Portions of Highway 51 and Highway 377 were covered in ice.
Saturated grounds caused a 40-foot oak tree to fall onto a house. The fallen tree caused the carport to collapse, crushing a car. The tree broke windows in the side of the house and tore a large hole in the roof. The weather observer for the town reported 6.5 inches of rain in the 48 hours prior to the occurrence.
Power outages were reported in Stephenville as power lines fell over due to the weight of ice. Roadways were icy and treacherous, although no weather-related accidents were reported.
Several accidents were reported as ice covered roadways. A power pole fell across Interstate 35 due to the weight of the ice, causing the interstate to be shut down Monday morning. Power outages were also reported in Blum and Mertens due to power lines and poles giving under the weight of the ice.
A quarter-inch of ice formed on trees, power lines, and roads.
A quarter-inch of ice formed on trees, power lines, and roads. Eighteen accidents were blamed on the ice-covered roadways. Additionally, about 4,000 people in McLennan County were without power as broken limbs and ice weighed down power lines. Waco Regional Airport was also without power for much of the day on Monday.
At least two large trees fell due to the weight of ice accumulations over the weekend. Power outages were also reported.
Customers were without power in the Cedar Creek Lake area as lines were forced down by ice accumulations. Some limbs also fell on the power lines.
One tree fell on a power line in Wolfe City due to the weight of ice accumulations over the weekend. A weather observer reported from 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on Monday morning.
Customers were without power in the Gray's Prairie and Kemp areas as lines were forced down by ice accumulations. Some limbs also fell on power lines. There were eight accidents over the weekend, including one were an 18-wheeler crashed into several power poles, closing Highway 34 for several hours. Another accident also involved a power pole.
Icy conditions caused limbs to fall across power lines, cutting power to about 6,000 residents in Temple and Belton.
Dozens of accidents were blamed on the icy conditions over the weekend. Several trees fell due to the weight of the ice.
A large oak tree fell on a church after ice weighted down the tree's branches. Recent heavy rains had also saturated the tree's roots, contributing to the fall. The church was over a hundred-years-old and was badly damaged.
Several areas were without power for portions of Sunday and Monday as power lines were weighted down by ice. Trees laden with ice also caused outages as they fell on power lines. Additonally, trees fell across CR 4460, CR 4520, and CR 4480.
County Road 495 was closed due to flooding.
Several roads closed due to flooding including Highway 164 near the Freestone/Limestone border.
Dozens of accidents occurred on FM 487, FM 1712, and Highways 77 and 79. Several power outages were reported as lines were downed by ice.
Several accidents on Highway 190 west of Hearne due to ice.
Heavy rain over the weekend caused a dam along a private pond to begin to crumble. Officials closed Highway 334 along the dam in case it was breached. The road was closed for about a day as crews worked to relieve pressure from the dam.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Milam | 2007-01-13 | 36 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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