Texas, 2007Flooding in Texas, July 22 to 31, 2007
July 22 to 31, 2007 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Flooding persisted along the Frio and Nueces Rivers as a result of recent heavy rainfall.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Flooding persisted along the Frio and Nueces Rivers as a result of recent heavy rainfall.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 2:46 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:46 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
.DISCUSSION...
MODELS SUGGEST DRIER EARLY IN THE WEEK, THEN A RETURN TO A WETTER
PATTERN LATER THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE LESS
CONSENSUS TODAY MAKES FOR SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE LATER PERIODS
OF THE FORECAST. A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX CONTINUES TO MOVE
OFF TO THE WEST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AS A MOISTURE AXIS ALONG A
REMNANT LOWER LEVEL BOUNDARY SHIFTS WEST ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS.
THIS MOISTURE AXIS AND THE SEABREEZE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR POPS
EARLY IN THE WEEK. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH SOME
UPPER JET DIFFLUENCE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS DUE TO SOLAR HEATING MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
MODELS SHOW LOWERING PWS, HOWEVER STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE, SO
CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, ALTHOUGH NOT ENOUGH
TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADD TO STREAM FLOWS. LATER IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT
WEEKEND, MOST MODELS REDEVELOP AN UPPER LOW/TROUGH WITH INCREASING
TROPICAL MOISTURE ON PWS RISING TO NEAR TWO INCHES, EXCEPT FOR THE
GFS WHICH HAS JUST A SHEAR AXIS AND PWS 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES. UNTIL
OTHER MODELS MOVE TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION, EXPECT ANOTHER UPPER
LOW/TROUGH TO DEVELOP, SO HAVE INCREASED POPS AT TIMES OVER THE
MEX NUMBERS SLIGHTLY THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. THIS MAY LEAD
TO ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING. SOIL MOISTURE WILL
KEEP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
HAVE GENERALLY FAVORED MEX TEMPERATURES. IN THE MEANTIME, HAVE
ADDED PATCHY FOG FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING SIMILAR TO
THIS MORNING.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 71 92 72 92 73 / 20 20 10 20 10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 68 93 68 93 70 / 20 20 10 20 10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 71 91 74 93 74 / 10 10 10 20 10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 73 93 72 90 73 / 20 20 10 20 10
&&
.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
04/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 10:54 AM CST, 6 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1154 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231100-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
1154 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST INTO MEXICO
AND THIS WILL CREATE A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED... MAINLY WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO CRYSTAL CITY
LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
A DRIER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
Flood, Frio
- When
- July 22, 5:30 PM CST to July 28, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Derby
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 28.770, -99.120
The Frio River at Derby crested at 19.7 ft on 07/23 at 1445cst, where flood stage is 6 ft.
Flood, Dimmit
- When
- July 23, 12:15 AM CST to July 31, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, Asherton
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 28.450, -99.750
The Nueces River at Asherton crested at 24.5 ft on 07/23 at 1515cst, where flood stage is 20 ft.
- 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.
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 22, 20071 death · $8,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22 to 23, 2007$23,000 · 54 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail in North Dakota, July 22, 20073 in hail · 11 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 20071 injured · $10,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 22, 2007$14,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 22, 2007$11,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 22, 20073 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 22, 2007$1,000 · 57 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 22, 20071 in hail · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, July 22, 20072 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, July 22, 20072 events
- Hail in Minnesota, July 22, 20071 in hail · 2 events
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: 49522, 49523.