Weak upper level energy interacted with old outflow boundaries and rich tropical moisture. Lightning was prolific and caused numerous fires.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Weak upper level energy interacted with old outflow boundaries and rich tropical moisture. Lightning was prolific and caused numerous fires.
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 Jul 30, 1:50 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... VERY RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER N TX PER GOES SOUNDER AND GPS-MET DATA...WITH VALUES GENERALLY NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 2.00 INCHES. UPPER LOW CONTS RETROGRADING NOW WEST OF EL PASO AND ACROSS NRN MEXICO/SRN AZ/NM AS EXPECTED. THIS IS ALLOWING A DEEP S/SWLY FETCH IN MID LVLS FROM THE ERN PACIFIC...WHILE ELY FLOW IN LOWEST 10 KFT KEEPS MOISTURE RICH DEW PTS FROM LOWER MS VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO OUR AREA. SEVERAL OUTFLOWS LEFT OVER FROM SUNDAYS STORMS ACROSS NRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THESE WILL ACT AS A BETTER FOCUS ACROSS THE NORTH THE NEXT 48 HRS. ANOTHER ADDED LIFTING FEATURE WILL BE THE WEAK MID LVL S/W OVER THE MS VALLEY/OZARKS MOVING SW TOWARD N TX THROUGH MID WEEK. THUS...JUST WHEN IT SEEMED N TX WAS DRYING OUT FROM NEAR RECORD RAINS THAT OCCURRED FROM LATE MAY THROUGH EARLY JULY...HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1-2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS CANT BE RULED OUT ACROSS NRN PTNS OF THE FCST AREA DUE TO BETTER FOCUSING MECHANISMS IN THE NORTH AND WEAK STEERING CURRENTS. LITTLE MORE WIDELY SCT COVERAGE ACROSS THE S/SW COUNTIES ...THOUGH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO AN INCH POSSIBLE THERE AS WELL. ACTIVITY HASNT BEEN WIDESPREAD ENOUGH FOR ANY FFA (FLASH FLOOD WATCH) ISSUANCE THIS MORNING...THOUGH AFTER TODAY THIS MAY NEED TO BE RE-ASSESSED FOR TUES/WED. MODELS DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON AXIS OF BEST QPF AND POPS...SO FOR NOW WILL JUST GO HIGH CHANCE IN THE NORTH...LESS SO IN THE SOUTH WITH THESE UNCERTAINTIES IN MIND. WEAK S/W AND LIFT LOOKS TO SLIP OFF TO THE S/SW OF AREA BY THURS INTO THE WEEKEND...THUS WILL TAPER RAIN CHANCES OFF FROM NE TO SW LATE WEEK...THOUGH CANT RULE OUT ROGUE...ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS EACH AFTN/EVE. TEMPS WERE TRICKY AS WELL...AS EVIDENCED BY OUR 96 DEGREE HIGH ON SUN. I TOOK A COMPROMISE OF MOS HIGHS WITH CONFIDENCE MARGINAL. THOUGH A SLIGHT LEAN TOWARD WARMER ENSEMBLE GFS MOS WAS THE WAY TO GO DUE TO IT BEING LATE JULY. AGAIN...TIMING OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A BIG PLAYER ON HIGH TEMPS EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 95 78 94 76 94 / 40 30 40 40 40 WACO, TX 92 75 93 76 93 / 30 20 30 30 30 PARIS, TX 92 74 91 73 92 / 50 30 40 40 50 DENTON, TX 94 74 93 74 93 / 40 30 40 40 40 MCKINNEY, TX 94 73 92 72 93 / 40 30 40 40 40 DALLAS, TX 92 77 93 76 93 / 40 30 40 40 40 TERRELL, TX 92 75 92 74 91 / 40 30 40 30 40 CORSICANA, TX 92 74 93 75 92 / 40 20 30 30 40 TEMPLE, TX 91 74 93 74 94 / 30 20 20 30 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311100- 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- 415 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. DUNN
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 202 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:59 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused several house fires, with one house considered a total loss. A duplex was also seriously damaged.
A bridge was washed out and flooding reported in the city.
Several roads were closed due to flooding. A pasture was flooded by three to four feet of water after a creek overflowed near Highway 79.
Streets were closed due to flooding.
Lightning struck and caused significant electrical damage to an SUV travelling on Highway 380, one mile east of Highway 289. Post analysis found that the lightning bolt entered the vehicle through the radio antenna, caused scorching of the paint under the antenna, and exited through the ABS speed sensors located on the wheel drums. Significant damage occurred to the vehicle's electronic computer systems, wiring harness and window motors. Damage to the vehicle was reported at $7,347.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 48024, 42831, 42832, 42835, 42834, 48101.