Extensive heavy rainfall fell across portions of northeast Texas during the morning and early afternoon hours of July 31st. These thunderstorms were part of a larger complex of thunderstorms that plagued the region during the late night hours of the 30th.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Extensive heavy rainfall fell across portions of northeast Texas during the morning and early afternoon hours of July 31st. These thunderstorms were part of a larger complex of thunderstorms that plagued the region during the late night hours of the 30th. Counties that were hit the hardest included Titus and Camp counties where several roads had to be closed.
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 Jul 31, 10:16 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1116 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007 .DISCUSSION... WILL ISSUE A ZONE UPDATE SHORTLY TO LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY IN THE RAIN COOLED AREAS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN THE EAST AND SOUTH ZONES. HAVE RAISED POPS SOME IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ALSO...BUT LOWERED THEM A LITTLE OVER IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN ISOLATED AREAS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT SHOULD BE ISOLATED ENOUGH NOT TO NEED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. /03/ && .AVIATION... A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CURRENT RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED JUST NORTH AND EAST OF A FSM...HOT...JAN LINE. AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY THUS TERMINALS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS PASSING THROUGH OR NEAR ARKLATEX AIR FIELDS THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT MOST SITES...BUT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY FALL TO IFR OR LOWER FLIGHT CONDITIONS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. TEMPO GROUPS WITH TSRA WILL BE COMMON IN UPCOMING 18Z TAF PACKAGE. /11/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 88 75 91 73 / 70 40 40 30 MLU 92 72 92 72 / 40 30 30 30 DEQ 88 71 92 71 / 60 30 30 30 TXK 88 73 93 72 / 70 30 30 30 ELD 92 71 93 70 / 70 30 30 30 TYR 88 76 90 73 / 70 30 50 30 GGG 87 74 90 71 / 70 40 50 30 LFK 92 74 90 72 / 50 30 50 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1146 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 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>167-011100- 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- 1146 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK. THE COVERAGE SHOULD BE THE GREATEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 03
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to five inches of rainfall has resulted in flash flooding throughout the county. Reports of high water rescues from motorists stranded in high water.
Several county roads underwater. Reported by local law enforcement.
Several homes flooded throughout the county including some residents needing to be rescued from high water in their homes.
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, July 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: 39952, 39954, 39953.