An upper level low pressure system situated in west Texas interacted with high moisture across the region. This resulted in more instances of flooding as rain fell on already saturated grounds and full reservoirs.
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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.
An upper level low pressure system situated in west Texas interacted with high moisture across the region. This resulted in more instances of flooding as rain fell on already saturated grounds and full reservoirs.
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 4, 5:36 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 636 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED FOR TRENDS...WITH BEST CHANCES SOUTH OF A COMANCHE... HILLSBORO...CANTON LINE THROUGH 02Z OR 9 PM THIS EVENING. MAIN CONCENTRATION HAS BEEN IN THE FAR SW COUNTIES (CORYELL/LAMPASAS)... WHERE WE DO HAVE FFW (WARNINGS) ONGOING FOR SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING NE OUT OF STUBBORN TROPICAL LOW OVER DEEP S TX...ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO BE MAINLY DIURNAL WITH NAMELY ISOLATED LIGHTER ACTIVITY AFTER DARK...THOUGH KEPT SCATTERED CHANCES OVER FAR SRN PTNS OF N TX...CLOSER TO MID LVL LOW AND BETTER MOISTURE. HAVE INDICATED THIS IN CLOUD/POP/QPF TRENDS FOR TONIGHT. UPDATES SENT. HAPPY JULY 4TH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GET TO SEE FIREWORKS TONIGHT && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 556 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007/ AVIATION... 556 PM CDT / 2256 UTC. PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED EAST OF KSAT THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTHWARD NEXT 24 HOURS. SURFACE REFLECTION PRESENT AS WELL WITH WRAP AROUND CONVECTION EVIDENT ON SOUTHERN PLAINS RADAR MOSAIC. UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT NEAR KACT THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF KDFW TRACON BY 00Z. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT A BETTER CHANCE OF HEAVY CONVECTION IN THE KACT TRACON THAN ACROSS THE KDFW TRACON NEXT 24 HOURS. VFR CIGS/VIS KDFW TRACON UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MVFR THROUGH MID MORNING WITH POP-UP SHOWERS BY MIDDAY AND A LOW CHANCE OF +SHRA/TSRA AT 20-00Z. AS FOR KACT...THEY COULD SEE A SHRA/MVFR CIGS THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF KACT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A HIGHER CHANCE OF SHRA/+RA...CIGS AROUND 1000...AND MVFR VIS THROUGH MID/LATE MORNING. SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 75 PREV DISCUSSION... 232 PM CDT. LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OFF TEXAS COAST MAY HAVE HAMPERED SOME OF THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO NORTH TEXAS TODAY. CIRRUS SHIELD FROM THAT COMPLEX IS ALSO KEEPING TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT COOLER. THIS MAY BE WHY THE STORMS ARE NOT GETTING ORGANIZED AS QUICKLY AS YESTERDAY. MODELS NOT HANDLING THE LARGE SCALE SITUATION TOO WELL...BUT THE SOLUTIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE YESTERDAY AND ARE SIMILAR ENOUGH THAT WE NOW EXPECT THE UPPER SYSTEM...OR AT LEAST A PIECE OF IT...TO MOVE BACK NORTH OVER NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE LARGE SCALE FORCING AND THUS PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY AND...GIVEN THE PAST HISTORY...WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. PRECIPITABLE WATER (PWAT) REMAINS AT OR ABOVE TWO INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THIS AIRMASS WOULD BE AT HOME IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. WE HAVE ALREADY EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO COVER THE INCREASED THREAT. NO WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...BUT ANY AREA COULD SEE THE LOCALIZED RAPID ACCUMULATING THREE PLUS INCH RAIN THAT WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES THIS WEEK. I EXPECT NOCTURNAL PRECIPITATION TO INCREASE AGAIN AS LOW MOVES CLOSER AS WELL...SO OUR RAINS COULD BE A DAILY DOUBLE WITH AFTERNOON AND EARLY MORNING MAXIMA LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN THE LOW WAS OVER US. SHOULD THE GFS SOLUTION COME TO PASS...WE MAY GET A BREAK AFTER SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE TROUGH PULLS EAST AND WE GET DRIER AIR ALOFT ON SOME NORTHWEST FLOW. THAT WILL NOT END PRECIP CHANCES...BUT AT LEAST THE PRECIPITABLE WATER WOULD DECREASE AND SO WOULD THE THREAT OF TROPICAL HEAVY RAINING THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE INCREASED POPS AND QPF...HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPS A BIT THU AND FRI AS WELL. AFTER A BREAK...NEXT SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE HEADED FOR NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WHEN ANOTHER UPPER TROF SLIDES DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE WESTERN RIDGE AND MOVES INTO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 85 71 88 74 86 / 60 40 70 30 60 WACO, TX 84 71 86 73 86 / 60 60 80 40 60 PARIS, TX 82 71 86 71 84 / 60 50 60 30 60 DENTON, TX 85 70 88 72 86 / 60 40 60 30 60 MCKINNEY, TX 83 70 86 73 86 / 60 40 60 30 60 DALLAS, TX 83 72 88 74 86 / 60 50 70 30 60 TERRELL, TX 83 71 86 72 86 / 60 50 70 30 60 CORSICANA, TX 81 72 86 72 86 / 70 50 80 40 60 TEMPLE, TX 82 70 86 73 87 / 70 60 80 40 70 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 05/84
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 904 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-051000- 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- 904 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE WILL CREATE HEAVY RUN OFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DAILY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT FOR FLOODING REPORTS.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:01 UTC.
16 flash flood, 4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A civilian worker's body was found in Cowhouse Creek downstream from where his vehicle was pulled from the water. The man had gone missing after a fireworks show. At the time, Cowhouse Creek was over five feet above flood stage.
Highway 317 was closed between Highway 36 and Cedar Creek Road due to flooding from Belton Lake.
Major flooding was reported in Rockdale with several stranded motorists. FM 1600 near Cameron was also closed due to high water.
Highway 34 was flooded near Ennis, and roadblocks were set up for high water near Crisp and outside of Bristol. Novy Road and FM 660 had several feet of rushing water across them.
Flooded roads were reported.
High water was reported over Highway 46.
Local street flooding reported on Highway 34 north of Highway 80 and on State Street.
Two streets were closed in town due to flooding.
Several roads were flooded and closed east of Palestine.
Highway 31 between the two cities was flooded.
Water was reported over several roads in Point, and FM 1325 near Flats was also flooded.
Several roads were flooded including Highway 175, Highway 31 at FM 3441, and FM 59 near Athens.
Highway 380 was closed due to flooding as were roads in Hawk Cove.
Several roads and highways were closed, including CR 448 in the Montalba area and CR 425 off of FM 322. A few bridges were washed out across the county. A 20' x 40' swath of CR 4034 was washed away, stranding several households. A water line servicing about twenty homes was also swept away.
FM 1256, FM 1861, and several other roads were flooded and impassable. Numerous roads were closed due to culverts and bridges being washed out, including Highways 19 and 243 south of Canton, and Highway 110 east of Van.
CR 542 was flooded near Keechi Creek and closed. Roads were also flooded and closed in the extreme southern part of the county.
About 15 to 20 roads were flooded. A 15' by 20' sinkhole developed, and a bridge was washed out on Cedar Oaks Drive in Payne Springs stranding about 30 households. FM 2636 in Malakoff, Bunny Rabbit Road in Athens, and FM 773 north of Murchison were closed due to high water. A bridge was washed out on CR 2803.
Several county roads were flooded and impassable. A vehicle was swept into a creek.
A subterranean house on CR 2311 was flooded when a levy broke in a creek beside the house. Most of the furniture and possessions in the 3,000 square-foot home were damaged.
Several roads east of Kemp were flooded and closed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Coryell | 2007-07-04 | 74 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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: 43838, 43843, 42456, 42457, 42465, 42467, 42470, 42469, 49029, 42474, 42478, 42475, 42476, 42477, 42479, 42480, 42497, 42750, 48188, 49034.