A mesoscale convective system developed across portions of central Oklahoma and north Texas during the overnight hours and early morning hours of July 5th. This system moved into northeast Texas after sunrise and produced flood producing rainfall in a few counties.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A mesoscale convective system developed across portions of central Oklahoma and north Texas during the overnight hours and early morning hours of July 5th. This system moved into northeast Texas after sunrise and produced flood producing rainfall in a few counties.
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 5, 3:02 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 402 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 .DISCUSSION... RAIN DEVELOPING OVER CWA THIS MORNING AND MORE HEADING NORTH FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SO WHATS NEW. ALMOST ACTING LIKE AN INVERTED TROUGH OF A DIFFERENT SEASON. MODELS ALL AGREE IT IS GOING TO BE A WET DAY WITH TEMPS RATHER COOL. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME LOCATIONS DID NOT GET OUT OF THE 70S. BEYOND TODAY...WILL HAVE TO RAISE POPS IN CURRENT FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. LOW STILL HANGING OUT OVER EAST TEXAS. IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE THE PESKY THING COULD BE LEFT BEHIND AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS SWINGS INTO ATLANTIC FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE GFS NOW SHOWING THE UPPER LOW IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY. HOWEVER...IF THIS COMES TO PASS... AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA WOULD HAVE A LOWER CHANCE OF RAIN...AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOME WESTERLY. UNFORTUNATELY THE WEST WINDS DO NOT REMAIN LONG...AND BY SUNDAY THE GULF IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN. NOT TOO SURE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GFS AFTER THIS...ITS MOS CUTS OFF THE POPS...BUT THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN SHOWS A TROF STILL HANGING OUT OVER TEXAS WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVES DIGGING SOUTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES. THEREFORE CONTINUING WITH CHANCE POPS INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COOL DAY TODAY...THEN A WARMING TREND...BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY SUNDAY AS RAIN CHANCES LESSEN. && .AVIATION... CHRISTMAS IN JULY WITH OVERRUNNING TYPE PRECIP. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE TEXAS COAST FOR THE MOST PART...HIDDEN SOMEWHAT BY CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. A BIG SLUG OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY WORKING UP THE COASTAL BEND...APPEARS TO BE HAVING A FORCING EFFECT OVER OUR CWA WITH WIDESPREAD -RA OR SHRA LIFTING NORTH THIS MORNING. MVFR CIGS AND -RA AT A FEW SITES AND ANY AND ALL SUSCEPTIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAYBE ITS ALL THE PARTICULATES IN THE AIR FROM THE FOURTHS FIREWORKS IN THIS SATURATED AIR...00Z KSHV PWATS OVER 2 INCHES. RADAR ECHOS OVER THE EAST MOVING NE AND OVER THE WEST MOVING NW. SO...SOME MID AND OR UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE SHOULD MAKE FOR A BANNER DAY. EXPECT HIGH POPS TODAY WITH TSRA ACTIVITY FAIR GAME AT ANY TIME...ANYWHERE. MIDDAY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS COULD GUST THE WIND TO 30 KTS...BUT MOST WILL STAY FAR BELOW THAT WITH PREVAILING DIRECTION EASTERLY LESS THAN 10KTS FOR THE MOST PART. /24/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 83 70 84 72 / 70 50 70 50 MLU 86 71 86 72 / 70 50 60 50 DEQ 85 69 88 68 / 60 50 50 50 TXK 85 69 86 70 / 60 50 60 50 ELD 87 70 88 70 / 60 50 50 50 TYR 83 72 84 71 / 80 50 70 50 GGG 83 71 84 71 / 80 50 70 50 LFK 84 72 84 72 / 80 50 60 50 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT THU JUL 5 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>167-051700- 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- 600 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. DUE TO AN UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE...RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:56 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate flooding was reported in the areas surrounding Jacksonville, Texas. Local law enforcement closed some city streets. One vehicle was seen floating down a flooded roadway. Stretches of Hwy 69 and 79 near town were flooded as well.
Several roads were closed due to flash flooding including county roads 2301...474...496 and 472. A large sinkhole sits on county road 2301 after a culvert gave way.
Public reported nearly two feet of water crossing county road 1101 near the community of Rusk, Texas.
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