Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding in the afternoon and evening of July 6.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding in the afternoon and evening of July 6.
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 6, 12:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 105 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007 .AVIATION... CIGS 3 THSD TO 6 THSD BKN WITH SCT AREAS OF CIGS 2 THSD TO 3 THSD OVC AND VSBYS AOB 3 MI IN SHRA AND TSRA WILL CONTINUE THRU 23Z BECOMING 5 THSD SCT CIGS NEAR 10 THSD BKN AFTER 23Z WITH SCT SHRA AND TSRA. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AROUND 1 THSD TO 2 THSD FT AFTER 05Z BECOMING CIGS 3 THSD TO THSD BKN BY 15Z SATURDAY WITH WDLY SCT SHRA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 939 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ UPDATE... CURRENT CONVECTION IS LIFTING NORTH OVER THE SHALLOW SFC FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE ESCARPMENT. MOIST INFLOW TOWARD THE CONVECTION IS VERY LIGHT (5KT OR LESS) WITH THE BETTER INFLOW FEEDING THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAINS. STEERING WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN ARE VERY WEAK. SO EXPECT VARIED MOVEMENTS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ANYWHERE FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTH. OTHER THAN MINOR GRID ADJUSTMENTS, THE CURRENT FORECAST IS GOOD TO GO. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ AVIATION... LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH TEXAS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE AREA. MVFR TO OCNLY IFR CIGS THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 16Z...HOWEVER CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE LOWER IN THE SHRA/TSRA. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 443 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ DISCUSSION... NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER A NARROW SWATH NEAR A HONDO TO SEGUIN TO LEXINGTON LINE. THE CONVECTION FOCUS BROADENS AS IT CONTINUES NORTHEAST INTO NE TX WHERE A LARGE PORTION OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT IS BREAKING AWAY FROM A BROADER AXIS OF CIRCULATION CENTERED NEAR A JCT TO ACT LINE. TROPICAL ZR WAS REINSTATED FOR THE KEWX 88D AS A SMALL CELL OVER CEDAR PARK SHOWED AN UNDERESTIMATING BIAS OF CLOSE TO 3. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW POOR AGREEMENT ON QPF...BUT A SPLIT OF THE NAM/GFS SEEMS PRACTICAL, WITH THE NAM PERFORMING BETTER. THE GFS CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT A HEAVY RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT, BUT RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST A LOT OF THAT RAIN MAY DEVELOP TODAY. THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON TO EXTEND THE WATCH WESTWARD, BUT THE LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL AND LOWER NAM QPF VALUES FOR TODAY KEPT US FROM EXTENDING THE WATCH ALL THE WAY TO THE RIO GRANDE. MODEL CONSENSUS HAS GRADUALLY DECREASING RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, BUT THE GFS CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE HEAVY RAINS CENTERED OVER OUR AREA THROUGH THIS PERIOD. WILL FOLLOW THE GFS POPS VAGUELY, BUT SHADE TOWARD THE DRIER TREND BY SUNDAY. THE SHIFT TO A DRIER PATTERN DOESNT TAKE US OUT OF A RAIN PATTERN COMPLETELY AS THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST WILL STILL ALLOW FOR ENERGY TO SLIDE SOUTH FROM THE HIGH PLAINS. HOWEVER, THE AIR SHOULD GRADUALLY DRY OUT TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS WITH HIGH TEMPS RETURNING TO THE LOW TO MID 90S FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 86 72 88 73 91 / 60 40 30 30 40 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 86 69 89 72 89 / 70 40 30 40 40 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 92 74 91 75 96 / 40 40 30 30 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 86 73 88 74 89 / 60 50 30 40 30 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...LAVACA... LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 547 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- 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- 547 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE RAPID RISES IN AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS WHICH REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVER THE TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY DECREASING SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATTION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall over Dimmit and Frio Counties in the early afternoon. Up to 3 inches fell in 2 hours at Carrizo Springs, flooding many of the roads in the town. FM2644 and US 85 were closed near Carrizo Springs.
Scattered thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall over Dimmit and Frio Counties in the early afternoon, with most of the rain falling in 2 hours. US85 and FM117 were closed near Dilley.
Rainfall between 2 and 3 inches in 2 hours in southwest Bexar County caused flash flooding that closed FM327 and Stuart Road.
Scattered storms in Gonzales and Wilson Counties dropped from 2 to 3 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches near Leesville. FM108 and FM466 were closed in Gonzales County due to flash flooding.
Scattered storms in Gonzales and Wilson Counties dropped from 2 to 3 inches of rain, causing flash flooding that closed FM536, FM2579, and FM1344 in Wilson County.
Two to 3 inches of rain fell in the late afternoon over northern Comal County, causing flash flooding in the Sattler area which closed FM2763 and FM306.
Evening thunderstorms dropped 3 to 4 inches of rain over western Travis County, causing flash flooding that closed FM2244 and FM1826. Late that evening a 62-year old marathon runner was reported missing after having left his home on a run. His body was found in Barton Creek near the Capitol of Texas Highway. He had apparently drowned in the flash flooding that took place.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Travis | 2007-07-06 | 62 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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: 49366, 49367, 49368, 49370, 49372, 49373, 49375.