Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding on the morning of July 7.
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Thunderstorms associated with a persistent upper level low produced heavy rain and flash flooding on the morning of July 7.
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, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1148 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007 .AVIATION... A TROUGH AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SHRA/TSRA TO GENERATE ACROSS THE AREA. VFR SKIES WILL PREVAIL, EXCEPT FOR AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS BETWEEN 09Z AND 16Z AND ALSO IN SHRA/TSRA. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KTS, EXCEPT SOME GUSTS TO 25 KTS IN AND NEAR TSRA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 833 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ UPDATE... A NORTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS GENERATING AN EAST/WEST LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM BRENHAM TO AUSTIN AND ROCKSPRINGS. WE EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO WEAKEN AND FINALLY DISSIPATE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS IS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE CWFA AND WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IR/WV SATELLITE LOOP SEEMS TO DEPICT A WEAK VORT LOBE LOCATED OVER MEXICO IN THE VICINITY OF MONCLOVA EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SHEAR AXIS. THIS FEATURE MAY MOVE ENE ACROSS THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THUS A REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY IS POSSIBLE. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE TO THE CURRENT FCST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 633 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ AVIATION... AN UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS AND SURFACE TROUGH COMBINED WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR SHRA AND TSRA ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN IMPACT TIME WILL BE THROUGH 05Z AND AFTER 16Z. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS, LOCAL IFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SHRA/TSRA, OTHERWISE MAINLY BETWEEN 07Z AND 16Z. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE, MAINLY SELY AT LESS THAN 10 KTS. SOME GUSTS TO 20 KTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR SHRA/TSRA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 331 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007/ DISCUSSION... ONGOING SHOWERS WILL DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. HOWEVER, WITH GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED OVER THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND EXPECTING REDEVELOPMENT OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE RECONFIGURED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAPRYOR TO JOURDANTON TO SAN ANTONIO TO GIDDINGS. EXPECTING ISOLATED CLUSTERS OF SLOW MOVING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE DECOUPLES AND ALLOWS BETTER MOIST FLOW PERPENDICULAR TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE COASTAL ESCARPMENT. DAYTIME HEATING IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL REIGNITE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE EVER WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BY SUNDAY THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL HAVE SHIFTED TO A DRIER DIRECTIONS, AND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE NO MORE. SO EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE MODERATELY UNSTABLE FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS ON THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY AND THE DRY LINE OUT WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO SEASONAL NORMALS ONCE THE GROUND DRIES OUT A BIT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 73 90 73 89 75 / 30 50 50 30 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 71 86 71 90 74 / 40 50 50 30 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 72 91 76 94 77 / 30 40 40 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 72 87 74 89 75 / 40 50 50 30 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...DE WITT...DIMMIT... FAYETTE...FRIO...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE... MEDINA...WILSON...ZAVALA. && 13/04
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1134 PM CDT FRI JUL 06 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM LIGHTNING 6 SW AUSTIN 30.24N 97.82W
07/06/2007 TRAVIS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ROOF DAMAGE AT HOUSE ON WESTGATE.
0800 PM LIGHTNING 8 SW AUSTIN 30.22N 97.85W
07/06/2007 TRAVIS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TWO ALARM APARMENT FIRE ON AFTONSHIRE WAY. TWO APARTMENT
UNITS BADLY DAMAGED. SEVERAL OTHER UNITS SLIGHTLY
DAMAGED. THREE RESIDENTS DISPLACED. 50,000 DOLLARS
PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSS. 20,000 CONTENT DAMAGE LOSS.
0811 PM HEAVY RAIN 10 WSW AUSTIN 30.25N 97.91W
07/06/2007 M2.73 INCH TRAVIS TX UTILITY COMPANY
MEASURED BY LCRA RAIN GAGE ON BARTON SPRINGS AT STATE
HIGHWAY 71 NEAR OAK HILL BETWEEN 611 PM AND 811 PM.
&&
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1137 PM CDT FRI JUL 06 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM LIGHTNING 6 SW AUSTIN 30.24N 97.82W
07/06/2007 TRAVIS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ROOF DAMAGE AT HOUSE ON WESTGATE.
0800 PM LIGHTNING 8 SW AUSTIN 30.22N 97.85W
07/06/2007 TRAVIS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TWO ALARM APARMENT FIRE ON AFTONSHIRE WAY. TWO APARTMENT
UNITS BADLY DAMAGED. SEVERAL OTHER UNITS SLIGHTLY
DAMAGED. THREE RESIDENTS DISPLACED. 50,000 DOLLARS
PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSS. 20,000 CONTENT DAMAGE LOSS.
0811 PM HEAVY RAIN 10 WSW AUSTIN 30.25N 97.91W
07/06/2007 M2.73 INCH TRAVIS TX UTILITY COMPANY
MEASURED BY LCRA RAIN GAGE ON BARTON SPRINGS AT STATE
HIGHWAY 71 NEAR OAK HILL BETWEEN 611 PM AND 811 PM.
&&
DCThe Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:29 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dropped from 2 to 4 inches of rain in the southeast corner of Dimmit County, closing US83 and FM133 due to high water.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Frio County were 6 inches southeast of Pearsall, where FM1582 and FM140 were closed due to high water.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Atascosa County were 5 inches northwest of Charlotte. SH173, FM1549, and FM2504 were closed due to high water.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Bexar County were 5 inches near St. Hedwig. Numerous roads were closed, including Pinn Road at FM151, Old Seguin Road at Salado Creek, Weidner Road, and O'Connor Road at Lookout.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Guadalupe County were 4 inches in the southwest portion of county. FM78, FM467, and FM539 were closed due to high water.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. FM2772 and FM775 were closed due to high water in Wilson County.
A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Gonzales County were 4 inches near Leesville. US80 was closed south of Belmont, along with FM1117.
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: 49377, 49378, 49379, 49380, 49381, 49383, 49384.