Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in high water reported on Lake Palestine which boarders Smith and Cherokee counties in northeast Texas.
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Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in high water reported on Lake Palestine which boarders Smith and Cherokee counties in northeast Texas.
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 8, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1100 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007 .DISCUSSION... RADAR SHOWS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO CONTINUE A SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST...AND MAY HAMPER OR AGGRAVATE PREVIOUS FLOOD PROBLEMS IN EAST TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE NAM SHOWS A DECENT VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA TODAY...INTERACTING WITH DEEP MOISTURE GENERALLY SOUTH OF I20. MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF I20...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AREAWIDE AS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MOISTURE PERSIST IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. UPDATE SHOULD BE OUT BY 1130 AM. ELEVEN && .AVIATION... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA WILL AREA TERMINALS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TEMPORARY IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TODAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF I20...SO VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN MOST TAFS. FOR THE MOST PART I WILL CONTINUE THE GOING TREND OF CURRENT TAF AT 18Z ISSUANCE...BUT ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE ACCORDING TO TSRA ACTIVITY. /11/ && .UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 90 72 91 73 / 50 20 30 20 MLU 90 71 91 71 / 50 20 30 20 DEQ 92 68 91 70 / 20 20 30 20 TXK 91 72 91 72 / 20 20 30 20 ELD 91 71 91 70 / 20 20 30 20 TYR 88 73 90 73 / 50 20 30 20 GGG 88 71 91 71 / 50 20 30 20 LFK 87 73 91 72 / 50 20 30 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1236 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 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>167-091100- 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- 1236 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL AGAIN EXPERIENCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A BAND OF HEAVY...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. REPORTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE RECEIVED IN NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN CHEROKEE AND SMITH COUNTY. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...AND FLOODED RIVERS...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING EACH DAY DURING THE WORK WEEK. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS IN RESPONSE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. 18
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1153 AM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1129 AM FLASH FLOOD JACKSONVILLE 31.97N 95.26W
07/08/2007 CHEROKEE TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGHWAY 79 CLOSED NEAR JACKSONVILLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
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PARKERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1244 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM FLASH FLOOD RUSK 31.80N 95.15W
07/08/2007 CHEROKEE TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGHWAY 84 NEAR RUSK IS SHUT DOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER
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PARKERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1247 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1213 PM FLASH FLOOD TYLER 32.33N 95.30W
07/08/2007 SMITH TX BROADCAST MEDIA
SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADS FLOODED IN AND AROUND TYLER
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PARKERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake Palestine rose to a stage of 349.1 feet which was just a few inches short of its all time record crest. With the lake at this stage...the lake had to be closed to boating traffic due to the threat of boat wake damaging local camp homes along the lake.
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