Texas, 2007

Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16 to 17, 2007

June 16 to 17, 2007 · NWS EWX · 8 events in 7 counties and zones

Thunderstorms developing in the Hill Country produced widespread heavy rainfall that continued southeastward to the IH-35 corridor.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$60,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developing in the Hill Country produced widespread heavy rainfall that continued southeastward to the IH-35 corridor.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 15, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1205 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

.UPDATE...
BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION OF STORMS HAVE EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 398 SOUTHEAST TO A LLANO TO BANDERA TO UVALDE TO CRYSTAL
CITY TO EL INDIO LINE. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS SUGGEST SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ORIGINAL WATCH AREA. EXPECT
THAT SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AROUND 3 AM AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. OTHERWISE, ONGOING FORECASTS
GENERALLY ON TRACK.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1147 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007/

AVIATION...
NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR DISCUSSION. THE MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND WILL REACH
KDRT AROUND 06Z...AND KAUS-KHYI ARND 09Z. MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP
FROM KSSF TO KAUS. STABLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AFTER THE
TSTM COMPLEX EXITS THE AREA ARND 15Z-17Z. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOPING AROUND 21Z AND CONTINUE BEYOND 00Z.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 717 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007/

UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED FORECASTS TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 398
FOR EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES THROUGH 08Z OR 3 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING. A BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL
COUNTRY INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM WEST OF SAN ANGELO
TO THE TRANS PECOS REGION AHEAD OF SHORT-WAVE ROTATING AROUND THE
UPPER LOW SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH OVER WESTERN TEXAS. OTHERWISE,
ONGOING FORECASTS ON TRACK WITH ONLY SOME RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SENSIBLE WEATHER GRIDS FOR TONIGHT.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007/

AVIATION...
VFR SKIES WILL HOLD UNTIL 09Z. HOWEVER, A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
WEST OF KDRT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KDRT BETWEEN 04Z AND 08Z.
WHILE THIS ACTIVITY IS GOING ON, MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP FROM KSSF
TO KAUS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH THE KSSF TO KAUS CORRIDOR
BY 10Z AND CONTINUE MOVING EAST OUT OF THE TERMINAL AREAS BY 17Z.
STABLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DETERIORATE WITH SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING AROUND 21Z. THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE BEYOND 00Z.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007/

DISCUSSION...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. UPPER LOW WILL MIGRATE
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS TRANSLATING SOUTHEAST
(WITH THE DISTURBANCES) OVER THE WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE BROAD
UPPER LOW STALLS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. RIDGING WILL BEGIN
BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS RAINS
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME WIDELY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SEA
BREEZE SHOWERS MAY INFILTRATE THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE
DOMINATION OF A STRONGLY SUBSIDENT UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER WEST
TEXAS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO THE RAIN COOLED AIR. AREAS WEST AND SOUTH OF
SAN ANTONIO WILL SEE READINGS NEAR NORMAL (NEAR 90 TO THE MID
90S). AS STRONGER RIDGING BUILDS IN EARLY NEXT WEEK DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS TO THE WESTERN PLATEAU WITH NEAR NORMAL READINGS ELSEWHERE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              73  87  71  84  73 /  70  60  80  60  50
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  72  84  71  85  74 /  70  60  80  60  50
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           76  95  76  96  76 /  40  20  40  20  10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       74  89  73  87  75 /  50  50  80  50  40

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...
COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...
GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...
LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...
VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA.

&&

04/06

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:23 UTC.

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Event by event

7 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kerr

When
June 16, 1:25 AM CST to 1:45 AM CST
Where
Kerr County, Ingram to 6 mi SE of Kerrville
Measured
65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
30.080, -99.230

Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees between Ingram and Kerrville.

Flash Flood, Gillespie

When
June 16, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where
Gillespie County, 5 mi E of Cherry Spg to 10 mi E of Cherry Spg
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
30.480, -98.936

Scattered thunderstorms over northern Gillespie County and western Kerr County produced rain totals of 1 to 2 inches. Highest totals in Gillespie were 4 inches east of Cherry Spring. FM965 and SH16 were closed due to high water.

Flash Flood, Kerr

When
June 16, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where
Kerr County, Mountain Home to 10 mi SW of Mountain Home
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
30.170, -99.370

Scattered thunderstorms over northern Gillespie County and western Kerr County produced rain totals of 1 to 2 inches. Highest totals in Kerr were 4 inches southwest of Mountain Home. FM479 and SH41 were closed due to high water.

Flash Flood, Edwards

When
June 16, 7:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
Where
Edwards County, 30 mi NW of Rocks Spgs to 20 mi NW of Rocks Spgs
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
30.327, -100.575

Thunderstorms across Edwards and Uvalde Counties produced general 1 to 2-inch rainfall. Highest totals in Edwards County were 4 inches where SH55 nears the Llano River northwest of Rocksprings. SH55 was closed by flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Uvalde

When
June 16, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Uvalde County, Dabney to 10 mi S of Uvalde
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
29.170, -100.100

Thunderstorms across Edwards and Uvalde Counties produced general 1 to 2-inch rainfall. Highest totals in Uvalde County were 6 inches south of the city of Uvalde. High water forced the closing of FM117, FM481 and US83.

Flash Flood, Atascosa

When
June 16, 7:30 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
Where
Atascosa County, Lytle to Campbellton
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
29.230, -98.800

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Atascosa County were 4 inches near Lytle and south of Campbellton. SH132, FM2790, FM140, and FM791 were closed due to high water, among other roads. Two people in a pickup were swept off FM463 in the late that evening. They abandoned the truck and clung to trees for nearly 2 hours until they were rescued.

Flash Flood, Medina

When
June 16, 7:30 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
Where
Medina County, Mico to Natalia
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
29.530, -98.930

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Medina County were 5 inches from south of Castroville to Natalia. Closed due to high water were FM1343, FM471, and SH132.

Flash Flood, Bexar

When
June 16, 9:30 PM CST to June 17, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Bexar County, Helotes to Macdona
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
29.580, -98.700

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Bexar County were 5 inches near Loop 1604 and Marbach Road. FM471, FM1957, and Marbach Road, among others, were closed due to flash flooding.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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Sources

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: 42721, 42722, 42723, 42725, 42726, 42727, 42728, 42729.