An upper level low lingered in the area for several days. An unstable atmosphere helped kick off several rounds of showers and storms.
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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.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
An upper level low lingered in the area for several days. An unstable atmosphere helped kick off several rounds of showers and storms. Boundaries helped focus rainfall totals over the same areas....leading to flash flooding.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 9:01 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1001 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 .UPDATE... MINOR UPDATE NAMELY FOR TRENDS OF CATEGORICAL RAINFALL/THUNDER/ HEAVY RAIN OVER FAR ERN COUNTIES THROUGH LUNCHTIME...LESS TO THE WEST. MCV W OF I-35 NEAR CRAWFORD/CLIFTON ATTM TO DRIFT NWD AND WILL FOCUS MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDER BY MID-LATE AFTN AS THIS AREA DESTABILIZES. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO GO BELOW LIKELY MENTION E OF I-35 WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AROUND...THOUGH THIS AREA SHOULD BE MORE STABLE WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS THRU MID AFTN. OTHERWISE...UPDATED TRENDS ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS. EXPECT SIMILAR SCENARIO THRU SUN AND WILL LEAVE FFA (SEE DETAILS BELOW AT END OF PRODUCT) AS IS FOR NOW...BUT MAY NEED TO RECONFIGURE A BIT PER PAST RAINFALL LAST 24 HRS AND EXPECTED HEAVIER BAND OF QPF. UPDATES ALREADY SENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 630 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007/ AVIATION... /12Z TAF PACKAGE/ A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH ACROSS TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BY THE TIME THE 12Z TAFS GO INTO EFFECT. AWW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DFW DUE TO CG LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RATHER BROAD AREA OF RAIN EXTENDS FROM THE METROPLEX SOUTHWARD TO WACO AND KILLEEN. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO LINGER AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 16Z. MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE COMMON WITH THE RAIN...BUT BRIEF PERIODS INTO IFR CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SKIES WILL LIKELY GO VFR BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE MORNING PRECIP MOVES OUT AND WEAKENS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BE SCATTERED IN NATURE. GREATER COVERAGE IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY AFFECTING ACT...BUT WILL KEEP MENTION OF TSRA IN METROPLEX SITES AS WELL. SCHULTZ DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 429 AM CDT SAT JAN 16 2007/ PERSISTENT UPPER LOW JUST NW OF DFW METROPLEX WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST ON MONDAY AS AN OPEN TROUGH. IN THE INTERIM...EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HIGHEST POPS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER MCS DEVELOPS AND AFFECTS MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET SATURDAY NIGHT...AND PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THESE AREAS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE TO CHANCE CATEGORY MONDAY AS WEAKENING UPPER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE NORTHEAST. MODELS REMAIN SOMEWHAT INCONSISTENT BEYOND DAY 3 BUT KEPT LOW POPS IN FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST MAINLY IN EAST WHERE SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE DUE TO SEA BREEZE EFFECTS. FORECAST TEMPERATURES REMAIN CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST AND MAV GUIDANCE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 82 68 82 70 90 / 80 70 60 40 20 WACO, TX 85 70 83 71 90 / 80 70 60 40 20 PARIS, TX 83 69 81 69 85 / 80 70 50 50 40 DENTON, TX 82 69 83 70 90 / 80 70 60 40 20 MCKINNEY, TX 82 67 83 71 88 / 70 70 60 50 30 DALLAS, TX 83 69 80 72 89 / 70 70 60 50 30 TERRELL, TX 83 68 81 72 89 / 80 70 50 50 40 CORSICANA, TX 84 70 83 70 89 / 70 70 60 50 40 TEMPLE, TX 84 69 84 70 91 / 80 70 60 40 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ117>123-131>135-142>148-156>162-174-175. && 05/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 843 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171000- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 843 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND EAST OF A MINERAL WELLS TO HAMILTON AND GOLDTHWAITE LINE THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT... AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND EAST OF A MINERAL WELLS TO HAMILTON AND GOLDTHWAITE LINE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE DECREASING WEST TO EAST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT LINGERING SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS TO TEMPLE LINE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT. REPORTS OF FLOODING WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
TXZ145-146-161045-
NAVARRO TX-HILL TX-
515 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN HILL COUNTY
WESTERN NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS WESTERN
NAVARRO COUNTY...BETWEEN DAWSON AND OAK VALLEY...ALSO MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BARRY...BLOOMING GROVE...
BYNUM...CARLS CORNER...CORSICANA...COVINGTON...DAWSON...HILLSBORO...
HUBBARD AND ITASCA.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3218 9737 3178 9692 3182 9645 3225 9646
3207 9695 3225 9709
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 541 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 TXZ146-161115- NAVARRO TX- 541 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NAVARRO COUNTY AT 541 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF CORSICANA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANGUS...BARRY...BLOOMING GROVE...CORSICANA AND KERENS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3207 9690 3187 9665 3209 9619 3234 9636 SCHULTZ
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:04 UTC.
21 flash flood, 5 flood, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A flooded creek washed out a bridge on CR 2721. A truck was driven into the water and had to be retrieved.
Two roads closed due to high water. Water was up to the guardrails on Bolton Road.
Highway 6 was shut down due to flooding between Clifton and Valley Mills. Also, the intersections of CR 3455 and CR 3125, FM 219 at Womack Street, FM 2490 and FM 1637L were flooded. Two high water rescues were required.
FM 1189 N at Falls Road was washed out.
Interstate 35 at exit 366 near Abbott was under water, and a bridge on CR 2415 south west of Peoria was washed away. Street flooding was also reported in Hillsboro.
The following roads were closed due to high water: Highway 185 one mile east of Crawford, FM 317 just north of Crawford, the 200 block of Compton School Road northeast of Crawford, and the intersection of Highway 185 and Anderson Lane east of town.
Water was reported over Highways 281 and 199.
Some businesses sustained flood damage on Highway 281 South, in the Circle neighborhood on 2nd Avenue, and along Highway 180. Two high water rescues were required on 2nd Avenue and FM 4.
Areas around Lewisville Lake were flooded, including Witt Road in Little Elm and Rose Lane south of King's Road in Hackberry.
FM 590 was flooded near the Brown/Comanche County line.
FM 590 was flooded near the Brown/Comanche county line.
North and southbound service roads along Interstate 35 between Palmer and Ferris were closed due to high water.
Gibson Road was barricaded with about a foot of water on it.
Two sections of FM 2657 were briefly flooded and closed.
Several modular homes were damaged as a brief tornado touched down off of FM 2657, on Sleepy Hollow Lane and Carroll Drive, just inside the Lampasas County line. Homes sustained roof and deck damage and a few were blown slightly off their foundations. Trees and fences were also torn down. One minor injury was reported when a woman was hit by flying debris. Eighteen residents were displaced. The tornado continued into Coryell County.
A brief tornado which touched down in Lampasas County continued into Coryell County, damaging portions of Sleepy Hollow Lane and Carroll Drive. Several homes sustained minor damage. One home was blown slightly off its foundation, while others had damage to roofs and decks. Trees and fences were also torn down.
Highway 377/67 had water several feet deep across it and had to be closed. Also, the Arctic Glacier Ice Plant sustained damage from floodwaters on CR 2861. Ice boxes, trucks, and pickups were flooded.
Torrential rain fell across the central and northern portions of the county, causing very significant flooding in some locations. Four-and-a-quarter inches of rain fell between midnight and 1:45 AM in Keller, where more than twenty homes suffered flood damage. A food bank in Keller also sustained significant damage. A foot-and-a-half of water was reported at the intersection of Highway 377 and Bear Creek Parkway. In Watauga, people were stranded on roofs as water rose very quickly. Several homes were damaged by floodwaters in Haltom City. Hundreds of high water rescues were required. Nine mobile homes were destroyed and ninety were damaged by floodwaters in Haltom City, and one girl drowned after her rescue boat capsized. Several fires were reported as the trailers were pushed from their electrical wires, and at least one trailer burned completely. Two people were hospitalized after their home caught on fire. The force of the water ripped up asphalt and pushed cars into each other. Seven baseball fields in Haltom City were destroyed. They were valued at $200,000. Water was also reported over Interstate 820 near North Richland Hills.
Nickel hail reported in north Fort Worth near Alliance Airport.
Several homes and apartments were flooded in Trophy Club, and two elderly couples had to be rescued from their apartments. Water was flowing swiftly across roads in Ponder, and Hickory Creek was out of its banks in the central part of the county. A vehicle was swept away on Mingo Road at Cooper Creek.
One road was closed in Anna due to floodwaters, and the Anna Police Department was flooded. Highway 75 service roads just south of Melissa were flooded.
One house was flooded on Walcott Street.
Trees were blown down in Pottsboro and Collinsville.
Significant flooding occurred with cars and mobile homes moved by the force of the water. Numerous roads were closed across the county, including Highways 377 and 75, and more than 450 people were rescued from high water. One woman died in floodwaters as she drove on Texoma Parkway under the U.S. Highway 75 overpass. Another fatality occurred when a truck flooded at the intersection of FM 1417 and Highway 11. A bridge on Highway 11 south of Sherman suffered extensive damage.
Significant flooding occurred in the central portions of the county with numerous high water rescues required. People were forced to cut holes in their roofs in order to escape floodwaters in Gainesville, and several mobile homes were damaged. A mobile home along Pecan Creek was thrown into the floodwaters and came to stop only when it hit a bridge. Four family members were dumped into the creek and three of them drowned. Interstate 35 service roads and the northbound lane were flooded near Valley View. Interstate 35 had to be closed between Highway 82 and the Oklahoma border just north of Gainesville. Water was 2-3 feet deep over streets in Lindsay. A total of 300 homes and 75 businesses suffered water damage across the county, and 37,000 acres of crops were destroyed. The mayor estimated damages around $28 million, and the governor issued a disaster declaration for the county.
Two feet of water reported in front yards.
Water was flooding cars at Majors Field.
High water was reported at the intersection of CR 1151 and CR 1154 near Celeste.
FM 514 and several other roads were flooded. CR 4470 and CR 4480 had two to three feet of water over them.
Several streets in town were flooded by at least a foot of water.
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, Tarrant | 2007-06-18 | 4 | Female | In Water | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Grayson | 2007-06-18 | 48 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Grayson | 2007-06-18 | 74 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Cooke | 2007-06-18 | 5 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Cooke | 2007-06-18 | 60 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Cooke | 2007-06-18 | 2 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2007Warnings in Texas, June 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: 36162, 36905, 36882, 36919, 36924, 36934, 36926, 38301, 36955, 36945, 36946, 36962, 36963, 38300, 36970, 38854, 38302, 36984, 37030, 37027, 37031, 38304, 38856, 37041, 38305, 37054, 37075, 37086, 37083, 37076, 38303.