Texas, 2007

Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22 to 24, 2007

June 22 to 24, 2007 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Flash flooding continued as an upper level low remained over the area. Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon with abundant instability available.

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
$15,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 FWD wrote it up.

Flash flooding continued as an upper level low remained over the area. Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon with abundant instability available.

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:34 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:34 PM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
334 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WITH DIURNAL
HEATING. AM BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
POTENTIAL OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL CWA AS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES AND
FEATURES HAVE BECOME ALIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT TRAINING OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL
HOLD OFF ON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BECAUSE THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD
BE CONFINED TO JUST 2 OR 3 COUNTIES...BUT HAVE PLACED THE HIGHEST
POPS FROM THE DENTON AND MCKINNEY AREA NORTHWARD. MOST OF THE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DIE OFF BY 9 OR 10 PM WITH THE LOSS OF
HEATING...AND ANOTHER MUGGY NIGHT IS EXPECTED.

THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS AND BEST MOISTURE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
SLIGHTLY AND THE BEST POPS TOMORROW WILL BE EAST OF THE I-35
CORRIDOR. AGAIN...SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. THE MAV GUIDANCE
APPEARS REASONABLE FOR TEMPS SATURDAY. BELIEVE THAT CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK IS CONTAMINATING THE GFS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AS NO SUCH
BLOB OF RAIN COMES INTO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN ANY OF THE OTHER
MODELS. THEREFORE WILL GO MUCH DRIER AND WARMER THAN MAV MOS ON
SUNDAY...BUT STILL CARRY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON
STORMS.

MOISTURE WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE MONDAY AS A TROPICAL WAVE
CURRENTLY OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA GETS DRAWN INTO THE
PERSISTENT UPPER WEAKNESS OVER THE REGION. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL
INCREASE TO 2-2.4 INCHES AND SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS. HAVE PLACED BEST
POPS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AS THIS MOISTURE INTERACTS
WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AND DAYTIME HEATING. OBVIOUSLY FLOODING
WOULD BE A CONCERN WITH THIS SET UP...AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR. MOISTURE BEGINS TO WANE TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND
HAVE SHOWED A DIMINISHING TREND IN POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD
DOWN BY THE RAIN/CLOUDS EARLY TO MID WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTH AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MEX MOS WERE MADE ACCORDINGLY.

TR.92

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  71  89  70  89  72 /  40  30  20  20  20
WACO, TX              71  87  68  86  70 /  30  30  20  20  20
PARIS, TX             69  86  67  87  70 /  30  50  20  20  20
DENTON, TX            70  88  69  88  69 /  50  30  20  20  20
MCKINNEY, TX          70  88  68  88  69 /  40  40  20  20  20
DALLAS, TX            73  88  71  88  71 /  30  30  20  20  20
TERRELL, TX           71  87  68  88  70 /  30  40  20  20  20
CORSICANA, TX         71  87  68  87  70 /  30  30  20  20  20
TEMPLE, TX            71  87  68  86  70 /  30  30  20  20  20

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:46 PM CST, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231000-
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-
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN
THREATS TONIGHT FROM ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. FLASH FLOODING AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
BE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR FLOODING
REPORTS.

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Cooke

When
June 22, 3:24 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
Where
Cooke County, 1 mi E of Lindsay to Lindsay
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
33.650, -97.213

Numerous roads were closed near Lindsay including CR 303, CR 460, Cheney Road, and Chapparal Lane.

Flash Flood, Young

When
June 24, 12:40 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Young County, Olney
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
33.370, -98.770

Several streets were flooded and barricaded, including the intersection of Main Street and Grand Avenue. Water was also in houses on Bluebonnet and Grove Streets.

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 37133, 37136.