Texas, 2007

Flash Flood in Texas, June 28, 2007

June 28, 2007 · NWS BRO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An isolated thunderstorm produced up to 7 inches of rainfall in the Hebbronville area. The rainfall occurred in a short period of time and produced flash flooding with area creeks overflowing their banks and flooding nearby streets.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 BRO wrote it up.

An isolated thunderstorm produced up to 7 inches of rainfall in the Hebbronville area. The rainfall occurred in a short period of time and produced flash flooding with area creeks overflowing their banks and flooding nearby streets. Portions of FM 1017 were closed due to the flooding.

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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 11:50 AM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:50 AM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1250 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

.DISCUSSION...PERSISTENT UPPER LOW CONTINUES OVER NORTH TEXAS IN
BETWEEN TWO RIDGES...ONE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AND THE OTHER OVER
THE SOUTHEAST U.S.  MODELS INDICATE THAT THE RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST WILL WEAKEN AS THE SOUTHWEST RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD...
CAUSING THE UPPER LOW TO RETROGRADE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.  IN THE
LOW LEVELS...A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO WORK ITS WAY
WESTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND CAUSING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE OVER DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS.  THIS WILL MAKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASINGLY
LIKELY BY SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MID-WEEK.  WITH PWATS FORECAST
TO BE NEAR 2 INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD...HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY ABOVE
MEX POPS FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&

.MARINE...BUOY020 REPORTED S WINDS AROUND 5 KTS AND SEAS AT 3 FT.
WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
RELAXES. A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OVER
THE WEEKEND AND INTERACT WITH THE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER
CENTRAL TEXAS TO INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH TEMPO MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS AS WIDELY ISOLD CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS
WRN ZONES. MVFR VIS/CIGS ARE LIKELY AGAIN IN PATCHY FG ACROSS NRN
AND CTL ZONES FRI AM. INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA FRI WILL
PRODUCE MVFR CIGS LATE AM.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  77  88  79  89 /  10  10  30  40
BROWNSVILLE          76  91  77  90 /  10  20  30  40
HARLINGEN            75  92  76  92 /  10  20  30  40
MCALLEN              77  92  78  94 /  10  20  30  40
RIO GRANDE CITY      78  93  79  96 /  20  20  30  40
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   77  85  80  88 /  10  10  30  30
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....68/KL
MARINE/AVIATION...55/BC+53/JE
HMT/MESOSCALE.....VEGA

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:12 PM CST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
612 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

TXZ248>257-291100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
612 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...BROOKS AND STARR COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY
RAINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD
ADVISORIES FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

DAYTIME HEATING AND INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SOME
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE PERIOD. MOTORISTS SHOULD
DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AS TEMPORARY PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL
CAUSE VEHICLES TO HYDROPLANE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. SOME URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THE RAINFALL. NO
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS OVER ZAPATA...JIM
HOGG...BROOKS AND STARR COUNTIES ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY AND PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION.

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Jim Hogg

When
June 28, 6:04 PM CST to 7:04 PM CST
Where
Jim Hogg County, 10.11 mi SW of Hebbronville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
27.217, -98.796

Flooding of Highway 16 southwest of Hebbronville near Randado was reported.

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: 43684.