Texas, 2007

Flash Flood in Texas, June 28, 2007

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

Four to six inches of rain fell across rural sections of La Salle county during the afternoon of the 28th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 CRP wrote it up.

Four to six inches of rain fell across rural sections of La Salle county during the afternoon of the 28th.

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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 8:18 AM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:18 AM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
918 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

.UPDATE...SATELLITE WINDS/PERSISTENT PCPN OVR THE NORTH CNTRL CWFA
VALIDATE THE GFS/NAM GENERAL PSN OF THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS. CONCUR
WITH THE GFS/NAM THAT THIS UPPER SYSTEM WL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY
THROUGH THIS AFTN. UPPER FORCING WL COMBINE WITH COPIOUS MSTR AND
INSTABILITY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL CONVECION THIS AFTN. WL RETAIN
THE CURRENT POP CONFIGURATION. WL INTRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO
THE FCST. BASED ON THE RECENT/CURRENT RAIN...WL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
TO MAX TEMPS FOR THIS AFTN. EXPECT WIND/SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA
TDA OVR THE WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    90  76  89  75  89  /  30  30  30  20  50
VICTORIA          90  74  89  73  89  /  50  30  40  20  50
LAREDO            93  75  89  76  94  /  30  70  40  40  30
ALICE             93  75  91  74  92  /  50  40  40  30  50
ROCKPORT          90  78  89  78  90  /  30  30  30  20  50
COTULLA           89  72  85  72  91  /  50  70  50  50  40
KINGSVILLE        92  76  90  74  92  /  40  30  40  20  50
NAVY CORPUS       90  79  89  78  89  /  30  30  30  20  50

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

WC/87...SHORT TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1210 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-291030-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
1210 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO LIKELY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL EXIST OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS...THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA WILL BE
GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A FREER TO GEORGE WEST...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WHERE AREAL-AVERAGED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...
BEE...AND GOLIAD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWER FARTHER SOUTH AND
EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS...AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE AFFECTS THE REGION. FOR THE REST OF THE
PERIOD...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH
DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRIMARILY BE ASSOCIATED
WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY...MAINLY ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

87

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:12 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1012 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0903 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 E GEORGE WEST         28.33N 98.00W
06/28/2007                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 1203 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD AS WELL AS FM 709 FROM
            I-37 TO THE BEE COUNTY LINE

&&

NH
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:19 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1019 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E OAKVILLE            28.41N 97.98W
06/28/2007                   LIVE OAK           TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COUNTY ROAD 299C BETWEEN FM 1203 AND FM 1358 A CREEK IS
            OVER ITS BANK ONTO THE ROAD COVERING IT WITH SEVERAL
            INCHES OF WATER

&&

NH
Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:18 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1218 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 AM     FLASH FLOOD      10 E GEORGE WEST        28.33N 97.95W
06/28/2007                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 59 GOING TO BEE COUNTY

&&

NH

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, La Salle

When
June 28, 1:00 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
Where
La Salle County, 20 mi SE of Cotulla
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
28.226, -98.998

TXDOT reported a large section of F.M. 624 in rural southeastern La Salle county closed due to flooding. A culvert along 624 was washed out due to the heavy rain. The road remained closed into the next day.|

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.

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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: 46114.