An upper level low pressure system over the west combined with ample moisture over north Texas. Storms trained over the same areas, creating flash flooding.
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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 pressure system over the west combined with ample moisture over north Texas. Storms trained over the same areas, creating 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 May 27, 5:51 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 651 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007 .12Z AVIATION UPDATE...ANOTHER WET DAY IN STORE FOR THE NORTH TEXAS AIRPORTS. EXTENSIVE LINE OF SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO NORTH INTO OKLAHOMA...SO EXPECT ON AND OFF SHOWERS/TSTMS THROUGH THE DAY. WILL PREVAIL MVFR CONDS FOR MOST OF THE DAY WITH TEMPO SHRA/-TSRA IN THE MORNING. EXACT TIMING OF ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON ACTIVITY IS NOT CERTAIN...BUT WILL KEEP PRECIP IN FOR MOST OF THE DAY. ACTIVITY SHOULD ONCE AGAIN DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE REDEVELOPING AGAIN OVERNIGHT. 91/DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007/ A WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX OVER SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA MOVING NORTH... WHILE A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS MOVING EASTWARD. WE WILL SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUS WE WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IS. A COUPLE OF OTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE CURRENT EXPIRATION TIME OF 4 PM TODAY. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WITH THE RAIN CHANCES DECREASING AND MORE INSOLATION...WE WILL TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S FRIDAY INTO WEEKEND. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 67 81 68 83 / 80 40 50 50 20 WACO, TX 80 69 82 68 82 / 80 40 50 30 30 PARIS, TX 76 66 79 65 82 / 80 50 60 50 40 DENTON, TX 79 67 81 67 83 / 80 40 50 50 20 MCKINNEY, TX 78 65 80 66 82 / 80 40 50 50 30 DALLAS, TX 79 68 81 68 83 / 80 40 50 50 30 TERRELL, TX 78 66 80 67 83 / 80 40 60 40 30 CORSICANA, TX 79 66 81 67 83 / 80 40 60 30 40 TEMPLE, TX 79 68 81 67 82 / 80 40 50 30 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ092>095-103>107-118>123-131>135-142>148-156>162-174-175. && 91/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 445 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLASH FLOODING...AS GROUNDS ARE WET IN MANY AREAS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO FORT WORTH TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:31 UTC.
23 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Interstate 35 service road south of Weaver Street was closed due to high water as well as FM 1201 at CR 451.
Exit 307 on Interstate 35 was flooded and barricaded.
A bridge was washed out on CR 265 between FM 929 and CR 264.
Several farm-to-market roads were closed due to high water including FM 1915 at Elm Creek Road.
In Royse City, FM 548 at Lakes Drive was flooded. Parker Creek was over its banks. FM 549 north of Highway 66 and FM 2642 were flooded near Fate.
Old Mart Road, South Third Street, Tradinghouse Lane, and Boys Ranch Road were closed due to flooding.
FM 2755 was underwater and closed.
CR 707 was closed due to high water.
Persistent heavy rainfall over the span of a few days caused several backyard mudslides on the edge of Lake Granbury. At one residence, large trees and about a hundred stone steps fell victim to the mudslide, sliding onto a boat dock below. Numerous other waterfront properties experienced some damage due to shifting saturated grounds. One residence lost their hot tub when the ground it was on fell into the lake.
CR 1130 closed due to high water.
FM 903 at Highway 69 and FM 2194 near Merit closed due to high water.
Bee Creek Road near Maypearl and Highway 34 at FM 1181 near Ennis were closed due to flooding.
Several roads flooded and closed across the area.
Highway 82 west, FM 2071, and FM 1201 were underwater.
Streets had to be closed and cars were stranded in Olney. Two high water rescues were required. Water rushed through the back door of a convenience store and down the aisles.
High water was reported on FM 2190 and on several other roads in the western and northwestern portions of the county.
Several roads remained flooded and closed from earlier rains, including FM 1915 at Big Elm Creek, FM 1915 at Little River, CR 143, 147, 119, 120, and 240; FM 486 at Little River, FM 487 at San Gabriel River, and FM 908 at Brushy Creek; CR 407 at Clay's Creek, and CR 443 at Turkey Creek north of Thorndale. The culvert on CR 330 in Milano was washed out.
Numerous roads were closed due to flooding, including FM 1915 at Big Elm Creek, FM 443 at Turkey Creek, and FM 407.
Old Mexia Road and Hog Creek Road were both closed due to flooding.
Water was running over roads and yards. Also, FM 1565 south of Highway 276 was closed due to flooding.
The following roads were closed due to water: FM 487 at San Gabriel Creek, FM 486 at Little River, and FM 908.
CR 425 was underwater and had to be barricaded. In addition, a large section of CR 2232 washed away, leaving residents stranded without another road to use. The flooding broke a large pipe under the road and left a hole about eight feet wide and twelve feet across. The school bus could not pick up children, the mail could not be delivered, and the trash could not be picked up.
Water was three to four feet deep on Walker Street and on Elliott Street at South Dunegan.
A man and his pick-up truck were swept into Fall Creek after he tried to cross a flooded low-water crossing. A high water rescue was required. Nearby residents were unable to go home in the evening due to the fact that their road, along the same creek, was flooded by as much as twelve feet.
Cars were stranded in high water near Quinlan. Three homes were flooded and had to be evacuated in the Rolling Oaks subdivision on the south shore of Lake Tawakoni. Several roads were flooded and barricaded, and a culvert on Northshore Road near Lake Tawakoni was washed out.
A sixteen-year-old girl was pulled under by strong flood waters after her and her friends went swimming in the swollen Paluxy River. The girl's body was found early Friday morning. A game warden drowned while searching for her body after the search boat capsized.
The upper branch of the Nolan River was flooding portions of Highway 171 near CR 1126.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Somervell | 2007-05-29 | 28 | Male | Boating | Direct |
| Flood, Somervell | 2007-05-29 | 16 | Female | In Water | 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 historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 32754, 32755, 32756, 32768, 32757, 32758, 32759, 32760, 34839, 32761, 32765, 32764, 32762, 32763, 32766, 32767, 33034, 33030, 33031, 33032, 33033, 34689, 33041, 34840, 33042, 34841, 33043.