An upper level trough moved across South Central Texas producing showers and thunderstorms which primarily caused flash flooding in the western and central counties. There was also one storm which produced a weak tornado.
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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 EWX wrote it up.
An upper level trough moved across South Central Texas producing showers and thunderstorms which primarily caused flash flooding in the western and central counties. There was also one storm which produced a weak tornado.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 4, 5:45 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 645 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 .AVIATION... DISMAL CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. BROAD AREA OF SHRA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH SHRA EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES BY 13-14Z. LOCALLY LOWER IFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS SHRA/TSRA INCREASES IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. SFC WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE AOB 10 KTS...WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR TSRA. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE ONCE DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST...BUT COULD STILL SEE SHRA AFFECT TAF SITES AFTER 22Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007/ DISCUSSION... AN UPPER SOUTHWESTERLY TROPICAL TAP WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY WITH TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE MOVING INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA LATE TODAY. THIS CONTINUAL MOISTURE STREAM ACROSS MEXICO INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN WAVES OF CONVECTION OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHEAST CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS EXPECTED..RAIN RATES MAY NOT BE EXCESSIVE.. CONTINUAL TRAINING OF ECHOES WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS WITH LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES. THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS.. EDWARDS PLATEAU AREAS EAST THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY AND EXTENDING INTO THE AUSTIN AREA WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT AREAS TODAY FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH MINOR THREATS ELSEWHERE. TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY..THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH INTENSIFIES OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND LOW LEVEL WINDS INCREASE ALONG THE ESCARPMENT. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY WITH RAINS DIMINISHING. ASIDE FROM CONVERGENT ACTIVITY MOVING NORTH OVER OUR EASTERN CWA..DAYTIME SKIES SHOULD BREAK OUT TO PARTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH INCREASED RIDGING ALOFT. REMNANTS OF HENRIETTE WORKING THEIR WAY ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY MAY PROPAGATE STORMS INTO OUR NORTHERN AND EASTERN CWA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ENHANCED MOISTURE BY HENRIETTE WILL WEAKEN THE UPPER RIDGE SUNDAY AND INCREASE RAIN CHANCES..PARTICULARLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS MONDAY AS A WEAK FRONT SLIPS INTO THE AREA..WITH CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES. TODAYS HIGHS WILL BE SOME 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH THE DENSE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION..BUT WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 84 73 84 75 91 / 70 70 60 20 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 84 72 86 74 91 / 70 70 60 20 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 77 73 93 75 93 / 70 40 20 10 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 82 74 87 76 90 / 70 60 50 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY... LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE... VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. && 02/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051030- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 518 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THIS MOISTURE...ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST TEXAS WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS TODAY AND TONIGHT. GROUNDS ACROSS THE REGION ARE CLOSE TO BEING SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL...SO ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL KEEP A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A DRIER PATTERN IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM HENRIETTE DRIFTS INTO TEXAS. THIS MOISTURE AND WEAKNESS IN THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:31 UTC.
4 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell overnight. FM1021 was closed. Several schools were also closed.|
Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell over the northwestern corner of the county. FM674 and FM334 were closed east of Brackettville by flash flooding.
In addition to 2 to 3 inch totals earlier that morning, an additional 3 to 4 inches fell around Normandy in the afternoon, closing FM131.
A tornado touched down twice near SH97. It destroyed some chicken houses. The tornado was rated EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Up to 2 inches of rain fell over the northwestern part of the county. At around 1:00 AM a man and a woman were washed away in a four door sedan as they attempted to cross the Tower View Bridge on Scenic Loop Road which was in flood due to Helotes Creek. The man was later rescued with minor bruises to his arms and torso. The woman’s body was found less than a mile downstream at 3:19 PM.
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, Bexar | 2007-09-05 | 29 | 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 historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2007Warnings in Texas, September 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: 59488, 59492, 59493, 59495, 59507.