Scattered thunderstorms developed over north Texas as a slow-moving cold front moved into the area. The front remained in the area the following day, interacting with abundant moisture and causing flash flooding.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over north Texas as a slow-moving cold front moved into the area. The front remained in the area the following day, interacting with abundant moisture and causing 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 Sep 9, 11:25 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1225 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AT ALL DFW METROPLEX TAF SITES AHEAD OF WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. EXPECT IMPACTS AT THE METROPLEX SITES TO LAST MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS FRONT STALLS ACROSS METROPLEX. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS TO THE NORTH HAS ALREADY SHIFTED OR WILL SOON SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTH AND THEN WINDS WILL STAY NORTHERLY BEFORE TURNING NORTHEASTERLY LATER THE EVENING AND THEN BACK TO SOUTHERLY MONDAY MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE ALSO STARTED TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO DIURNAL HEATING...SO HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO FOR SHRA AT KACT FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND UPDATE FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MAY PROLONG THE RAIN ACTIVITY THROUGH THE NIGHT. WILL ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR FOR MVFR CIGS AT THE METROPLEX SITES IN THE MORNING HOURS BUT DO BELIEVE MVFR/IFR CIGS WILL OCCUR AGAIN AT KACT. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1041 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007/ DISCUSSION... FOR UPDATE...WILL APPLY FINE TUNING TO FIRST AND SECOND PERIOD POP AND TEMPERATURE GRIDS. WEAK FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF RED RIVER AND EXTENDED FROM A SURFACE LOW SOUTH OF KSPS TO NEAR KPRX. MOST OF THE CONVECTION TODAY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. FURTHER SOUTH...MID LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO HOLD STRONG ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS WHICH WILL ACT TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION IN MOST AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE A MODERATE THREAT TODAY. VERY WEAK WIND FIELDS AND HIGH PWAT VALUES WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. HEAVY RAIN THREAT DOES NOT WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL CLOSELY MONITOR TRENDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. UPDATED TEMPERATURE...POP...AND WIND GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT. UPDATED SUITE OF TEXT PRODUCTS TO BE SENT BY 1045 AM CDT. /09 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 422 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007/ DISCUSSION... THE 08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS FROM NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTH OF TULSA...SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST TEXAS INTO EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI. FARTHER NORTH A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE STATIONARY FRONT THIS MORNING AND MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THIS BOUNDARY IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS BY MONDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL FOR NORTH TEXAS SO FAR HAS BEEN LIMITED TO THE RED RIVER COUNTIES. AS THE FIRST COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTHWARD TODAY...WE SHOULD SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY. A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT HAVE PLACED SOME POPS IN MAINLY FOR THURSDAY MORNING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS PROGED TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SATURDAY. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 92 70 83 68 / 40 50 50 40 10 WACO, TX 74 92 72 87 69 / 40 40 40 50 10 PARIS, TX 71 89 69 82 66 / 40 60 50 40 10 DENTON, TX 72 91 67 83 65 / 40 40 50 30 10 MCKINNEY, TX 70 91 66 82 65 / 40 50 50 40 10 DALLAS, TX 74 92 70 83 69 / 40 50 50 40 10 TERRELL, TX 72 91 71 83 68 / 40 50 50 50 10 CORSICANA, TX 73 91 71 86 68 / 40 40 40 50 10 TEMPLE, TX 72 93 72 86 68 / 30 30 40 40 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/09/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1221 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-092300- 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- 1221 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCLUDE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY MID-WEEK...BUT WILL RESUME AGAIN AT THE END OF THE WEEK. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 77/TDUD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1129 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 TXZ095-106-091700- LAMAR TX-DELTA TX- 1129 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... DELTA COUNTY SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COOPER...DEPORT AND COOPER LAKE PARK DOCTORS CREEK. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. LAT...LON 3358 9531 3359 9585 3330 9585 3337 9530
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 143 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 TXZ119>121-091915- DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-KAUFMAN TX- 143 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY ROCKWALL COUNTY AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROWLETT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FORNEY...GARLAND...HEATH... MESQUITE...ROCKWALL...ROWLETT AND SUNNYVALE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3297 9665 3276 9670 3270 9633 3293 9629
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The following intersections were barricaded due to flooding: Wynn-Joyce Road and Country Club Road and 1st Street and Avenue D. Several cars were flooded.
South Crowley Road was flooded from Harris Street to the FM 1187 bypass.
Several high water rescues were required.
Two feet of water was reported on FM 1658 north of Highway 380.
Several intersections were closed in Denton due to flooding including North Bonnie Bray Road and West University Road. In Lewisville, the floodwaters were over a foot deep.
Several high water rescues were needed in the county. Numerous roads were closed in Dallas and Irving, including the intersections of Goodnight Road at Southwell Street, Tanner Street at X & Y Streets, Sylvan Road at Irving Road, and Interstate 35 East and Royal Lane. Northwest Highway at Loop 12 was also flooded. Citizens of northwest Irving reported torrential flooding as well.
Highways 51 was flooded and Highway 167 was reduced to one lane due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 53671, 53672, 53673, 53674, 53675, 53676, 54234.