Sep 26, 2004
Tropical-like rainfall occurred over portions of west Texas during the last weekend in September. On Sunday the 26th, widespread flash floods resulted from heavy rains that accompanied a complex of warm topped convection that propagated slowly from the mountains of southwest Texas and the Big Bend northeast across the Permian Basin.A sudden onset of dangerous flash flooding conditions at sunrise caught campers by surprise in the Davis Mountains. At least four people were isolated by raging flood
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5421677). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ward County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.