Jul 28, 2006
A large outdoor music festival, Rock the Desert, was in progress when these storms inundated the Midland area. The festival, which had 11,000 attendees this year, takes place each year at a location across Farm to Market Road 1788. The parking lots for this event are basically empty fields and as attendees were leaving the event due to the heavy rain, many became stuck in the muddy fields.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5526236). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Midland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.