FloodZoneMap.org

Flood — Lynn, TX

Jul 7, 2015

Multiple rounds of late-day thunderstorms developed across the South Plains and southern Texas Panhandle on the sixth followed by additional bouts through the pre-dawn hours of the seventh. These storms drifted slowly eastward, many with swaths of one to two inches of rainfall with each round. Storm total rain amounts were estimated around four inches in some parts of Crosby, Garza and Childress Counties before daybreak on the seventh. Several roads had flooded stretches across the eastern South

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 577635). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Lynn, TX

This event is one of many recorded floods in Lynn County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Lynn County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Flash Flood$300K damage

Lynn, TX · May 4, 2015

A deep fetch of Gulf moisture overspread the South Plains this afternoon in advance of a slow-moving trough. Numerous thunderstorms erupted by late afternoon across the western South Plains and spread slowly northeast through the overnight hours under weak upper level winds.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$2.5M damage

Lynn, TX · Jul 4, 2010

A plume of middle and upper tropospheric subtropical moisture streamed northward over west Texas during the first few days of July. Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall each afternoon and evening starting on the 1st and persisting through the 3rd.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lynn, TX · May 31, 2024

Another day of severe thunderstorms affected the South Plains of West Texas on the evening of the 31st. Broad southeasterly low level atmospheric flow allowed thunderstorms to initially develop in eastern New Mexico.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Lynn, TX · Aug 30, 2024

Isolated thunderstorms developed across the southern South Plains on the afternoon of the 30th. A very moist atmosphere was able to generate efficient rain producing thunderstorms. A slow moving isolated thunderstorm moving across southern Lynn County produced a wet microburst.

Read the full account →