May 22, 2016
The first in a multi-day event produced widespread large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding but the largest impacts were felt in the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle. An upper level jet streak provided the necessary lift acting upon a very unstable and strongly sheared atmosphere. Supercell thunderstorms began as isolated cells on the caprock and became more widespread once they moved off the caprock. Initially, storms produced very large hail and damaging winds but an extremely moist atmos
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 626093). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hall County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.