4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A tropical depression in the lower Gulf of Mexico produce an influx of deep moisture into central Texas over the weekend of June 9th and 10th.
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough generated multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across North Texas on November 3 and 4. Most of the severe weather occurred on the 4th when the upper trough swept across the Plains and a cold front pushed through North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough generated multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across North Texas on November 3 and 4. Most of the severe weather occurred on the 4th when the upper trough swept across the Plains and a cold front pushed through North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough generated multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across North Texas on November 3 and 4. Most of the severe weather occurred on the 4th when the upper trough swept across the Plains and a cold front pushed through North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbances affected eastern Texas over the last week of the month. As a result, numerous thunderstorms and heavy showers continually passed over the region's western and southwestern counties causing extreme flooding problems throughout these…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms continued to produce flood producing rainfall across portions of northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana on July 6th. Moisture continued to feed northward from the Gulf of Mexico which fueled these thunderstorms once they developed.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →By Saturday evening, the remnants of Fay had moved to near Dilley, and storms stretched from the Rio Grande River near Del Rio and Eagle Pass eastward to Giddings, Schulenburg and Hallettsville.
Read the full account →Significant flooding occurred in the south and southeastern counties when up to 11 of rain fell during the late evening and overnight hours. The flooding rains were caused by large scale lift occurring over a moist but cool boundary layer.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm outflow boundary from storms in the Dallas area moved southward into South Central Texas as a second outflow boundary from thunderstorms in the Abilene area moved southeastward.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm outflow boundary from storms in the Dallas area moved southward into South Central Texas as a second outflow boundary from thunderstorms in the Abilene area moved southeastward.
Read the full account →A complex of showers and thunderstorms moved southeast through portions of the Texas Panhandle during the overnight period of June 7th-8th. This complex moved fairly quickly only dropping 0.5 up to around 0.75 of rain.
Read the full account →A second night of strong thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Permian Basin and resulted in flash flooding on the 30th. The most significant flash flooding occured across Pecos and Ector Counties, where rescue crews had to remove stranded motorists from stalled…
Read the full account →A strong upper level storm system in combination with the dryline resulted in several severe thunderstorms over much of the Big Country and western Concho Valley. Initially, the storms were supercells and produced a few tornadoes in Haskell County.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon of the 7th a line of thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico and proceeded to move east into and across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The strongest and most severe of these storms mainly impacted the TX Panhandle as it progressed.
Read the full account →A potent upper level storm system centered near the Four Corners region moved eastward across the Central Plains through the evening hours. Support from a dryline and weak Pacific cold front associated with the upper storm system moved southeast and caused thunderstorms in the…
Read the full account →A strong easterly fetch off the Gulf produced coastal flooding along the upper Texas coast from April 25th-27th. The most extensive flooding/damage occurred from High Island to Jamaica Beach along the Gulf and the western shore of Galveston Bay.
Read the full account →The combination of a strong area of high pressure across the Mid-South and a coastal trough that developed into a coastal low led to widespread beach erosion and minor coastal flooding along South Padre Island the weekend of November 19th through November 21st.
Read the full account →The combination of a strong area of high pressure across the Mid-South and a coastal trough that developed into a coastal low led to widespread beach erosion and minor coastal flooding along South Padre Island the weekend of November 19th through November 21st.
Read the full account →On Friday, June 20, 1997, an upper level low pressure area approached South Central Texas from the southwest, becoming nearly stationary over the area through the next evening.
Read the full account →On Friday, June 20, 1997, an upper level low pressure area approached South Central Texas from the southwest, becoming nearly stationary over the area through the next evening.
Read the full account →On Friday, June 20, 1997, an upper level low pressure area approached South Central Texas from the southwest, becoming nearly stationary over the area through the next evening.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms formed late in the evening of October 1st, moving slowly northward and continuing to reform between the towns of Hondo, Medina and Bandera.
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