4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The Great October FloodIn advance of a very slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure over West Texas, a cold front drifted slowly southeastward into West Central Texas during the evening of Friday, October 16th.
Read the full account →The Great October FloodIn advance of a very slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure over West Texas, a cold front drifted slowly southeastward into West Central Texas during the evening of Friday, October 16th.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Charley made landfall near Port Aransas the night of Friday, August 21st. With very light winds through the mid and upper atmosphere and extremely high preciptable water values, the stage had been set for an extended heavy rainfall event.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Charley made landfall near Port Aransas the night of Friday, August 21st. With very light winds through the mid and upper atmosphere and extremely high preciptable water values, the stage had been set for an extended heavy rainfall event.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Charley made landfall near Port Aransas the night of Friday, August 21st. With very light winds through the mid and upper atmosphere and extremely high preciptable water values, the stage had been set for an extended heavy rainfall event.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Charley made landfall near Port Aransas the night of Friday, August 21st. With very light winds through the mid and upper atmosphere and extremely high preciptable water values, the stage had been set for an extended heavy rainfall event.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Charley made landfall near Port Aransas the night of Friday, August 21st. With very light winds through the mid and upper atmosphere and extremely high preciptable water values, the stage had been set for an extended heavy rainfall event.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →By nightfall on the evening of Saturday, August 22nd, the remains of Charley had stalled over southern Uvalde and northern Zavala Counties. Heavy rainfall from the previous week had left soils in the two counties saturated.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.
Read the full account →The flooding November 12-14 at first appeared dangerously similar to the devastating flood of the previous month over South Texas. An upper disturbance had moved slowly eastward toward South Texas from the Southwestern US, extending far enough south to draw deep tropical…
Read the full account →Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell over the above counties in just under four hours. Maximum rainfall was in eastern Bandera and eastern Kerr Counties, where 6 inches was reported, and in western Bexar and western Comal Counties, where 5 inches was reported.
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.
Read the full account →The flooding November 12-14 at first appeared dangerously similar to the devastating flood of the previous month over South Texas. An upper disturbance had moved slowly eastward toward South Texas from the Southwestern US, extending far enough south to draw deep tropical…
Read the full account →An isolated thunderstorm produced 6 to 10 inches of rain across extreme northern Crockett County during the early morning hours of the 22nd. The rainfall quickly ran off into Teepee Draw, with flood waters knocking down fences along the draw in northern Crockett County.
Read the full account →Several severe thunderstorms formed over western north Texas during the late afternoon and evening of the 19th. Two 45-foot grain silos, filled to capacity, were reported to have been blown over in Stanfield in Clay County, while also in Clay County, 2 miles south of Dean, a…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms affected western north Texas during the evening of the 16th, resulting in 1 tornado, numerous reports of large hail, and 1 report of damaging straight-line winds.
Read the full account →Very slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed shortly after sunrise over the western parts of South Central Texas on the morning of the 18th. Rainfall totals across the five county area ranged from 2 to 4 inches with isolated reports of up to 5 inches.
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