4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Toward the end of June, 2002, a trough of low pressure, featuring a cold-core low on its north end, moved inland from the western Gulf of Mexico across the Texas Coast.
Read the full account →Toward the end of June, 2002, a trough of low pressure, featuring a cold-core low on its north end, moved inland from the western Gulf of Mexico across the Texas Coast.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over south Texas in combination with a upper level storm system moving out of the Southwest Portion of the United States resulted in heavy rains and flooding for the second time this month across the Edwards Plateau and the Northwest Hill Country.
Read the full account →A microburst was observed during the early evening by the NWS staff six miles northwest of the airport. No severe reports were received with the event. Later in the evening, a severe thunderstorm developed and affected the city of West Odessa.
Read the full account →An active round of severe thunderstorms, including a very serious flash flood situation, affected parts of West Texas on the 24th. The situation evolved as numerous thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary which was roughly oriented along the Interstate 20 corridor in…
Read the full account →Tropical-like rainfall occurred over portions of west Texas during the last weekend in September. On Sunday the 26th, widespread flash floods resulted from heavy rains that accompanied a complex of warm topped convection that propagated slowly from the mountains of southwest…
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall over west Texas resulted in periods of flash flooding that began late on the 14th and persisted through the 16th. Records for November precipitation were set during the three day period at several observing sites.
Read the full account →May 3 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary...Severe thunderstorms initially developed over the central South Plains region during the late afternoon hours of the 3rd. This activity produced large hail as it affected portions of Lubbock and Crosby Counties.
Read the full account →A cold front moved into South-Central Texas during the late afternoon hours of Saturday, September 23rd, producing a broken line of thunderstorms. A very moist and unstable atmosphere was in place across South Texas, along with a modest low-level jet.
Read the full account →Hurricane Humberto made landfall as a strong category one hurricane in rural southwestern Jefferson County early in the morning on September 13th, over McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms that developed during the evening hours of April 8th, continued during the overnight hours and into the morning hours of April 9th. These thunderstorms continued to produce large hail along with damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
Read the full account →Another vigorous upper level disturbance dropped southward from western Texas into Northern Mexico, contributing to the development of another complex of strong thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of August 22nd across already waterlogged southwestern Starr County,…
Read the full account →Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…
Read the full account →A very unstable airmass developed across the four state region during the afternoon hours of May 2nd. A weak cold front had moved southward during the morning hours into southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas and had stalled.
Read the full account →A slow moving tropical upper level system brought rainfall to north Texas for 5-6 days. Total rainfall accumulations across north Texas ranged from less than an inch to nearly 15 inches. Most locations picked up 2-10 inches over the entire event.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms swept southeastward over the South Plains region of west Texas during the evening hours of the 29th. These storms resulted in widespread severe wind gusts.
Read the full account →Feeder bands from intensifying Hurricane Alex produced a prolonged period of locally heavy rain, gusty winds, and a few tornadoes during the day and evening of June 30th.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine moved through the western portions of north Texas dropping several inches of water in some locations and producing 8 tornadoes. Significant flash flooding occurred during the late evening hours of September 7th through September 8th.
Read the full account →On Friday September 17th, 2010, Hurricane Karl made landfall over central Mexico near Veracruz nearly 600 miles south of Corpus Christi Texas. However, well to the north of Karl, a very moist tropical air mass resided and became the focus for a significant rainfall event.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system tracked east across the Red River Valley of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas during the afternoon of January 8th, before shifting across Northeast Texas into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 9th.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system tracked east across the Red River Valley of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas during the afternoon of January 8th, before shifting across Northeast Texas into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 9th.
Read the full account →A surface low was centered over the southern Texas Panhandle with a stationary front extending through southern Oklahoma into southern Arkansas eastward into northern Mississippi.
Read the full account →A surface low was centered over the southern Texas Panhandle with a stationary front extending through southern Oklahoma into southern Arkansas eastward into northern Mississippi.
Read the full account →A large upper trough dug through the Southern Plains during the afternoon and overnight hours on April 12th-13th, allowing the dry line to mix east into Central Texas.
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