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Texas Flood Stories

4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · Aug 14, 2022

Much needed rainfall occurred over the Coastal Bend of south Texas on August 14th and 15th as an area of low pressure, that formed over the northwest Gulf of Mexico, moved inland.

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · Aug 14, 2022

Much needed rainfall occurred over the Coastal Bend of south Texas on August 14th and 15th as an area of low pressure, that formed over the northwest Gulf of Mexico, moved inland.

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · Aug 15, 2022

Much needed rainfall occurred over the Coastal Bend of south Texas on August 14th and 15th as an area of low pressure, that formed over the northwest Gulf of Mexico, moved inland.

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · Aug 15, 2022

Much needed rainfall occurred over the Coastal Bend of south Texas on August 14th and 15th as an area of low pressure, that formed over the northwest Gulf of Mexico, moved inland.

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · Aug 15, 2022

Much needed rainfall occurred over the Coastal Bend of south Texas on August 14th and 15th as an area of low pressure, that formed over the northwest Gulf of Mexico, moved inland.

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Flood$10K damage

Kinney, TX · Aug 24, 1998

The heavy rainfall from the late night rainfall of the 23rd and the early morning rainfall of the 24thproduced a flood wave along the Rio Grande River that moved through Kinney County during the morning and afternoon of the 24th, and across Maverick County from the afternoon of…

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Flood$10K damage

Maverick, TX · Aug 24, 1998

The heavy rainfall from the late night rainfall of the 23rd and the early morning rainfall of the 24thproduced a flood wave along the Rio Grande River that moved through Kinney County during the morning and afternoon of the 24th, and across Maverick County from the afternoon of…

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Flood$10K damage

San Saba, TX · Nov 3, 2000

Heavy rainfall of 6 to 10 inches across Menard, McCulloch, and San Saba counties caused the San Saba River to climb out of its banks. The river crested near Menard on the afternoon of the 3rd at the flood stage of 18.0 feet.

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Flood$10K damage

Hockley, TX · Sep 11, 2008

The first half of September brought historic rains to the west Texas South Plains. Beginning late on the 10th, and persisting through the 12th, numerous rain showers impacted the region.

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Flood$10K damage

Lynn, TX · Sep 11, 2008

The first half of September brought historic rains to the west Texas South Plains. Beginning late on the 10th, and persisting through the 12th, numerous rain showers impacted the region.

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Flood$10K damage

Hunt, TX · May 3, 2009

The combination of a southward advancing cold front, warm air advection over the cold front, and an approaching shortwave aided in an explosive period that began the afternoon of May 2nd and continued into the morning hours of May 3rd.

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Flood

Yoakum, TX · May 10, 2022

Widespread severe thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of the tenth as a weak upper level disturbance ejected overhead northward out of Mexico. The initial activity rapidly developed near the dryline, which was located near the Texas/New Mexico line, late Tuesday afternoon.

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Flood

Cherokee, TX · May 5, 2022

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.

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Flood

Gregg, TX · May 5, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rusk, TX · May 5, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rusk, TX · May 5, 2022

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.

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Flood

Rusk, TX · May 5, 2022

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.

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Flood

Cameron, TX · Aug 14, 2022

A trough of low pressure drifted from near the Louisiana Coast on August 12th to the Middle Texas coast by early on the 14th. The trough, which included a mid-level circulation, moved across the coast near Riviera and would continue through Laredo between the 14th and 15th…

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Flood

Potter, TX · Aug 29, 2022

Plenty of moisture and instability was found across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles on the afternoon of the 29th. Afternoon heating sparked some thunderstorms across much of the southwestern to central Texas Panhandle while another line of storms formed in the…

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Flood

Potter, TX · Aug 29, 2022

Plenty of moisture and instability was found across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles on the afternoon of the 29th. Afternoon heating sparked some thunderstorms across much of the southwestern to central Texas Panhandle while another line of storms formed in the…

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Flood

Randall, TX · Aug 29, 2022

Plenty of moisture and instability was found across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles on the afternoon of the 29th. Afternoon heating sparked some thunderstorms across much of the southwestern to central Texas Panhandle while another line of storms formed in the…

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Flood

Tarrant, TX · Aug 22, 2022

A slow-moving upper trough combined with a stalling front, and a large swath of tropical moisture, to produce record and near-record rainfall across parts of North Texas late August 21 through August 22.

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Flood

Tarrant, TX · Aug 22, 2022

A slow-moving upper trough combined with a stalling front, and a large swath of tropical moisture, to produce record and near-record rainfall across parts of North Texas late August 21 through August 22.

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Storm Surge/Tide$10K damage

Nueces, TX · Sep 6, 2010

Tropical Depression Hermine was a unique storm in that it formed as a result of the remnants of Tropical Depression number eleven in the Pacific crossing into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico on Sunday September 5, 2010.

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