4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A weak upper level disturbance combined with differential heating and old outflow boundaries to produce a large cluster of slow moving thunderstorms across Brooks and Kenedy County during the afternoon of May 25th.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding occurred across much of the county with the heaviest band of rain in excess of 6 inches stretching from the Crane County line north of McCamey to northeastern Upton County near Midkiff.
Read the full account →A highly unstable and strongly sheared environment set the stage for an evening of severe weather, as a line of thunderstorms pushed south from the Southern Plains into North Texas on June 8.
Read the full account →A tropical airmass in place over much of the area, daytime heating, and an upper level disturbance over west Texas combined to produce scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms moved across the western...south-central and northern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and evening hours. The severe storms produced damaging winds and large hail along with an isolated tornado and flash flooding.
Read the full account →Slow-moving thunderstorms over the same area and producing very heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding across the south central Texas Panhandle during the evening hours. Numerous vehicles were stranded in the high water, however no injuries were reported.
Read the full account →Rainfall of between 2 and 3 inches fell over Comal, Guadalupe and northern Bexar Counties. Isolated totals of 4 inches were reported in Guadalupe County and in the northern part of San Antonio in Bexar County.
Read the full account →An upper level ridge was centered over the Texas Coast with an upper-low pressure system over Northern California. A dryline was across portions of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. High moisture and instability were present to the east of the dryline.
Read the full account →Four days of moderate to heavy rainfall due to tropical moisture influx from Hurricane John (which was moving up the Baja Peninsula) led to widespread flooding in the El Paso area. Water entered homes in central El Paso, and covered the majority of the roads in the two counties.
Read the full account →Berry Creek crested at 12.3' at IH 35 near Georgetown, flood stage 11 feet, causing moderate lowland flooding, but with no reports of significant damage.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms continued to erupt in an unstable environment behind the MCS that moved through north Texas on the 10th. Training cells moved across the northern portions of the Metroplex and Dallas County resulting in significant flash flooding.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms continued to erupt in an unstable environment behind the MCS that moved through north Texas on the 10th. Training cells moved across the northern portions of the Metroplex and Dallas County resulting in significant flash flooding.
Read the full account →Moist southerly surface winds this afternoon combined with an extension of upper level moisture originating from Tropical Depression Miriam in the Eastern Pacific.
Read the full account →The remains of a tropical storm were across the eastern Pacific near the southern tip of Baja, California. Mid-level flow across the area was from the southwest which allowed for tropical moisture to get transported into the region.
Read the full account →Storms developed along a dry line which moved into north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 18th. Rich Gulf moisture and ample instability helped the storms develop further as they encountered a warm front to the east.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system dropped southward out of the Central Plains and into the Middle Red River Valley of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas.
Read the full account →The combination of a surface boundary, moderate instability and good vertical wind shear lead to an isolated supercell thunderstorm over the northern Concho Valley during the evening.
Read the full account →The combination of a surface boundary, moderate instability and good vertical wind shear lead to an isolated supercell thunderstorm over the northern Concho Valley during the evening.
Read the full account →The combination of a surface boundary, moderate instability and good vertical wind shear lead to an isolated supercell thunderstorm over the northern Concho Valley during the evening.
Read the full account →From the July 4th weekend into the early part of the following week, a weak upper trough lingered over North and Central Texas, triggering several days of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →From the July 4th weekend into the early part of the following week, a weak upper trough lingered over North and Central Texas, triggering several days of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →From the July 4th weekend into the early part of the following week, a weak upper trough lingered over North and Central Texas, triggering several days of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →From the July 4th weekend into the early part of the following week, a weak upper trough lingered over North and Central Texas, triggering several days of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →From the July 4th weekend into the early part of the following week, a weak upper trough lingered over North and Central Texas, triggering several days of scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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