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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$20K damage

Gillespie, TX · Jun 20, 1999

Thunderstorms repeatedly dropped heavy rainfall over Gillespie and Kerr counties early on Sunday afternoon. Rain totals over the two counties averaged between 3 and 4 inches, with up to 5 inches reported at Hunt in western Kerr County and as much as 7 inches at Fredericksburg…

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Flash Flood

Young, TX · Apr 24, 2025

Thunderstorm complexes which developed across the Hill Country and Northwest Texas during the afternoons of April 23 and 24 propagated southeast across North and Central Texas each night into the following mornings.

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Flash Flood

Navarro, TX · Apr 24, 2025

Thunderstorm complexes which developed across the Hill Country and Northwest Texas during the afternoons of April 23 and 24 propagated southeast across North and Central Texas each night into the following mornings.

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Flash Flood

Scurry, TX · May 4, 2024

A cold front moved across the Permian Basin before stalling during the afternoon. Several intense supercells formed along and behind this front, producing very large hail. Another area of thunderstorms developed near Fort Stockton.

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Flash Flood

Ector, TX · May 4, 2024

A cold front moved across the Permian Basin before stalling during the afternoon. Several intense supercells formed along and behind this front, producing very large hail. Another area of thunderstorms developed near Fort Stockton.

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Flash Flood

Howard, TX · May 4, 2024

A cold front moved across the Permian Basin before stalling during the afternoon. Several intense supercells formed along and behind this front, producing very large hail. Another area of thunderstorms developed near Fort Stockton.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Potter, TX · Aug 30, 2002

Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and high winds along with very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding across the central and southwestern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.

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Flash Flood$130K damage

Harris, TX · Mar 12, 1997

Training rains caused significant flooding throughout the Houston metropolitan area. Many bayous/streams were overbanks for much of the day. Widespread street flooding occurred with HPD receiving 675 flood related calls from 6 AM to 3 PM.

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Flash Flood

Harris, TX · Jan 9, 2022

Scattered thunderstorms associated with the approach of an offshore low pressure system produced several tornadoes on the evening of January 8 and the early morning of January 9.

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Flash Flood

Liberty, TX · Jan 8, 2022

Scattered thunderstorms associated with the approach of an offshore low pressure system produced several tornadoes on the evening of January 8 and the early morning of January 9.

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Flash Flood

Liberty, TX · Jan 8, 2022

Scattered thunderstorms associated with the approach of an offshore low pressure system produced several tornadoes on the evening of January 8 and the early morning of January 9.

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Flash Flood

Bowie, TX · May 10, 2009

Severe high precipitation supercells developed across north central |Texas the evening of May 8th and moved slowly eastward just south of the Red River during the pre dawn hours of May 9th.

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Flash Flood

Dallas, TX · May 2, 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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Flash Flood

Rockwall, 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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Flash Flood

Dallas, TX · May 2, 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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Tropical Storm

Galveston, TX · Aug 30, 2003

The broad circulation of poorly organized Tropical Storm Grace made landfall between Port O'Connor and Freeport on August 31st. Grace was the second tropical cyclone to affect this portion of the Texas coast in less than two months (Hurricane Claudette moved through the Port…

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Tropical Storm

Galveston, TX · Sep 1, 2003

This flash flood event was from the remnants of Tropical Storm Grace. Grace's broad and poorly defined center moved inland between Port O'Connor and Freeport on the last day of August.

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Tropical Storm

Walker, TX · Sep 1, 2003

This flash flood event was from the remnants of Tropical Storm Grace. Grace's broad and poorly defined center moved inland between Port O'Connor and Freeport on the last day of August.

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Flood

Taylor, TX · Mar 30, 2007

A deep trough along the Rocky Mountains and a stationary front across West Central Texas combined to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms across the region.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Limestone, TX · Jun 10, 2010

A warm-core low pressure system slowly moved along the Interstate 35 corridor and provided a focus for deep-tropical convection to develop across the southeastern portions of North Texas.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Van Zandt, TX · Jun 10, 2010

A warm-core low pressure system slowly moved along the Interstate 35 corridor and provided a focus for deep-tropical convection to develop across the southeastern portions of North Texas.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Hunt, TX · Mar 18, 2008

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.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Fannin, TX · Mar 18, 2008

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.

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Flash Flood

Fayette, TX · Jan 24, 2024

An upper-level trough remained nearly stationary over the western US resulting in southwesterly flow over Texas. A stationary boundary stretched across central Texas with anomalously moist air south of the boundary.

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