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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.

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Bowie, TX · May 26, 2021

Following a decaying complex of showers and thunderstorms that moved east across East Texas, extreme Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon and evening on May 25th, additional showers and thunderstorms redeveloped across portions of extreme Northeast…

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Cameron, TX · May 19, 2021

A thunderstorm complex moved from the Rio Grande Plains into the Rio Grande Valley during the morning and early afternoon hours on May 19th. The slow forward speed of this complex led to heavy, and locally flooding rain across much of the lower Rio Grande Valley, where rainfall…

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Bailey, TX · May 17, 2021

A widespread severe thunderstorm event occurred on the afternoon and evening of the 17th. Thunderstorms initially formed along a dryline near the Texas/New Mexico state line and along an outflow boundary from previous day storms.

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Hidalgo, TX · May 19, 2021

A thunderstorm complex moved from the Rio Grande Plains into the Rio Grande Valley during the morning and early afternoon hours on May 19th. The slow forward speed of this complex led to heavy, and locally flooding rain across much of the lower Rio Grande Valley, where rainfall…

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Smith, TX · Jul 19, 2021

A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of July 19th across portions of Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas, near a weak surface front and associated upper level trough that slowly sank south into East Texas and North Louisiana…

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Smith, TX · Jul 19, 2021

A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of July 19th across portions of Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas, near a weak surface front and associated upper level trough that slowly sank south into East Texas and North Louisiana…

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Cherokee, TX · Jul 12, 2021

In wake of a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that moved through the region during the morning hours of July 11th, the air mass remained stable for much of the day, despite a weak surface frontal system becoming stationary across portions of the I-30 corridor of Northeast Texas…

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Gregg, TX · Jul 19, 2021

A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of July 19th across portions of Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas, near a weak surface front and associated upper level trough that slowly sank south into East Texas and North Louisiana…

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Gregg, TX · Jul 19, 2021

A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of July 19th across portions of Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas, near a weak surface front and associated upper level trough that slowly sank south into East Texas and North Louisiana…

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Carson, TX · Jul 1, 2021

A weak upper level disturbance and slow moving frontal boundary interacted with copious moisture that was in place to produce thunderstorms with heavy rainfall across the Panhandles beginning Thursday afternoon June 1 and continuing through the early morning hours on June 2.

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Hidalgo, TX · Jul 6, 2021

A slow-moving low pressure system drew in ample amounts of Gulf moisture on July 6th, allowing for very heavy rainfall to occur across portions of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

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Hidalgo, TX · Jul 6, 2021

A slow-moving low pressure system drew in ample amounts of Gulf moisture on July 6th, allowing for very heavy rainfall to occur across portions of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

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Cameron, TX · Jul 6, 2021

A slow-moving low pressure system drew in ample amounts of Gulf moisture on July 6th, allowing for very heavy rainfall to occur across portions of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

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San Patricio, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Nueces, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Smith, TX · Aug 18, 2021

A weak upper trough axis remained nearly stationary across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the day on August 18th, with a weak surface trough stationary over these areas as well.

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Flash Flood

Smith, TX · Aug 18, 2021

A weak upper trough axis remained nearly stationary across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the day on August 18th, with a weak surface trough stationary over these areas as well.

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Smith, TX · Aug 18, 2021

A weak upper trough axis remained nearly stationary across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the day on August 18th, with a weak surface trough stationary over these areas as well.

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San Patricio, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Flash Flood

San Patricio, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Aransas, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Kleberg, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Victoria, TX · May 19, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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Victoria, TX · May 18, 2021

An upper trough rotating across the Rio Grande resulted in widespread shower and thunderstorm development across South Texas during the evening hours of May 18th and continued into May 19th.

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