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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$50K damage

Collin, TX · May 2, 2007

A split in the upper levels of the atmosphere steered several southern stream impulses into north Texas, producing flash flooding, strong winds, and a few tornadoes. The most impressive of these events was a derecho which moved through North Texas on May 2.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Parker, TX · Mar 30, 2007

An upper low pressure system situated to the west brought large scale lift to north Texas. Southerly winds brought deep rich moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. These and other factors caused numerous thunderstorms to develop.

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Tropical Storm$15K damage

Robertson, TX · Sep 13, 2008

After slamming into the Gulf coast, Hurricane Ike weakened slowly as it moved north. Several counties in east Texas received damaging winds from the storm. Sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts up to 50 MPH were reported for several hours as T.S. Ike moved east of the area.

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Flash Flood

Rusk, TX · Mar 4, 2020

A weak and shallow cold front drifted south across much of East Texas into Central Louisiana during the early morning hours of March 4th, providing slightly cooler and more stable air at the surface in its wake across much of the Ark-La-Tex.

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Flash Flood

Rusk, TX · Mar 4, 2020

A weak and shallow cold front drifted south across much of East Texas into Central Louisiana during the early morning hours of March 4th, providing slightly cooler and more stable air at the surface in its wake across much of the Ark-La-Tex.

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Flash Flood

Cherokee, TX · Mar 4, 2020

A weak and shallow cold front drifted south across much of East Texas into Central Louisiana during the early morning hours of March 4th, providing slightly cooler and more stable air at the surface in its wake across much of the Ark-La-Tex.

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Flash Flood

Gillespie, TX · May 27, 2020

An upper level low and surface cold front interacted to generate thunderstorms. The airmass these features moved into was strongly unstable with steep lapse rates aloft and was conducive for storms producing large hail and damaging wind gusts.

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Flash Flood

Bowie, TX · May 16, 2020

A slow moving upper level low pressure system drifted east across Central and Eastern Texas during the daytime hours of May 16th. Meanwhile, the attendant surface low pressure system over East Central Texas drifted east into Northeast Texas during the afternoon, with a southerly…

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Flash Flood

Smith, TX · Apr 12, 2020

Warm, moist, and unstable air surged north into East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the evening through the early morning hours of April 11th-12th, along a warm front that lifted north across much of East Texas into North Louisiana.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, TX · Apr 12, 2020

Warm, moist, and unstable air surged north into East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas during the evening through the early morning hours of April 11th-12th, along a warm front that lifted north across much of East Texas into North Louisiana.

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Flash Flood

Nacogdoches, TX · Apr 22, 2020

An upper level trough ejected east-northeast across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles during the morning of April 22nd, before shifting across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Shelby, TX · Apr 22, 2020

An upper level trough ejected east-northeast across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles during the morning of April 22nd, before shifting across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, TX · Apr 22, 2020

An upper level trough ejected east-northeast across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles during the morning of April 22nd, before shifting across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Nacogdoches, TX · Apr 22, 2020

An upper level trough ejected east-northeast across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles during the morning of April 22nd, before shifting across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Shelby, TX · Apr 22, 2020

An upper level trough ejected east-northeast across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles during the morning of April 22nd, before shifting across much of Oklahoma during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Garza, TX · May 23, 2020

Widespread supercell thunderstorms developed across the South Plains on the afternoon and evening of the 23rd producing very large hail, a tornado, and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Jack, TX · May 22, 2020

May 22nd - 24th, 2020 was an active few days with two main time frames of severe weather, and scattered severe weather reports punctuated elsewhere within these few days.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Smith, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Smith, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Smith, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Gregg, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Gregg, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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Flash Flood

Gregg, TX · Feb 12, 2020

Areas of showers remained persistent across much of the Ark-La-Tex through much of the day on February 11th, along the subtropical jet stream that extended over much of Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system just off the…

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