4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A weak surface low pressure system strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda just after noon on September 17th around 15 miles south southwest of Freeport. Imelda moved onshore near Freeport and quickly weakened to a tropical depression.
Read the full account →A weak surface low pressure system strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda just after noon on September 17th around 15 miles south southwest of Freeport. Imelda moved onshore near Freeport and quickly weakened to a tropical depression.
Read the full account →A weak surface low pressure system strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda just after noon on September 17th around 15 miles south southwest of Freeport. Imelda moved onshore near Freeport and quickly weakened to a tropical depression.
Read the full account →A weak surface low pressure system strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda just after noon on September 17th around 15 miles south southwest of Freeport. Imelda moved onshore near Freeport and quickly weakened to a tropical depression.
Read the full account →A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…
Read the full account →Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24th, 2019, to produce another memorable -…
Read the full account →Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24th, 2019, to produce another memorable -…
Read the full account →Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24th, 2019, to produce another memorable -…
Read the full account →A persistent upper level trough over the western United States allowed for another day of convective development across the South Plains of West Texas.
Read the full account →Significant moisture was in place on the 15th of June when a strong upper level trough moved over the Rocky Mountains into the Oklahoma Panhandle and west Texas to include the Texas Panhandle.
Read the full account →A persistent upper level trough over the western United States allowed for another day of convective development across the South Plains of West Texas.
Read the full account →Scattered afternoon thunderstorms across the western half of the Texas Panhandle became more numerous during the evening as they moved east. By early evening the thunderstorms congealed into a line which moved across the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle during the evening of…
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the Texas Panhandle, and was oriented from southwest to northeast over the region. The temperatures and moisture contrast along the front in-conjunction with a potent mid-level disturbance provided plenty of instability and lift for thunderstorms to…
Read the full account →A cold front stalled across the Texas Panhandle, and was oriented from southwest to northeast over the region. The temperatures and moisture contrast along the front in-conjunction with a potent mid-level disturbance provided plenty of instability and lift for thunderstorms to…
Read the full account →The afternoon of the 20th was the beginning of an extended period of several weeks of severe weather for the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas. A high risk of severe weather was issued by the Storm Prediction Center in the morning for the afternoon of the 20th.
Read the full account →Another day of long-lived widespread severe weather was observed on the South Plains of West Texas on the afternoon and evening of the 23rd. The first report of severe weather was received at 1518 CST with the final report at 2309 CST.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level storm system followed a favorable track for Panhandles severe thunderstorms as it crossed southern Nevada and moved east into the Desert Southwest.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level storm system followed a favorable track for Panhandles severe thunderstorms as it crossed southern Nevada and moved east into the Desert Southwest.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system moved across New Mexico approaching the western panhandles by the evening of the 22nd. Out ahead of the main upper level system, low level moisture along with sufficient instability allowed thunderstorms to develop.
Read the full account →A very strong line of thunderstorms that developed across eastern New Mexico moved east and through the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles the evening of May 26th through the early morning hours of the 27th.
Read the full account →On May 1, a very unstable airmass, dryline and a residual outflow boundary combined across the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20 to trigger a few supercell thunderstorms. These ingredients resulted in two tornado reports and a few hail reports.
Read the full account →On May 1, a very unstable airmass, dryline and a residual outflow boundary combined across the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20 to trigger a few supercell thunderstorms. These ingredients resulted in two tornado reports and a few hail reports.
Read the full account →On May 1, a very unstable airmass, dryline and a residual outflow boundary combined across the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20 to trigger a few supercell thunderstorms. These ingredients resulted in two tornado reports and a few hail reports.
Read the full account →On May 1, a very unstable airmass, dryline and a residual outflow boundary combined across the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20 to trigger a few supercell thunderstorms. These ingredients resulted in two tornado reports and a few hail reports.
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