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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

Bee, TX · Apr 25, 2022

A strongly unstable air mass developed over south Texas ahead of a frontal boundary on April 25th. Severe storms developed ahead of the boundary and moved south over the Coastal Bend during the late afternoon and early evening.

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Armstrong, TX · Sep 19, 2019

Deep trough over the western half of the United States funneled moisture northeast into the Panhandles. A surface trough near the New Mexico State Line helped spark late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the central and south-central Texas Panhandle produced strong…

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Armstrong, TX · Sep 19, 2019

Deep trough over the western half of the United States funneled moisture northeast into the Panhandles. A surface trough near the New Mexico State Line helped spark late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the central and south-central Texas Panhandle produced strong…

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Armstrong, TX · Sep 19, 2019

Deep trough over the western half of the United States funneled moisture northeast into the Panhandles. A surface trough near the New Mexico State Line helped spark late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the central and south-central Texas Panhandle produced strong…

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Armstrong, TX · Sep 19, 2019

Deep trough over the western half of the United States funneled moisture northeast into the Panhandles. A surface trough near the New Mexico State Line helped spark late afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the central and south-central Texas Panhandle produced strong…

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Deaf Smith, TX · Jul 17, 2021

On the evening of the 17th of July 2021, thunderstorms formed over higher terrain in northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado. These storms moved southeast into the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.

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Deaf Smith, TX · Jul 17, 2021

On the evening of the 17th of July 2021, thunderstorms formed over higher terrain in northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado. These storms moved southeast into the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, TX · Sep 22, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Harris, TX · Sep 22, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Galveston Island And Bolivar Peninsula, TX · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Coastal Galveston, TX · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Coastal Harris, TX · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Coastal Matagorda, TX · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Brazoria Islands, TX · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall near Matagorda bay on September 21. As the system pushed slowly inland, portions of SE Texas experienced flash flooding from heavy rain bands, storm surge, and some strong wind gusts.

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Flash Flood

Kerr, TX · Jun 12, 1999

Rainfall averaging between 3 and 4 inches fell over much of Bandera and Kerr Counties, with the heaviest amount between 5 and 6 inches falling near Mountain Home in northern Kerr County. Many low water crossings were flooded across the two counties.

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Flash Flood

Bandera, TX · Jun 12, 1999

Rainfall averaging between 3 and 4 inches fell over much of Bandera and Kerr Counties, with the heaviest amount between 5 and 6 inches falling near Mountain Home in northern Kerr County. Many low water crossings were flooded across the two counties.

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Flash Flood

Comanche, TX · Jun 11, 2009

Thunderstorms erupted along the dryline just west of north Texas in the mid afternoon hours. These severe storms merged into a large HP supercell that moved southeast from Comanche County through Lampasas County.

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Flash Flood

Wood, TX · Feb 23, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Bowie, TX · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Red River, TX · Feb 22, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Angelina, TX · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Red River, TX · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Franklin, TX · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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Sabine, TX · Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the…

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