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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

Bandera, TX · Oct 28, 1996

Additional rainfall of 2 to 3 inches over western Bandera County resulted in flash flooding through the early morning hours. Rainfall totals from the evening of the 27th through the morning of the 28th were between 3 and 5 inches, with up to 7 inch totals in the southwest…

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Flood

Culberson, TX · Jun 30, 2021

An upper level low pressure was to the west of the region which aided in atmospheric lift over Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Convergence was also over the area which allowed for more lift. An abundance of moisture was in place.

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · May 29, 2017

Scattered thunderstorms formed along the Rio Grande in Webb County during the evening hours of the 28th. The storms grew into a complex line that moved east southeast into the Coastal Bend down into Deep South Texas through the rest of the evening hours into the early morning…

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Flash Flood

Nueces, TX · May 29, 2017

Scattered thunderstorms formed along the Rio Grande in Webb County during the evening hours of the 28th. The storms grew into a complex line that moved east southeast into the Coastal Bend down into Deep South Texas through the rest of the evening hours into the early morning…

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Flash Flood

Lavaca, TX · Nov 15, 2001

Rainfall moved into the southeast sections of South Central Texas during the late afternoon and brought amounts of 3 to 4 inches over the southern parts of DeWitt, Karnes and Lavaca Counties. Flash flooding was short-lived, and generally confined to low-water crossings.

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Flash Flood

Karnes, TX · Nov 15, 2001

Rainfall moved into the southeast sections of South Central Texas during the late afternoon and brought amounts of 3 to 4 inches over the southern parts of DeWitt, Karnes and Lavaca Counties. Flash flooding was short-lived, and generally confined to low-water crossings.

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Flash Flood

De Witt, TX · Nov 15, 2001

Rainfall moved into the southeast sections of South Central Texas during the late afternoon and brought amounts of 3 to 4 inches over the southern parts of DeWitt, Karnes and Lavaca Counties. Flash flooding was short-lived, and generally confined to low-water crossings.

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Flash Flood

Kerr, TX · Mar 18, 1999

Thunderstorms moving slowly over Kerr, Gillespie and Llano Counties produced general 3 inch rainfall with isolated totals to near 5 inches. Flooding developed near 10 am CST and ended in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Gillespie, TX · Mar 18, 1999

Thunderstorms moving slowly over Kerr, Gillespie and Llano Counties produced general 3 inch rainfall with isolated totals to near 5 inches. Flooding developed near 10 am CST and ended in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Llano, TX · Mar 18, 1999

Thunderstorms moving slowly over Kerr, Gillespie and Llano Counties produced general 3 inch rainfall with isolated totals to near 5 inches. Flooding developed near 10 am CST and ended in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Edwards, TX · Jun 21, 1999

General 2 to 3 inch rainfall was reported from Uvalde northward along the Edwards-Real County line, with up to 6 inches in the Camp Wood area. SH337 was closed due to flash flooding between Leakey and Camp Wood.

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Flash Flood

Lampasas, 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

Dallas, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flash Flood

Dallas, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flood

Tarrant, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flood

Tarrant, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flood

Tarrant, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flood

Falls, TX · Jun 7, 2021

A series of mesoscale convective complexes developed over western portions of the Southern Plains and dived southeast through North and Central Texas, producing isolated instances of flooding and wind damage.

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Flash Flood

Dallas, TX · May 30, 2007

A convective system which moved through Oklahoma arrived in north Texas around daybreak on the 30th. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were recieved as well as flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Midland, TX · Oct 13, 2018

A tropical depression had made landfall over Baja, California and was moving across northern Mexico within upper level southwest winds. A cold front was moving across West Texas.

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Flash Flood

Winkler, TX · Oct 13, 2018

A tropical depression had made landfall over Baja, California and was moving across northern Mexico within upper level southwest winds. A cold front was moving across West Texas.

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Flash Flood

Midland, TX · Oct 13, 2018

A tropical depression had made landfall over Baja, California and was moving across northern Mexico within upper level southwest winds. A cold front was moving across West Texas.

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Flash Flood

Wise, TX · May 1, 2019

With an upper trough positioned to the west of the region and remaining nearly stationary, multiple upper level disturbances were able to generate several rounds of showers and thunderstorms, extending the active weather period from late April into the first part of May.

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Flash Flood

Wise, TX · May 1, 2019

With an upper trough positioned to the west of the region and remaining nearly stationary, multiple upper level disturbances were able to generate several rounds of showers and thunderstorms, extending the active weather period from late April into the first part of May.

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