4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A weak upper level low moved into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico and interacted with a very moist environment. Precipitable water values across South Central Texas were above two inches.
Read the full account →Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8.
Read the full account →Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8.
Read the full account →Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8.
Read the full account →Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8.
Read the full account →Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →An upper trough was slowly moving across the Central Plains. A lingering cold front from the previous day was still across the area providing a source of lift along with the upper trough. West Texas was also under a favorable region of the jet stream for lift.
Read the full account →An upper trough was slowly moving across the Central Plains. A lingering cold front from the previous day was still across the area providing a source of lift along with the upper trough. West Texas was also under a favorable region of the jet stream for lift.
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