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4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$30K damage

Randall, TX · May 16, 2021

For the second consecutve day, upper level disturbances rotating around a large upper level low positioned across California and Nevada contributed to scattered thunderstorms development across portions of the Panhandles.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Limestone, TX · May 24, 2024

With a highly unstable airmass in place, a meandering front, a dryline, and a shortwave trough all worked together to generate multiple rounds of thunderstorms May 23 and 24.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Ector, TX · Jun 28, 2021

An upper level low pressure system was over the Arizona and New Mexico border. There was a stationary front across the area which provided additional lift over West Texas. Abundant moisture was continuing to move into the region.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Midland, TX · Jun 28, 2021

An upper level low pressure system was over the Arizona and New Mexico border. There was a stationary front across the area which provided additional lift over West Texas. Abundant moisture was continuing to move into the region.

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Flood$200K damage

Midland, TX · Jun 28, 2021

An upper level low pressure system was over the Arizona and New Mexico border. There was a stationary front across the area which provided additional lift over West Texas. Abundant moisture was continuing to move into the region.

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Flash Flood$2.5M damage

Willacy, TX · Oct 24, 2015

Moisture from Hurricane Patricia, additional lift from the slowly east���moving bands, and the approach of a front/wind shift from the ranchlands combined to produce a two hour period of blinding rains across most of Willacy, with the highest totals once again in the San…

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Nueces, TX · Jun 20, 2018

A tropical wave moved into South Texas on June 18th. A series of upper level disturbances interacted with this wave throughout its life cycle.

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Flood$2.5M damage

Willacy, TX · Oct 25, 2015

Moisture from Hurricane Patricia, additional lift from the slowly east���moving bands, and the approach of a front/wind shift from the ranchlands combined to produce a two hour period of blinding rains across most of Willacy, with the highest totals once again in the San…

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Storm Surge/Tide$25K damage

Coastal Calhoun County, TX · Sep 13, 2021

An area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea on September 9th moved west into the Bay of Campeche by the 11th. The low pressure area strengthened to become Tropical Storm Nicholas over the southern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of the 12th.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Dallas, TX · Jul 12, 2025

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred the weekend of July 12, influenced by remnant outflow boundaries, a stalled front, and a slow-moving upper low.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Dallas, TX · Jul 12, 2025

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred the weekend of July 12, influenced by remnant outflow boundaries, a stalled front, and a slow-moving upper low.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Lampasas, TX · Jul 13, 2025

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred the weekend of July 12, influenced by remnant outflow boundaries, a stalled front, and a slow-moving upper low.

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Flash Flood$18K damage

Grayson, TX · May 12, 2024

A pair of shortwave troughs generated two rounds of thunderstorms; one on May 11 and the other on May 12. Most storms occurred on Sunday as the second and stronger disturbance moved overhead.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Dallas, TX · Jul 22, 2024

An upper trough draped across the central and eastern U.S. and a stalled front over Central Texas combined to generated scattered showers and thunderstorms July 21 through July 23.

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Flood

Cameron, TX · Jun 5, 2023

A shortwave that turned into a baggy trough over eastern Texas provided Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley with several rounds of showers and storms June 3rd through June 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$50K damage

Kleberg County Islands, TX · Jul 25, 2020

Hurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.

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Tropical Storm$50K damage

Coastal San Patrico County, TX · Jul 25, 2020

Hurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.

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Tropical Storm$50K damage

Coastal Kleberg County, TX · Jul 25, 2020

Hurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.

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Tropical Storm$50K damage

Inland Kleberg County, TX · Jul 25, 2020

Hurricane Hanna was the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season and made landfall on the lower Texas coast north of Port Mansfield on the afternoon of the 25th. Hanna was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Harvey.

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Tropical Storm

Inland Kleberg County, TX · Aug 22, 2023

Tropical Storm Harold moved west across south Texas on the 22nd. An area of low pressure developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on the 21st.

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Tropical Storm

Coastal Kleberg County, TX · Aug 22, 2023

Tropical Storm Harold moved west across south Texas on the 22nd. An area of low pressure developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on the 21st.

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Tropical Storm

Kleberg County Islands, TX · Aug 22, 2023

Tropical Storm Harold moved west across south Texas on the 22nd. An area of low pressure developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on the 21st.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Comal, TX · Oct 14, 2021

A complicated weather pattern developed over South Central Texas when a dryline and cold front moved out of West Texas as an upper level low moved into the Central Plains. At the same time the remnants of Pacific Hurricane Pamela moved across northern Mexico.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Webb, TX · Aug 15, 2022

As the tropical disturbance moves west into the Brush Country on the 15th, bands of showers and thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall. This caused flash flooding in the Laredo area and over portions of the Brush Country.

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