4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Allison formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of June 5th, 80 miles south of Galveston. Allison moved northward, making landfall on the west end of Galveston Island between midnight and 1am on the 6th, less than 12 hours after forming.
Read the full account →The first surge of monsoon moisture still lingered over the Borderland and a weak mid-level trough moved through the El Paso area on July 1st.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Allison formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of June 5th, 80 miles south of Galveston. Allison moved northward, making landfall on the west end of Galveston Island between midnight and 1am on the 6th, less than 12 hours after forming.
Read the full account →An upper level trough was centered near the Four Corners region which brought an increase in upper level lift across West Texas. The area was in a favorable position under the upper level jet stream which also aided in lift.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing very heavy rainfall moved very slowly across the south central Texas Panhandle during the overnight hours. These storms produced four to five inches of rain or more in several locations...with nearly ten inches in a few locations.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level storm system combined with a stalled frontal boundary and high moisture levels to produce early morning showers and thunderstorms that trained for several hours and produced 4 to 6 inch rainfall totals along and near the U.S.
Read the full account →Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Odile continue to rotate around the area under an upper level ridge stretching over the region. The main focus for rainfall was more concentrated over the Trans Pecos and Southeast New Mexico at this time.
Read the full account →The eye of Hurricane Ike moved ashore in Galveston County near the city of Galveston. At landfall, Ike had a central pressure of 951.6 mb, as measured at Galveston Pleasure Pier, and a maximum estimated storm surge of 17 feet over portions of Chambers County and the Bolivar…
Read the full account →The remains of a tropical storm were across the eastern Pacific near the southern tip of Baja, California. Mid-level flow across the area was from the southwest which allowed for tropical moisture to get transported into the region.
Read the full account →The remains of a tropical storm were across the eastern Pacific near the southern tip of Baja, California. Mid-level flow across the area was from the southwest which allowed for tropical moisture to get transported into the region.
Read the full account →Heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of North Central Texas on the 23rd and 24th, with residual flooding lasting through at least the 25th. Rainfall totals in flood damaged areas ranged from 5 to 21+ inches within a 36 hour period.
Read the full account →A deep upper trough exited the Inter-Mountain West and moved into the Southern Plains on the 17th of November. Ahead of this trough, copious amounts of moisture streamed northward from the Eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
Read the full account →Heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of North Central Texas on the 23rd and 24th, with residual flooding lasting through at least the 25th. Rainfall totals in flood damaged areas ranged from 5 to 21+ inches within a 36 hour period.
Read the full account →An approaching broad upper low east of the Four Corners region placed eastern Texas in a favorable upper air pattern conducive to sustaining either a mesoscale storm complex or an organized linear storm system.
Read the full account →A weak upper level trough remained stagnant over North and Central Texas during the first week of July, generating isolated thunderstorms each afternoon.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moving into the Hill Country interacted with deep moisture over south Texas to produce a line of thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 3rd.|As the storms moved across south Texas, locally heavy rainfall occurred with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall from…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moving into the Hill Country interacted with deep moisture over south Texas to produce a line of thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 3rd.|As the storms moved across south Texas, locally heavy rainfall occurred with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall from…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moving into the Hill Country interacted with deep moisture over south Texas to produce a line of thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 3rd.|As the storms moved across south Texas, locally heavy rainfall occurred with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall from…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moving into the Hill Country interacted with deep moisture over south Texas to produce a line of thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 3rd.|As the storms moved across south Texas, locally heavy rainfall occurred with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall from…
Read the full account →A very moist atmosphere combined with a strong upper level jet streak to create widespread rainfall and flooding in some locations on the Caprock.
Read the full account →Torrential rainfall from Hurricane Alex and remains, followed by daily peltings of rain across the front range of the Sierra Madre Oriental, and concluding with the remnants of Tropical Depression Number 2 dropped perhaps 50 or more inches of rain across Coahuila Province,…
Read the full account →Torrential rainfall from Hurricane Alex and remains, followed by daily peltings of rain across the front range of the Sierra Madre Oriental, and concluding with the remnants of Tropical Depression Number 2 dropped perhaps 50 or more inches of rain across Coahuila Province,…
Read the full account →Torrential rainfall from Hurricane Alex and remains, followed by daily peltings of rain across the front range of the Sierra Madre Oriental, and concluding with the remnants of Tropical Depression Number 2 dropped perhaps 50 or more inches of rain across Coahuila Province,…
Read the full account →A mid-level trough extended northeastward from northern Mexico through the Permian Basin. Enhanced atmospheric lift and rich low and mid-level moisture were across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. These conditions contributed to heavy rain.
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