4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper level trough was to the west of the region moving eastward. Pacific Hurricane Lorena was over Baja which provided mid and upper level moisture across the area. South to southeast surface winds had provided plentiful low-level moisture.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved northward from Mexico and provided lift over West Texas. Low-level moisture had increased across the area which contributed to higher instability. Wind shear was also fairly high across the area.
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 →There was a cold front near the Pecos River on the eleventh which provided a source of convergence and lift. This front shifted north over the central and northern Permian Basin as well as southeast New Mexico that night. The atmosphere was very moist and unstable.
Read the full account →An approaching upper level system and front, combined with seasonably high moisture content, set up the ingredients for a heavy rain event in the North Texas area.
Read the full account →An unusual southwest-moving upper disturbance triggered numerous thunderstorms across the South Plains this afternoon and evening. These storms began by mid morning in the Oklahoma Panhandle and at times were severe with very large hail and damaging winds as they moved…
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Alex brought a large area of 10 to 20 inches of rain to the upper Rio Grande basin and mountains from July 1 to July 5, 2010.
Read the full account →The heavy rain Friday night into Saturday afternoon had left South Central Texas soils saturated. The situation worsened Saturday evening into Sunday as heavy rain associated with the upper low pressure system redeveloped over the western Texas Hill Country.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture, a series of upper level disturbances, and a pronounced low level jet streak have produced three days of on and off rainfall across the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.
Read the full account →Deep atmospheric moisture was in place over South Texas during the morning hours on May 25th. A slow moving upper level disturbance moved into the area from the west producing scattered to numerous thunderstorms over the northern Coastal Bend into the Victoria Crossroads.
Read the full account →Northeast of a slow moving upper low near El Paso, a broad upper trough overspread the South Plains this day. Abundant moisture and very weak wind shear led to several lines and clusters of nearly stationary showers and storms with torrential rainfall.
Read the full account →This was a multi-day severe weather and flood event. It started with a large-scale upper level low pressure system which deepened over the Four-Corners region. Moisture and instability increased in advance of this system.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level low along with plentiful moisture and a strong low level jet produced strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over portions of South Texas during the late evening of March 8th and early morning hours of March 9th.
Read the full account →Strong upper level disturbances combined with above average moisture levels and favorable upper level wind patterns to produce a round of severe thunderstorms that eventually trained and produced excessive rainfall and flash flood during the afternoon hours of the 26th and on…
Read the full account →A weak surface low pressure system strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda just after noon on September 17th around 15 miles south southwest of Freeport. Imelda moved onshore near Freeport and quickly weakened to a tropical depression.
Read the full account →Rainfall of up to 13 inches on the headwaters of the Nueces River on the evening of the 27th and the morning of the 28th caused the river to rise rapidly. The Nueces finally crested just south of Uvalde at around 20 feet, where flood stage is 11 feet.
Read the full account →Rainfall of up to 13 inches on the headwaters of the Nueces River on the evening of the 27th and the morning of the 28th caused the river to rise rapidly. The Nueces finally crested just south of Uvalde at around 20 feet, where flood stage is 11 feet.
Read the full account →Rainfall of up to 13 inches on the headwaters of the Nueces River on the evening of the 27th and the morning of the 28th caused the river to rise rapidly. The Nueces finally crested just south of Uvalde at around 20 feet, where flood stage is 11 feet.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused flooding of many rivers, streams, and lakes across portions of the Texas Big Country. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 9 inches were reported, resulting in several road closures.
Read the full account →A rapidly developing pre-dawn thunderstorm in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, raced into Hidalgo County at around 5 AM May 14th, 2019, producing complete destruction to a few poorly built mobile homes in north Alamo, and reports of hail up the golfball size.
Read the full account →A hot and unstable airmass assisted in the formation of strong to severe thunderstorms as a cold front worked its way south of the Red River on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday June 19.
Read the full account →There was an upper level low pressure system over Northern Mexico. A cold front was across the Permian Basin. These features brought an increase in lift across West Texas. High low-level moisture was in place.
Read the full account →A couple of supercells and isolated to thunderstorms developed in Starr County in advance of a late season cold front bringing hail to the area.
Read the full account →Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of golf balls across the Heartland during the evening hours of the 24th.
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