4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Torrential rainfall fell across the western Brush Country from September 26th through the 28th. Generally, 5 to 10 inches of rain fell during the period with some areas over northern Webb County into eastern Dimmit County received from 15 to 20 inches of rain.
Read the full account →Several discrete supercells developed across the region producing hail up to the size of softballs, severe winds, flash flooding and tornadoes. The storms eventually merged into a squall line that moved across the region south of Interstate 20.
Read the full account →A large complex of showers and thunderstorms moved into Northeast Texas during the early morning hours of May 8th, with this complex slowing as it moved into Harrison County.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 upper level trough slid across the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico inducing an intensifying surface and low level low pressure trough and increasing southerly flow bringing deep tropical moisture to the area.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture flowing into Deep South Texas well behind Tropical Depression Bill, was given a boost by a leftover upper level trough and boundaries from prior storms across the South Texas Brush Country on June 17th/early June 18th to trigger a band of repeating…
Read the full account →A strong upper level trough moved into the Central and Southern Plains during the morning and afternoon hours of December 12th. This trough ejected into the plains with a slight negative tilt which was indicative of strong jet dynamics in association with this trough.
Read the full account →A stalled front along with abundant moisture and an upper level disturbance produced heavy rainfall across many areas of the Coastal Bend on May 13th, 2015.
Read the full account →Very high moisture was left over South Texas on the 17th as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved northward into north-central Texas. Numerous showers and thunderstorms produced flash flooding in the morning across the Victoria Crossroads and in the afternoon over the…
Read the full account →In advance of a diffuse dryline located from near Tulia south to Brownfield, moderate instability developed this afternoon underneath weak capping and modest mid-level winds.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed across the Southern South Plains during the late afternoon and evening in conjunction with an upper level disturbance and strong moisture advection.
Read the full account →A slow-moving line of thunderstorms exited eastern New Mexico this evening and produced heavy rainfall and strong winds across the western South Plains and southwest Texas Panhandle. Severe winds from a microburst were measured at Lazbuddie.
Read the full account →Two rounds of heavy rainfall affected the North and Central Texas region as an upper level low approached from the west. The first round affected locations east of Interstate 35 resulting in flooding of mainly roads and along creeks and streams.
Read the full account →Convection from the previous day left a number of outflow boundaries across South Central Texas. These interacted with a mid to upper level shortwave trough to trigger thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A plume of middle and upper tropospheric subtropical moisture streamed northward over west Texas during the first few days of July. Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall each afternoon and evening starting on the 1st and persisting through the 3rd.
Read the full account →The first half of September brought historic rains to the west Texas South Plains. Beginning late on the 10th, and persisting through the 12th, numerous rain showers impacted the region.
Read the full account →An upper trough was over the southern and central Rocky Mountains and had flattened the upper ridge which had been over West Texas. There was a surface trough present with good instability across the area.
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