4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms developed along a Pacific cold front as it and an upper level trough swept through the Plains on Christmas Eve 2024. The system produce a few severe storms across Central Texas and flash flooding in parts of North Texas.
Read the full account →A strong upper level storm system, combined with high moisture levels to produce a bands of excessive rainfall that caused flash flooding across Fort Bend, Harris and Liberty Counties.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Erin moved inland near Port Aransas on the morning of August 16 and continued toward the northwest, in the general direction of San Antonio.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm outflow boundary from storms in the Dallas area moved southward into South Central Texas as a second outflow boundary from thunderstorms in the Abilene area moved southeastward.
Read the full account →The eye of Hurricane Rita moved ashore in extreme southwest Louisiana between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou In Cameron Parish with a minimum central pressure of 937 mb and maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
Read the full account →Almost all of Howard County received at least 2.5" of rain overnight with the southern and eastern parts of the county getting in excess of 6". Doppler radar estimates of up to 11.5" of rain were estimated in southeastern Howard County.
Read the full account →Rainfall of up to 8 inches just west of Llano County early in the morning of February 20th produced a very rapid rise and severe flooding along the Llano River.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Erin moved inland near Port Aransas on the morning of August 16 and continued toward the northwest, in the general direction of San Antonio.
Read the full account →The combination of very deep tropical moisture with a slow-moving warm front and the approach of a strong upper level trough resulted in excessive rainfall across Harris and various surrounding counties.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm...over the central Texas Panhandle during the early evening hours...produced large hail and very heavy rainfall in a very short period of time.
Read the full account →An unusual strong Canadian Cold Front and an upper level low parked across the Four Corners resulted in very heavy rainfall in a short period time and a few severe weather reports in portions of the northern Big Country. This heavy rain flooded low water crossings and even U.S.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A surface low was setup over New Mexico with a weak easterly wave moving through the Borderland similar to a setup from August 1st, 2006. Deep moisture was in place around the area and storms were slow moving which allowed for very heavy rain to occur.
Read the full account →Flooding along the San Marcos RiverIn Hays County, the flooding along the San Marcos River was most devastating to the eastern part of San Marcos, with many permanent homes flooded and several mobile homes washed from their sites, Homes and apartments were flooded along the…
Read the full account →A warm front combined with an upper level trough and deep moisture produced heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms across much of South Central Texas on October 30th and 31st. Damage surveys confirmed four tornadoes.
Read the full account →Flooding along the Blanco RiverAt Wimberley, the Blanco River crested at 26.7 feet, with flood stage at 13 feet. Several businesses in Wimberley were flooded.
Read the full account →Record setting rains producing extensive flooding occurred from October 9-13, 1997 across portions of the South Texas Coastal Bend. A high pressure area across the eastern U.S.
Read the full account →Hurricane Alex made its final landfall at 9pm, Wednesday June 30th, along the northern Mexican coast around 110 miles south of Brownsville as a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.
Read the full account →An upper level trough moved across Texas and combined with deep low moisture to produce heavy rain on consecutive days that produced flash flooding.
Read the full account →Brief flash flooding countywide resulted from rainfall of between 2 and 3 inches in 2 hours. Near 2230CST, a man and his wife were traveling back home after an evening's trip. The couple were nearing their home as they encountered a flooded creek close to Medina.
Read the full account →Rainfall of generally 2 to 3 inches fell over the four counties, with isolated totals to near 5 inches. Widespread flash flooding was reported. Some 90 residents of a mobile home park in Austin were evacuated as Walnut Creek flooded the area.
Read the full account →Flooding along the headwaters of the Frio River was devastating, but campers had been removed in advance from the camps, preventing the need for dangerous last-minute rescues. Still, the flooding covered the entire camping area of Garner State Park in northeast Uvalde County.
Read the full account →Flooding along the headwaters of the Frio River was devastating, but campers had been removed in advance from the camps, preventing the need for dangerous last-minute rescues. Still, the flooding covered the entire camping area of Garner State Park in northeast Uvalde County.
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.
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