4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
June 3rd & 4th - Event NarrativeNumerous boundaries were across the state and they acted as triggers for showers and thunderstorms. Upper level winds were very light and any storms that formed moved very slowly.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of Friday the 14th north and west of route 44 and highway 77. The storms became organized and spread across much of the coastal plains early Friday evening before exiting late Friday evening,leaving the region…
Read the full account →A stationary complex of thunderstorms dumped an estimated 8 to 10 inches, with pockets of a foot or more (12 inches) of rainfall, near and just east of Roma between daybreak and noon, producing widespread flash and areal flooding beginning during the mid morning of the 18th, and…
Read the full account →A front stalled over the Coastal Bend on the 30th. Scattered thunderstorms formed north of the boundary during the afternoon as an upper level disturbance approached from the west. Storms produced very heavy rainfall from the northern Coastal Bend to the Brush Country.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary interacting with an influx of upper level tropical moisture from the Pacific and low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico resulted in widespread heavy rainfall across West Central Texas.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Bill brought flooding to parts of North Texas. The counties that experienced the most significant flooding were Wise and Montague Counties, and the northern parts of Parker County. Over a foot of rain fell in parts of Montague County.
Read the full account →A slow moving thunderstorm system developed across the Rio Grande Plains and South Texas Brush Country during the overnight and early morning hours. The slow moving convection became nearly stationary and backbuilt across Zapata County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday, generally south of an outflow boundary which stretched roughly along Interstate 20. Several storms became severe, producing mostly large hail.
Read the full account →Pecan Creek was out of its banks and all low-lying areas throughout the county remained flooded. Two bridges, one over the Lampasas River and the other over Cowhouse Creek, were washed out. One home sustained severe damage from flooding and several others received minor damage.
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 low pressure system remained over west and central Texas for several days. Numerous shortwaves traveled from this system and over north Texas. This energy combined with ample moisture to create several rain events over much of the region.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed west of the Houston metro area in the mid afternoon hours of the 27th and moved east across the Houston area around sunset.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed and produced locally very heavy rainfall over the western parts of the west Texas Permian Basin during the late afternoon and evening of the 27th.
Read the full account →An upper trough was slowly moving across the Central Plains. A lingering cold front from the previous day was still across the area providing a source of lift along with the upper trough. West Texas was also under a favorable region of the jet stream for lift.
Read the full account →An upper low over northern Coahuila interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce showers and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend during the morning of the 1st.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a dryline during the early afternoon hours. These storms consolidated into a couple of linear mesoscale convective systems that produced wind damage mainly north of the Interstate 20 corridor.
Read the full account →Large scale lift ahead of an upper level shortwave, combined with ample instability and adequate moisture across the region, resulted in numerous thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level ridge was over the region, but an upper level disturbance within the ridge moved over West Texas. This upper disturbance provided lift across the area and combined with low-level moisture.
Read the full account →Another cold front stalled across north Texas, leading to favorable conditions for thunderstorms and severe weather. The front, which stalled just south of the Red River, began to move slowly southeast during the night of the 19th and led to numerous severe weather reports…
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 →Tropical Storm Allison caused minor problems along coastal sections of southeast Texas, but eventually resulted in catstrophic flood losses further inland.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Allison caused minor problems along coastal sections of southeast Texas, but eventually resulted in catstrophic flood losses further inland.
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbances produced heavy rain and some severe weather across the southern portions of southeast Texas. Rainfall rates of one inch per hour for up to 6 hours at a time were recorded in Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties.
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.
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