4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Feeder bands from intensifying Hurricane Alex produced a prolonged period of locally heavy rain, gusty winds, and a few tornadoes during the day and evening of June 30th.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine moved through the western portions of north Texas dropping several inches of water in some locations and producing 8 tornadoes. Significant flash flooding occurred during the late evening hours of September 7th through September 8th.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine moved through the western portions of north Texas dropping several inches of water in some locations and producing 8 tornadoes. Significant flash flooding occurred during the late evening hours of September 7th through September 8th.
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 →A westward moving upper low over West Texas aided in pulling deep tropical moisture to the northwest along the Rio Grande on July 15th. Scattered thunderstorms developed over the western Brush Country by late afternoon.
Read the full account →A long wave trough moved into the Southern Plains during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours of September 20th. This trough was able to tap not only Gulf Of Mexico Moisture, but Eastern Pacific Moisture as well due to moisture associated with Hurricane Manuel off the…
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northern Mexico into South Texas during the evening hours of April 27th and early morning hours of April 28th. Numerous thunderstorms moved into the western Brush Country during the evening hours.
Read the full account →A weak seabreeze enhanced lift along and east of the Highway 77/Interstate 69E corridor between San Benito and Brownsville a little after 2 pm. By 230 pm, blinding rain engulfed Farm to Market 511, State Route 100, and other locations between Los Fresnos and north Brownsville.
Read the full account →A closed upper level low pressure system shifted east from Southeast Colorado into the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles into Western Oklahoma on January 30th, with an increased southerly low level flow allowing warm, humid, and very moist air to return back north across Northeast…
Read the full account →A weak surface frontal boundary drifted south to near the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 26th, with a warm and moist air mass along and south of the front yielding adequate instability along and south of the front.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms, some of which contained heavy rainfall, continued from the evening hours on April 30th through the early morning hours of May 1st, along and ahead of a weak cold front that slowly advanced southeast into portions of East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
Read the full account →A cluster of storms in La Salle County progressed southeastward through the evening hours. These storms intensified and developed into a well-organized MCS with a maturing bow echo feature as it extended into northeastern Duval and Jim Wells counties.
Read the full account →A weak surface frontal boundary drifted south to near the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 26th, with a warm and moist air mass along and south of the front yielding adequate instability along and south of the front.
Read the full account →A weak surface frontal boundary drifted south to near the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 26th, with a warm and moist air mass along and south of the front yielding adequate instability along and south of the front.
Read the full account →A weak surface frontal boundary drifted south to near the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 26th, with a warm and moist air mass along and south of the front yielding adequate instability along and south of the front.
Read the full account →A short wave trough moving out of northern Mexico into the Southern High Plains brought widespread and intense convection to the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas on the afternoon and evening of the 25th.
Read the full account →A short wave trough moving out of northern Mexico into the Southern High Plains brought widespread and intense convection to the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas on the afternoon and evening of the 25th.
Read the full account →An upper level trough traversed east across the Southern Plains on May 2nd, which reinforced a weak cold front southeast into portions of extreme Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas along the I-30 corridor by afternoon.
Read the full account →An upper level trough traversed east across the Southern Plains on May 2nd, which reinforced a weak cold front southeast into portions of extreme Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas along the I-30 corridor by afternoon.
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