4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A very unstable airmass developed across the four state region during the afternoon hours of May 2nd. A weak cold front had moved southward during the morning hours into southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas and had stalled.
Read the full account →The combination of a southward advancing cold front, warm air advection over the cold front, and an approaching shortwave aided in an explosive period that began the afternoon of May 2nd and continued into the morning hours of May 3rd.
Read the full account →There was moisture coming into the region from Tropical Storm Odile over northern Mexico/southern New Mexico. This made the air mass very moist. Upper level disturbances were moving over the area from Odile which increased atmospheric lift.
Read the full account →An Arctic cold front pushed south through north Texas Thanksgiving night through the following morning. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, then continued through the weekend as a strong overrunning pattern remained in place after the front moved through the area.
Read the full account →A compact upper level low pressure system to the northwest created ripe conditions for thunderstorm development. A thunderstorm complex moved into north Texas on the morning of July 10, causing flash flooding across a few counties north of the metroplex.
Read the full account →A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms tracked over the central Permian Basin of west Texas during the afternoon of the 28th. In addition to damaging winds over the southern Permian Basin, this activity produced very heavy rainfall over the urban areas of Midland and Odessa…
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 →A warm-core low pressure system slowly moved along the Interstate 35 corridor and provided a focus for deep-tropical convection to develop across the southeastern portions of North Texas.
Read the full account →Less than a week after a flooding event in Southeast Texas another wet period unfolded over the region. A strong short wave moved east across Texas while a warm front slowly moved north from the gulf. Numerous strong storms developed over the region.
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbances produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region. A few storms became severe with large hail and damaging wind gusts, but storms training repeatedly over the same areas led to this being mostly a flood and flash flood…
Read the full account →A western upper low over central Texas, in combination with an approaching inland frontal boundary sagging south towards the coast within a very moist air mass, provided the necessary focus for storm clusters to track over the southeastern forecast area and produce a high…
Read the full account →A western upper low over central Texas, in combination with an approaching inland frontal boundary sagging south towards the coast within a very moist air mass, provided the necessary focus for storm clusters to track over the southeastern forecast area and produce a high…
Read the full account →During the early to late evening hours on the 4th of June severe thunderstorms moved through the southwest to south central Texas Panhandle. The main supercell that moved in first from eastern New Mexico, quickly intensified in Deaf Smith County, where it briefly produced a weak…
Read the full account →During the early to late evening hours on the 4th of June severe thunderstorms moved through the southwest to south central Texas Panhandle. The main supercell that moved in first from eastern New Mexico, quickly intensified in Deaf Smith County, where it briefly produced a weak…
Read the full account →An upper level trough was to the west of the region as an upper level disturbance moved over the area. The atmosphere was unstable with upslope winds and plentiful moisture across the area. These conditions allowed for storms to develop with large hail and flash flooding.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance, sandwiched between a receding upper level ridge across the southwest U.S. and another ridge across Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, drew deep tropical moisture northward from the Bay of Campeche and points south.
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 →For several days, a stalled cold front, combined with abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico combined to produce widespread rain and thunderstorms in Texas.
Read the full account →Afternoon thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall on the 12th, and capped off a three day period that saw widespread two to five inch rainfall totals over the South Plains. |Flash flooding was largely limited to urban areas, however, some damage was reported.
Read the full account →Significant flooding occurred in the south and southeastern counties when up to 11 of rain fell during the late evening and overnight hours. The flooding rains were caused by large scale lift occurring over a moist but cool boundary layer.
Read the full account →Significant flooding occurred in the south and southeastern counties when up to 11 of rain fell during the late evening and overnight hours. The flooding rains were caused by large scale lift occurring over a moist but cool boundary layer.
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 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 →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.
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