4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 round of strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall impacted the west Texas South Plains region on the 15th. Heavy rainfall during the pre-dawn hours caused flash flooding in Garza County, where a vehicle became stranded in a flooded playa lake.
Read the full account →A pre-existing low level boundary, or weak front, was oriented from southwest to northeast across the west Texas South Plains region during the midday hours of the 25th.
Read the full account →Flash floods affected eastern portions of Deep South Texas during the evening hours of May 24 and into the early morning hours of May 25. Thunderstorms with torrential rainfall then redeveloped during the afternoon and evening hours of May 25.
Read the full account →Hurricane Humberto made landfall as a strong category one hurricane in rural southwestern Jefferson County early in the morning on September 13th, over McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved northwestward into far west Texas, passing directly over west El Paso, then curved north and northeastward into Otero County New Mexico. Moisture from this system was spread over the entire area and lingered another 36 hours.
Read the full account →Continuing impulses of energy rotating around the larger upper level disturbance just wouldn't let go on August 24th, and one final round of torrential rains affected the western Lower Rio Grande Valley beginning in the overnight and pre dawn hours in western Jim Hogg, much of…
Read the full account →The eye of Hurricane Ike moved ashore in Galveston County near the city of Galveston. At landfall, Ike had a central pressure of 951.6 mb, as measured at Galveston Pleasure Pier, and a maximum estimated storm surge of 17 feet over portions of Chambers County and the Bolivar…
Read the full account →Severe high precipitation supercells developed across north central |Texas the evening of May 8th and moved slowly eastward just south of the Red River during the pre dawn hours of May 9th.
Read the full account →An upper level area of low pressure combined with deep boundary layer moisture to produce a slow moving mesoscale convective system. This MCS produced excessive rainfall from Atascosa to Comal counties.
Read the full account →An upper level area of low pressure combined with deep boundary layer moisture to produce a slow moving mesoscale convective system. This MCS produced excessive rainfall from Atascosa to Comal counties.
Read the full account →A deep upper level trough moved out of the Inter-Mountain West and into the Southern Plains on October 31st. This resulted in strong southwest flow aloft which opened up the Lower Mississippi River Valley for deep tropical moisture from not only the Gulf of Mexico but also the…
Read the full account →Portions of the Texas Panhandle experienced tropical-like precipitation which led to localized flash flooding during the evening hours of the 19th. The remnants of Tropical Depression Manuel streamed across the panhandle ahead of a slow southward progressing cold front.
Read the full account →A moderately unstable air mass developed over South Texas in advance of a frontal boundary draped across portions of south-central Texas. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Hill Country southwest into the higher terrain of northern Mexico in the…
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 →During the morning hours, a complex of thunderstorms propagated slowly southward from the eastern Panhandle into the Rolling Plains. Several of these storms were strong to severe, and one storm produced straight-line wind damage in Quitaque, including lifting the top of the town…
Read the full account →A band of torrential rain with embedded thunderstorms extended along and ahead of a cold front from Falfurrias to Rio Grande City. This band of rain moved slowly towards the east southeast.
Read the full account →A band of torrential rain with embedded thunderstorms extended along and ahead of a cold front from Falfurrias to Rio Grande City. This band of rain moved slowly towards the east southeast.
Read the full account →Rainfall of up to 13 inches west of Llano County on the Llano River watershed caused widespread flooding in both Llano and Burnet Counties. The river rose to a crest of nearly 31 feet in the city of Llano, highest since 1980.
Read the full account →The Navidad River began flooding just before midnight Thursday night and continued through the afternoon on Saturday. Major flooding was reported along the river, although no homes were actually flooded.
Read the full account →The Pecos River drainage above Iraan received 7 inches of rain in three hours ending near 7 AM of Tuesday August 25. Four inches fell between 6 and 7 AM. This produced a potentially deadly 14 foot crest at Pandale Crossing (70,820 cfs).
Read the full account →A mid level circulation from the Duval County storms drifted northward into McMullen county late on the evening of the 15th, and through the morning hours of the 16th, redeveloping strong showers and thunderstorms.
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 →Torrential rainfall from Hurricane Alex and remains, followed by daily peltings of rain across the front range of the Sierra Madre Oriental, and concluding with the remnants of Tropical Depression Number 2 dropped perhaps 50 or more inches of rain across Coahuila Province,…
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