4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Synoptic lift from an upper-level trough interacted with a favorable plume of moisture and instability over West Texas, leading to the development of strong to severe storms, especially along a nearby boundary over the northern Permian Basin.
Read the full account →Synoptic lift from an upper-level trough interacted with a favorable plume of moisture and instability over West Texas, leading to the development of strong to severe storms, especially along a nearby boundary over the northern Permian Basin.
Read the full account →A strong easterly fetch off the Gulf produced coastal flooding along the upper Texas coast from April 25th-27th. The most extensive flooding/damage occurred from High Island to Jamaica Beach along the Gulf and the western shore of Galveston Bay.
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 →On Friday, June 20, 1997, an upper level low pressure area approached South Central Texas from the southwest, becoming nearly stationary over the area through the next evening.
Read the full account →On Friday, June 20, 1997, an upper level low pressure area approached South Central Texas from the southwest, becoming nearly stationary over the area through the next evening.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Frances developed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, September 9th, moving toward the mid Texas coast. Early on Friday morning, September 11th, Tropical Storm Frances made landfall on the Texas Coast between Corpus Christi and Victoria.
Read the full account →Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell over the above counties in just under four hours. Maximum rainfall was in eastern Bandera and eastern Kerr Counties, where 6 inches was reported, and in western Bexar and western Comal Counties, where 5 inches was reported.
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →Widespread heavy rainfall from very slow-moving thunderstorms produced generalized 2 to 3 inch amounts from Fredericksburg to Austin to Lexington to Seguin, San Antonio, Bandera, Kerrville and back to Fredericksburg.
Read the full account →Heavy rain continued to spread westward during the morning of Oct 23 into the Texas Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. Rainfall accumulating at up to 2 inches per hour in the storms quickly produced general half-inch amounts with widespread 2 to 3 inch amounts and isolated…
Read the full account →Heavy rain continued to spread westward during the morning of Oct 23 into the Texas Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. Rainfall accumulating at up to 2 inches per hour in the storms quickly produced general half-inch amounts with widespread 2 to 3 inch amounts and isolated…
Read the full account →Heavy rain continued to spread westward during the morning of Oct 23 into the Texas Hill Country and Edwards Plateau. Rainfall accumulating at up to 2 inches per hour in the storms quickly produced general half-inch amounts with widespread 2 to 3 inch amounts and isolated…
Read the full account →A total of 24 tornadoes touched down during this 15 hour period of severe weather in southeastern Texas on November 17, 2003. In addition to these tornadoes, a major flood developed over Harris and surrounding counties during the middle of this tornadic outbreak.
Read the full account →A broad area of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall moved across the Trans Pecos region on the 8th as a strong upper level low remained stationary over northwest Mexico, and subtropical moisture from a dissipating Pacific tropical cyclone streamed across the area.
Read the full account →Tropical-like rainfall occurred over portions of west Texas during the last weekend in September. On Sunday the 26th, widespread flash floods resulted from heavy rains that accompanied a complex of warm topped convection that propagated slowly from the mountains of southwest…
Read the full account →Tropical-like rainfall occurred over portions of west Texas during the last weekend in September. On Sunday the 26th, widespread flash floods resulted from heavy rains that accompanied a complex of warm topped convection that propagated slowly from the mountains of southwest…
Read the full account →May 30 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary...An active round of severe thunderstorm brought large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding to the west Texas South Plains on the 30th. Convection initiated as several isolated severe thunderstorms over Swisher and Hale Counties.
Read the full account →An upper level storm system remained quasi-stationary over portions of southeastern Arizona. Ahead of this upper low, an upper level disturbance moved around the periphery of the low which aided in the development of thunderstorms over southeastern New Mexico overnight.
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 →Severe thunderstorms producing large hail erupted during the afternoon hours in a highly unstable environment along a dryline west of Fort Worth. These storms eventually merged into an HP supercell that produced hail up to the size of softballs.
Read the full account →The first half of September brought historic rains to the west Texas South Plains. Beginning late on the 10th, and persisting through the 12th, numerous rain showers impacted the region.
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