4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Between 5 and 7.5 inches of rain fell in less than three hours, resulting in significant flooding of central Jefferson County. The hardest hit area was Nederland, where several homes and businesses, including a hotel, had over a foot of water enter them.
Read the full account →An upper level system moving across the region brought a MCS across the northeastern half of the CWA and then another round of heavy rain developed in the wake of the MCS.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary over south Texas in combination with a upper level storm system over the southwest portion of the U.S. produced heavy rains over portion of Scleicher, Crockett, and Sutton Counties.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure center trekked east across the area, bringing with it 2 days of shower and thunderstorm activity to North and Central Texas.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours of the 20th as a potent upper level storm system approached the Concho Valley, then spread over the rest of west central Texas during the afternoon.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →On June 3 and 4, a cold front and a dryline served as focal points for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas. These storms were associated with several instances of severe weather and flooding.
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbances affected eastern Texas over the last week of the month. As a result, numerous thunderstorms and heavy showers continually passed over the region's western and southwestern counties causing extreme flooding problems throughout these…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved across the region above southeast winds at the surface, which brought increasing moisture to the area. Daytime heating lead to strong instability and this combined with moderate shear brought the development of severe storms to the Upper Trans…
Read the full account →Upper level disturbances interacted with leftover surface outflow boundaries from nocturnal MCSs and allowed for scattered strong to severe storms across the region each afternoon from June 1st to June 3rd.
Read the full account →A rich plume of mid to upper level moisture was across West Texas and southeast New Mexico along with an approaching upper level disturbance. This disturbance increased lift over the region, and plentiful moisture aided in the development of storms with heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough, dryline, and Pacific front all worked together to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28. All modes of severe weather took place across the region, along with multiple instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough, dryline, and Pacific front all worked together to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28. All modes of severe weather took place across the region, along with multiple instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough, dryline, and Pacific front all worked together to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28. All modes of severe weather took place across the region, along with multiple instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough, dryline, and Pacific front all worked together to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28. All modes of severe weather took place across the region, along with multiple instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough, dryline, and Pacific front all worked together to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28. All modes of severe weather took place across the region, along with multiple instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms continued to erupt in an unstable environment behind the MCS that moved through north Texas on the 10th. Training cells moved across the northern portions of the Metroplex and Dallas County resulting in significant flash flooding.
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