4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →General rainfall of 1 to 2 inches was reported from eastern Val Verde County eastward into southwest Edwards County and northwestern Kinney County. Maximum amounts in the event were between 4 and 5 inches at the three county intersection.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across South Central Texas on Sunday, November 3. In its wake an area of widespread cold rain and showers developed along and east of the I-35 corridor.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across South Central Texas on Sunday, November 3. In its wake an area of widespread cold rain and showers developed along and east of the I-35 corridor.
Read the full account →Toward the end of June, 2002, a trough of low pressure, featuring a cold-core low on its north end, moved inland from the western Gulf of Mexico across the Texas Coast.
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 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 →An active round of severe thunderstorms, including a very serious flash flood situation, affected parts of West Texas on the 24th. The situation evolved as numerous thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary which was roughly oriented along the Interstate 20 corridor in…
Read the full account →A significant severe weather event affected Texas and Oklahoma on the 3rd and 4th of March. Elevated severe thunderstorms first erupted across West Texas and far southeast New Mexico late in the evening on the 3rd.
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 →A complex of showers and thunderstorms propagated over the Permian Basin of west Texas during the morning hours of the 15th. Isolated occurrences of small hail and damaging thunderstorm winds were associated with the convection over the central Permian Basin.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed over a large portion of the Southern Plains during the evening hours of the 19th. This activity evolved into a derecho, or long-lived linear convective complex resulting in extreme winds, that rapidly propagated southeastward over the eastern…
Read the full account →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 →A deep upper level trough was nearly stationary across south central Texas with thunderstorms developing to the north and east of the trough during the morning hours of June 9th.
Read the full account →The combination of upper level energy, overnight remains of outflow boundaries from storms near the Lower Rio Grande River, and the approach of thunderstorms from south Texas toward the Rio Grande Highlands along with a very unstable atmosphere helped intensified these storms…
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 →A complex of strong thunderstorms rolled across the South Plains region of west Texas during the overnight hours of the 7th and early morning hours of the 8th. One storm within the complex became severe, and produced large hail over Childress.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms erupted over the west Texas Trans Pecos region by midday on the 31st. The activity initiated over Pecos County where dangerous flash flooding conditions affected Fort Stockton.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed as a strong upper level disturbance moved through North Texas. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with the initial development of activity with large hail up to an inch in diameter.
Read the full account →A strong negatively tilted upper level trough slowly moved into the Central and Southern Plains during the morning of December 27th. This trough of low pressure was accompanied by a strong subtropical jet stream which provided abundant lift necessary for the development of…
Read the full account →After slamming into the Gulf coast, Hurricane Ike weakened slowly as it moved north. Several counties in east Texas received damaging winds from the storm. Sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts up to 50 MPH were reported for several hours as T.S. Ike moved east of the area.
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