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Texas Flood Stories

4,808 first-hand accounts of flood events in Texas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Tropical Storm$100K damage

Henderson, TX · Sep 13, 2008

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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Flash Flood

Limestone, TX · Apr 26, 2023

An upper level trough, surface low pressure center, stationary front, and a Pacific cold front all aided in the development of thunderstorms on Wednesday April 26 across much of the region. Several storms became severe with mainly large hail.

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Flash Flood

Bell, TX · Apr 26, 2023

An upper level trough, surface low pressure center, stationary front, and a Pacific cold front all aided in the development of thunderstorms on Wednesday April 26 across much of the region. Several storms became severe with mainly large hail.

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Flash Flood

Leon, TX · Apr 26, 2023

An upper level trough, surface low pressure center, stationary front, and a Pacific cold front all aided in the development of thunderstorms on Wednesday April 26 across much of the region. Several storms became severe with mainly large hail.

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Flash Flood$38K damage

Randall, TX · Jun 20, 2008

Severe thunderstorms pushed southward from the northern Texas Panhandle into the central and southern Texas Panhandle during the evening and early morning hours.

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Flash Flood$14K damage

Willacy, TX · Jul 23, 2008

Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…

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Flood$14K damage

Willacy, TX · Jul 24, 2008

Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped…

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Flash Flood

Tarrant, TX · Nov 24, 2025

On November 24th, an upper-level disturbance moving across the Southern Plains provided the catalyst for thunderstorm development across parts of North and Central Texas. A warm front, dryline, and an outflow boundary all provided a surface focus for this activity.

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Flash Flood

Tarrant, TX · Nov 24, 2025

On November 24th, an upper-level disturbance moving across the Southern Plains provided the catalyst for thunderstorm development across parts of North and Central Texas. A warm front, dryline, and an outflow boundary all provided a surface focus for this activity.

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Flash Flood

Wise, TX · May 20, 2015

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…

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Flash Flood

Wise, TX · May 19, 2015

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

McLennan, TX · Jun 9, 2010

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Henderson, TX · Jun 10, 2010

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.

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Flash Flood

Leon, TX · May 2, 2024

Thunderstorms developed along a dryline the evening of May 1 as an upper level disturbance swept across the forecast area. Some storms became severe as they moved across mainly Central Texas Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

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Flash Flood$125K damage

Hemphill, TX · Jun 13, 2003

Severe thunderstorms produced large hail...damaging winds and flash flooding across the southwestern...central and northeastern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and evening hours. Damage was reported due to the high winds and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

El Paso, TX · Jun 28, 2009

A plume of moist tropical air was streaming northward over far west Texas between an upper high to the east and a Pacific upper trough to the west. In addition, a weak backdoor front was stalled across the area.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Dallas, TX · Jun 11, 2009

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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Flash Flood$50K damage

Bandera, TX · Sep 5, 2001

Thunderstorms that formed north of Leakey near noon spread slowly southward, producing general 1 to 2 inch rainfall, with totals of up to 4 inches from southeast of Leakey to near Vanderpool in western Bandera County.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Midland, TX · Jun 29, 2004

A modified tropical airmass remained over much of west Texas on the 29th. Thunderstorms initially developed in the Trans Pecos region of the state and across the plains of southeastern New Mexico.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Lynn, TX · May 28, 2007

Scattered thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and very heavy rainfall over the west Texas South Plains during the evening hours of the 28th. Most damage occurred over northern Lynn County, where large hail destroyed young cotton crops.

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Flood

Hale, TX · Jul 17, 2013

An unusual westward-moving cold core low entered New Mexico on the 16th ahead of a deep surge of Gulf moisture. Widespread rainfall developed in the Rolling Plains late on the 16th before spreading west onto the Caprock and intensifying with torrential rainfall rates measured as…

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Flash Flood$12K damage

Sutton, TX · Oct 24, 2002

A stalled frontal boundary over south Texas in combination with a upper level storm system moving out of the Southwest Portion of the United States resulted in heavy rains and flooding for the second time this month across the Edwards Plateau and the Northwest Hill Country.

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Flash Flood

Ochiltree, TX · Jul 9, 2023

Early in the evening on the 8th a small cluster of storms moved southeast through Deaf Smith and Randall County from eastern New Mexico. Later into the evening a much larger complex of storms moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle from SE Colorado and SW Kansas, before entering the…

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Flash Flood

Grimes, TX · May 16, 2024

On the evening of May 16, a derecho moved into SE TX. This resulted in extensive wind damage across much of the Greater Houston area, including much of Downtown Houston. Maximum wind gusts were estimated to have reached over 100 mph.

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