4 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Edwards County, Texas. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding from thunderstorms dominates the flood risk in Edwards County. Over the past 30 years, the NOAA Storm Events Database has recorded 94 flash flood events resulting in 2 deaths, with no other flood types reported during this period.
Local flood events are driven by slow-moving or training storm systems fueled by moisture from upper-level lows, troughs, and boundary interactions. For example, heavy rainfall from an upper-level trough interacting with a stationary front caused flash flooding on July 23, 2024. Similar convective systems and moisture-fed thunderstorms produced additional flash flooding events on October 26, 2023, July 15, 2025, and November 20, 2025.
Homeowners, journalists, and real estate agents operating in the area should pay the closest attention to properties situated in low-lying areas, near creeks and drainage paths, and within designated flood hazard zones where intense rainfall rates can rapidly produce dangerous flash flooding.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
16 NOAA storm reports from Edwards County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Texas flood stories →
18 federal disaster declarations since 1993, 4 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Storms And Flooding | Sep 10, 2018 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds And Flooding | May 4, 2015 |
| Wildfires | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Jun 16, 2007 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
94 since 1996: 94 flash floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Nov 20, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 15, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 23, 2024 | — |
| Flash Flood | Oct 26, 2023 | — |
| Flash Flood | Aug 30, 2022 | — |
| Flash Flood | Aug 18, 2021 | — |
| Flash Flood | Sep 9, 2020 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 4, 2019 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Nov 20, 2025. An upper-level low moved over an unusually moist airmass. A weak fontal boundary acted as a focus for convection while a low-level jet streak aided training cells of heavy rainfall. The result was flash flooding.
Flash Flood · Jul 15, 2025. A mesoscale convective vortex developed over northern Mexico and sent an outflow boundary into South-Central Texas. Thunderstorms in this complex produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
Flash Flood · Jul 23, 2024. An upper-level trough moved across a stationary front and a very moist airmass. This combination generated thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced heavy rainfall that led to flash flooding.
Flash Flood · Oct 26, 2023. Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary in a very moist airmass. Storms were fed by strong low level winds. In addition to aiding buoyancy, these winds also contributed to significant low level wind shear. Some storms produced weak tornadoes and locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Edwards County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.