Enter any address in Floyd County, Texas to see its FEMA flood zone
Flash flooding from thunderstorms is the primary flood concern in Floyd County. Over the past 30 years, NOAA Storm Events data shows 10 flash flood events and 8 flood events. For example, in October 2018, heavy rainfall on already saturated soil led to widespread flooding in poor drainage areas. In April 2015, a slow-moving outflow boundary focused thunderstorm development, resulting in heavy rainfall and flooding.
Residents in areas prone to poor drainage, as well as those located in zones with higher flood risk according to FEMA, should pay particular attention to flood preparedness.
Summary generated from NOAA storm narratives and NFIP claim data for this county. Not predictive.
8 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Floyd County, Texas has recorded 18 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 10 flash floods and 8 river or area floods. The county has received 16 federal disaster declarations. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1992–2021)
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
| Declaration | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Covid-19 | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Covid-19 Pandemic | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Hurricane Alex | Hurricane | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Extreme Wildfire Threat | Fire | Nov 27, 2005 |
| Hurricane Rita | Hurricane | Sep 23, 2005 |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Hurricane | Aug 29, 2005 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Oct 8, 2018 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Apr 16, 2016 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Apr 22, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Jul 6, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flood | May 26, 2014 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 11, 2011 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 27, 2010 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Apr 16, 2010 | 25.00K |
| Flood | Jul 4, 2010 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Sep 11, 2008 | 25.00K |
Flood — Oct 8, 2018
Early morning showers and thunderstorms across much of the South Plains were followed by additional rounds of heavy rainfall through midday. The latter rounds of rain were focused near and just east of the Interstate 27 and US Highway 87 corridor where as much as two inches of rain fell on top of soils that were already saturated from heavy rains that fell just three days earlier. The result w...
Flood — Apr 16, 2016
In advance of a slow-moving upper low in the Four Corners, a dryline over the eastern South Plains focused thunderstorm development by early afternoon. As these storms moved northeast and off the Caprock, they intensified with some becoming supercells. These supercells produced copious amounts of severe hail and heavy rainfall that resulted in some flooding. One supercell produced three EF-0...
Flood — Apr 22, 2015
Early this morning, a series of outflow boundaries moved south across the southern Texas Panhandle and much of the Rolling Plains. The most organized of these boundaries would eventually retreat north before stalling from near Hereford (Deaf Smith County, WFO AMA) southeast to Paducah (Cottle County). This boundary provided the focus for an intense and long-lived supercell that developed west o...
Flood — Jul 6, 2015
Multiple rounds of late-day thunderstorms developed across the South Plains and southern Texas Panhandle on the sixth followed by additional bouts through the pre-dawn hours of the seventh. These storms drifted slowly eastward, many with swaths of one to two inches of rainfall with each round. Storm total rain amounts were estimated around four inches in some parts of Crosby, Garza and Childres...
Flood — May 26, 2014
A slow-moving upper low moved across the Texas Panhandle this afternoon accompanied by a cold pocket aloft. After a fourth consecutive morning of heavy rains across the region, a few hours of clearing in the afternoon resulted in a final bout of thunderstorms; some of which became severe. The strongest of these storms moved from near Levelland and Lubbock east into the southern Rolling Plains a...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Floyd County, Texas:
AE High Risk — 1% annual chance of flooding. Insurance required.
VE Very High Risk — Coastal flooding with wave action.
X (Shaded) Moderate Risk — 500-year floodplain.
X Low Risk — Outside major floodplains.
Properties in Floyd County, Texas that are in FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) with federally backed mortgages are required to carry flood insurance.
Even outside high-risk zones, flood insurance is recommended. From 2014 to 2024, nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.
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