1 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 Kent 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.
2 NOAA storm reports from Kent County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Texas flood stories →
15 federal disaster declarations since 1993, 1 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire | Apr 11, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Extreme Wildfire Threat | Nov 27, 2005 |
| Hurricane Rita | Sep 23, 2005 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
10 since 1996: 9 flash floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 19, 2018 | — |
| Tropical Depression | Aug 17, 2007 | — |
| Flash Flood | Sep 30, 2004 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 28, 2004 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 17, 2004 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 20, 1999 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 11, 1999 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Apr 29, 2025. A cold front moved into the South Plains region on the afternoon of the 29th which fueled severe thunderstorm development along with flash flooding produced by heavy rainfall. A large upper level storm system was moving southeastward into western New Mexico with a weak short wave trough moving over West Texas. Lift from these features combined with the southward moving cold front to initiate thunderstorms across t…
Flash Flood · May 19, 2018. Scattered thunderstorms developed late this afternoon ahead of a dryline, initially in the Rolling Plains and then farther west and in greater number across the southern South Plains through late evening. Strong instability and moderate wind shear resulted in many of these storms becoming supercells, some with destructive hail to 3 inches in diameter, but very few severe wind gusts were reported. The south side…
Tropical Depression · Aug 17, 2007. Tropical Depression Erin, previously a tropical storm during landfall on the middle Texas coast early on the 16th, brought large amounts of rain to portions of west Texas. This rain fell primarily on the 17th and 18th of August on the South Plains and Rolling Plains before the system moved northeastward over Oklahoma. ||Erin maintained a defined circulation well after making landfall, and even strengthened signifi…
Flash Flood · Jun 14, 1997. Severe thunderstorms developed over the western portions of the South Plains during the afternoon of the 14th. A deputy from the Cochran County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado briefly touched down just south of Whiteface. It destroyed a barn, snapped power lines, and toppled a 160-foot section of a 300-foot radio tower. Golfball-sized hail was also reported with this storm by the public and spotters. Durin…
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 Kent 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.