Flash Flood — Liberty, Texas

2022-01-08 · near Rye Station, Liberty, Texas

Event narrative

Flooding along FM 787 around Cherry Creek resulted in impassable roads, overfull drainage ditches, and water approaching structure door thresholds.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms associated with the approach of an offshore low pressure system produced several tornadoes on the evening of January 8 and the early morning of January 9. These tornadoes resulted in several instances of property and tree damage across the Greater Houston Area. Some non-tornadic storms also produced strong, damaging wind gusts. Later, heavy rainfall associated with continuing thunderstorm activity resulted in flash flooding across the Houston Metro.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1004350. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.