Flash Flood in Freestone County, Texas

Flash Flood June 20, 2026 · Freestone County, Texas

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Highway 75 at Buffalo Creek was flooded and closed.

The wider storm

Late on the night of June 18, coverage of showers and thunderstorms expanded in association with a cold front and a slow-moving shortwave trough. This system then pushed south through North Texas early the morning of June 19. As the front continued southward and the shortwave propagated eastward, a second round of showers and storms developed across Central Texas on Saturday, June 20. The primary hazard accompanying these storms was flash flooding, though a few instances of damaging winds were also reported.

Began near Dew (31.4900, -96.0800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1351983. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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