Flash Flood in Orange County, Texas

Flash Flood March 20, 2012 – March 21, 2012 · Orange County, Texas

$1.9M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorms trained over the same area through the afternoon and evening across portions of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Between 10 and 14 inches of rain caused water to rise 1 to 2 feet deep in some yards and on some roadways. Reports of flooded road ways where received from Orange, Bridge City, Vidor, and Little Cypress. A co-op station at Orange reported 9.70 inches from the event.

The wider storm

A slow moving cold front moved to the Texas and Louisiana border through the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Flash floods, floods, and severe weather occurred along and ahead of the creeping boundary.

Began near Mulford (31.3303, -93.3962).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 373413. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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