Flash Flood in Orange County, Texas
Flash Flood September 19, 2019 · Orange County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Heavy rain from the slowly moving remnants of Imelda produced flooding across portions of Orange County. The first report in the county was of FM 105 impassable with water entering many homes in Vidor. The highest storm total in Orange County was 31.68 inches near Mauriceville. Close to a thousand homes were flooded.
The wider storm
Imelda moved inland southwest of Galveston, Texas as a minimal tropical storm then meandered over Southeast Texas over the next couple days while weakening. Heavy rain remained over deep Southeast Texas including the Beaumont-Port Arthur area for over a day producing a storm total of 44.29 inches at a station near Fannet. The same station received over 30 inches in 12 hours which produced widespread flooding across Jefferson County. This high amount of rainfall ranks Imelda as the 4th wettest tropical cyclone to affect the lower 48 states.
Began near Cove City (30.0762, -93.7281).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 856472. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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