Flash Flood — Newton, Texas

2019-09-18 to 2019-09-19 · near Ruliff, Newton, Texas

$1.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Imelda brought 18 to 30 inches of rain to the southern sections of Newton County. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding. Less than 25 homes were reported to have flooded.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 857440. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.