Flash Flood — Irion, Texas

2021-05-19 · near Barnhart, Irion, Texas

Event narrative

The Irion County Sheriff's Office reported numerous locations along FM 163 north of Barnhart under water with debris floating in the roadway. Flooding was also reported on CR 401 and CR 131.

Wider weather episode

Isolated dryline thunderstorms developed on the evening of May 16, well in advance of an approaching upper level low. These storms produced an EF-0 tornado on the north side of Anson, and large hail and damaging winds in Fisher and Haskell Counties. An approaching upper low from New Mexico interacted with a warm front on May 17, and produced a long track EF2 tornado across northern Sterling County along with several severe weather reports. Many storm chasers videotaped this tornado as it tracked across the wind farms. Heavy rain resulted in some flash flooding in Fisher County on the night of May 18 and in Irion County on the afternoon of May 19.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 956920. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.