44
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$80.4M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Chambers County, Texas: 44 recorded events between 1996 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #723 nationally and #117 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Chambers County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Chambers County is the 2010s, when 16 of the county's 44 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Chambers County archive, flash flood makes up 19.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #723 for this hazard and #117 within Texas, putting it in the 76.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Aug is the peak month for flash flood in Chambers County with 10 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2024 | MONT BELVIEU | 0 | $0 |
| Dec 1, 2023 | WINNIE | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 19, 2019 | WINNIE | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 19, 2019 | LAKE ANAHUAC | 0 | $80.0M |
| Sep 19, 2019 | WINNIE | 0 | $50K |
| Sep 19, 2019 | HANKAMER | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 29, 2017 | MONROE CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 29, 2017 | HANKAMER | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2017 | ANAHUAC | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2017 | HANKAMER | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Chambers County
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- Hail 53
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Flooding on SH 124 with street flooding in Anahuac. Rainfall totals up to 8 inches in western part of county.A stationary front combined with deep tropical moisture to produce widespread slow moving thunderstorms over Houston, Galveston, and surrounding areas. Northeast Harris and western Liberty Counties were the hardest hit by a large supercell thunderstorm which remained nearly stationary for several hours. The storm produced over 18 inches of rainfall in Liberty in only 5 hours with widespread flash flooding from near Intercontinental Airport eastward to the Liberty/Dayton areas. Over 300 homes and businesses were damaged in western Liberty County with 60 to 80 people rescued from flood waters. Strong winds resulted from some of the storms, downing trees and power lines, especially near Liberty and Dayton. A storm survey revealed an F0 tornado south of Dayton.
High rainfall lead to flooded roadways from Mont Belvieu east down I-10 to the town of Cove. High water that lead to road closures were reported at the intersection of Highway 146 and FM 1942 in Mont Belvieu, Highway 146 near I-10 south of Mont Belvieu, and Hackberry Gully at Highway 565 southwest of Cove.
Sections of I-10, FM 565 at I-10 and SH 146 at Cherry Point Drive were all flooded and therefore closed across the county.||Major lowland flooding occurred along the Trinity River. Extensive flooding was observed in the Milam Bend subdivision (Baytown) along Cedar Bayou.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Chambers County, Texas?
44 flash flood events are recorded in Chambers County between 1996 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Chambers County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Chambers County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Chambers County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Chambers County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/chambers-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.