63
Recorded events
10
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.6B
Property damage
Flash Flood in Orange County, Texas: 63 recorded events between 1998 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #413 nationally and #75 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Orange County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Orange County is the 2000s, when 24 of the county's 63 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 Orange County archive, flash flood makes up 19.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #413 for this hazard and #75 within Texas, putting it in the 86.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for flash flood in Orange County with 11 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2017 | BRIDGE CITY | 0 | 10 | 0 | $1.5B |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2024 | BRIDGE CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | ORANGEFIELD | 0 | $0 |
| May 17, 2024 | VIDOR | 0 | $0 |
| May 2, 2024 | ORANGEFIELD | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | LITTLE CYPRESS | 0 | $0 |
| Jan 25, 2024 | BOBSHER | 0 | $0 |
| Jan 24, 2024 | MAURICEVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| May 8, 2023 | KILOWATT | 0 | $5K |
| Jul 1, 2022 | BRIDGE CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | BRIDGE CITY | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Orange County
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- Hail 77
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Widespread 30 to 50 inches of rainfall fell across Orange County during Harvey. This resulted in 27,742 homes being flooded. The hardest hit areas were Orange, Vidor, Orangefield, Pine Forest, West Orange, Rose City, Mauriceville, Rose City, and Lake View. Record crests occurred on the lower Neches and Cow Bayou. The Sabine River was at its highest level since Hurricane Ike in 2008. Water covered and closed portions of Interstate 10 in the county. Only 1 home was reported not flooded in Rose City and the community's drinking water was interrupted for near a month. 10 people perished during the event with 2 of them being from electrocution in a flooded home.
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.
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.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Orange County, Texas?
63 flash flood events are recorded in Orange County between 1998 and 2024, causing 10 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Orange County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Orange County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Orange 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 Orange County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/orange-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.