A slow moving cold front moved to the Texas and Louisiana border through the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Flash floods, floods, and severe weather occurred along and ahead of the creeping boundary.

Heavy Rain in HARDIN, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 12:00:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: SILSBEE
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain across the county produced minor flooding on some roadways around Silsbee and Kountze.

Hail in NEWTON, TEXAS
From 21-MAR-12 01:08:00 to 21-MAR-12 01:08:00 (CST-6)
Location: NEWTON
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

The Newton County Sheriff Department report hail to the size of nickels with a passing storm.

Heavy Rain in JASPER, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 12:30:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: JASPER
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Slow moving thunderstorms trained across the region from the afternoon of the 20th into the early morning hours of the 21st. Reports of 4 to 5 inches of rain was received and minor street flooding in Jasper, Buna, and Kirbyville.

Flash Flood in JEFFERSON, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 12:00:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BEVIL OAKS
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

A line of storms producing heavy rain slowly moved across Jefferson County producing 4 to 5 inches of rain. Some roadways were noted to have suffered from minor flooding in Beaumont although Park Street near College Street was closed.

Flood in NEWTON, TEXAS
From 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 to 28-MAR-12 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain that fell across portions of Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas during the 20th and 21st slowly drained from the region over several days. A seven foot sink hole opened in the Bon Weir area on Highway 4081, and Highway 87 and FM 363 were also closed for a time due to high water. Schools were closed in the county during the 21st due to high water blocking bus routes.

Flash Flood in NEWTON, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 15:59:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: HARTBURG
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 30.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

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 flooded and closed roadways across northern and central Newton County. Water was around one and a half foot deep in some roadways around Burkville.

Coastal Flood in JEFFERSON, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 12:00:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Strong persistent south winds pushed water into low coastal areas. The water reached the highest points during the late afternoon at high tide and again when the line of storms passed. Water pushed across Highway 87 near Keith Lake between Sabine Pass and Port Arthur.

Flash Flood in ORANGE, TEXAS
From 20-MAR-12 14:08:00 to 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: MULFORD
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.90M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

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.

Flood in ORANGE, TEXAS
From 21-MAR-12 02:00:00 to 28-MAR-12 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BRIDGE CITY
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

The line of slow moving storms finally departed Southeast Texas in the early morning hours. As water receded a car was found in a ditch in Orange near the Lake Cypress-Mauriceville High School the next day. The driver had driven into the ditch after the rain had stopped during the night and drown. The flood waters from the heavy rain event took a week to recede.