A short wave moved into the area along the base of a larger trough. This brought a line of storms from north of Houston into deep Southeast Texas that slowly moved through. Flash flooding occurred in Tyler county that lead an earthen dam to break north of Woodville. Moderate flooding occurred along the Neches as the water drained.

Thunderstorm Wind in HARDIN, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 04:40:00 to 27-MAY-16 04:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: VILLAGE MILLS
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Trees were blown down near Wildwood.

Flash Flood in TYLER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 13:37:00 to 27-MAY-16 18:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: ROCKLAND
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain fell across central and northwest portions of Tyler County with 3 to 6 inches of accumulation common. This fell on already saturated from storms around one week earlier. The excessive amount of rainfall caused the Lake Amanda Dam to fail which drained the lake and caused downstream evacuations along Wolf Creek. Numerous roadways were flooded during the event as well including Highways 69, 190, and 256 near Woodville.

Tornado in JASPER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 12:28:00 to 27-MAY-16 12:29:00 (CST-6)
Location: BROWNDALE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A motorist driving over the Sam Rayburn Dam captured a video of a tornado south of the dam near the Angelina River. Local Law enforcement reported a few trees down near Ebenezer with no structures damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind in JASPER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 12:20:00 to 27-MAY-16 12:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: CURTIS
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 4.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were downed onto County Roads 23, 28, 29, and 62 in Northwest Jasper County.

Thunderstorm Wind in JASPER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 14:23:00 to 27-MAY-16 14:23:00 (CST-6)
Location: JASPER
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A tree was downed onto Highway 190.

Thunderstorm Wind in TYLER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 04:37:00 to 27-MAY-16 04:37:00 (CST-6)
Location: WOODVILLE TYLERCO AR
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

The COOP observer near Woodville reported trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind in ORANGE, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 15:28:00 to 27-MAY-16 15:28:00 (CST-6)
Location: VIDOR
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A spotter estimated a wind gust around 60 MPH in Vidor.

Flood in JASPER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 18:00:00 to 31-MAY-16 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Location: BEECH GROVE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

A flood wave from rainfall during the 27th moved down the Neches River flooding roadways in Southern Jasper County by the end of the month. The peak of the flood reached Evadale during early June.

Flash Flood in JASPER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 13:41:00 to 27-MAY-16 15:41:00 (CST-6)
Location: BROWNDALE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain produced widespread 2 to 6 inches of rainfall on already saturated soil. This produced flooding that closed portions of highway 63 near Ebenezer. Sam RayBurn Dam received 7.26 inches.

Flood in TYLER, TEXAS
From 27-MAY-16 18:00:00 to 31-MAY-16 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Location: DAM RES
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 150.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: River/Stream Gage

Heavy rain produced widespread 2 to 6 inches of accumulation with the maximum reported a Sam Rayburn Dam of 7.26 inches. Flood waters drained down the Neches late in the month to produce flooding along the river. Numerous roads were flooded along with a few homes in the Barlow Lake neighborhood just south of Steinhagen Lake. A secondary higher peak from the event did not occur until early June.