Aug 22, 2023
Tropical Storm Harold made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the northern Kenedy coastline just before 10:00AM CDT Tuesday, August 22nd carrying sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts over 60 mph in a small portion of the developing eye. Harold spun quickly across northern Kenedy, Brooks, and Jim Hogg Counties during the day on August 22nd before weakening to a Tropical Depression over Webb County by late Tuesday afternoon. ||Harold brought sporadic power outages to
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1112035). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Brooks County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.