Jul 23, 2008
Hurricane Dolly, the first storm since Bret (1999) to make landfall along the Deep South Texas barrier islands, left a trail of widespread minor to moderate structural and natural damage across much of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas on July 23rd, and dumped copious rainfall across the area, causing numerous instances of flooding primarily of low lying and poor drainage locations, as well as filling local resacas and arroyos, and causing notable rises on larger area creeks and r
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 129346). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Willacy County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.