Aug 22, 2008
Another vigorous upper level disturbance dropped southward from western Texas into Northern Mexico, contributing to the development of another complex of strong thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of August 22nd across already waterlogged southwestern Starr County, extending northward into southern and central Zapata County. ||This complex once again dropped torrential rains in the middle Rio Grande Valley/Rio Grande Plains, this time favoring locations from Roma to points north and w
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 131772). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Starr County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.