Apr 16, 2010
A weak upper level disturbance rotating around high pressure across the Deep South combined with very warm and humid air to produce scattered to numerous late afternoon thunderstorms across the Lower Rio Grande Valley on April 16th, some which produced flooding rains. Another round of scattered storms developed during the mid afternoon of the 17th near the coast. These storms set off boundaries which collided with other boundaries moving southwest from the Coastal Bend, ultimately feeding a clu
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 236379). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cameron County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.