Sep 19, 2010
Deep tropical moisture, a series of upper level disturbances, and a pronounced low level jet streak have produced three days of on and off rainfall across the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas. The big hitter occurred early Sunday, September 19th, when a persistent band of tropical rains set up camp between Brownsville and the east side of Harlingen, dumping 4 to 7 inches of rain in a 3 to 5 hour span and flooding a number of communities and dozens of roads especially between Brownsville an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 253118). 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.