May 15, 2015
A robust squall line marching across the Coastal Bend early in the afternoon sent surface boundaries propagating south aiding in the development of thunderstorm clusters, first near previously flooded Falfurrias, but soon would extend down U.S. 281 into portions of Brooks and Hidalgo counties that had already received more than half a foot of rain May11th and 12th. While most of the downpours held across northern Hidalgo County, enough additional rainfall would fall near Edinburg to exacerbate f
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 582896). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hidalgo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.