Oct 24, 2015
Moisture from Hurricane Patricia, additional lift from the slowly east���moving bands, and the approach of a front/wind shift from the ranchlands combined to produce a two hour period of blinding rains across most of Willacy, with the highest totals once again in the San Perlita���Willamar���Santa Monica area. Radar estimates of 3 to 6 additional inches in about two hours fell over areas inundated just days before. This new rainfall resulted in flash flooding across much of eas
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 605980). 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.