Sep 12, 2007
Humberto was a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall just to the east of High Island early in the morning on September 13th. Wind damage which occurred late on the 12th and early on the 13th was confined to the High Island area of Galveston County and far eastern Chambers County.||Humberto is notable for its exceptional rapid intensification off the Texas coast from a tropical depression into a hurricane within nineteen hours. Maximum rainfall totals from Humberto ranged from around two inc
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 60861). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Galveston County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.