Aug 25, 2017
Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Harvey moved along the outer edge of the Lower Texas Coastal waters from the pre-dawn hours through the mid afternoon of August 25th. Harvey began the period as a Category 2 storm and was a mid range Category 3 storm as it headed toward the Texas Coastal Bend region, where it would make landfall as a 938 mb Category 4 wrecking ball near Rockport. ||The outskirts of Harvey produced tropical storm force gusts measured and estimated at 41 to 46 mph on South Padre Isl
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 720930). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kenedy County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.