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Flash Flood — Nueces, TX

Jun 20, 2018

A tropical wave moved into South Texas on June 18th. A series of upper level disturbances interacted with this wave throughout its life cycle. This helped to maintain a broad area of low pressure at all levels of the atmosphere for the period from June 18th through June 20th across South Texas and the adjacent Gulf waters. Several boundaries and convergence along the coastline aided the production of heavy rainfall. ||Most of the rain occurred between the early morning hours of June 19th through

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 763543). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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This event is one of many recorded floods in Nueces County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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