Jun 20, 2018
A broad tropical wave originating in the western Caribbean Sea moved across the Yucatan peninsula on June 15th and 16th, 2018. The slow moving but persistent system approached the Texas coast on Sunday, June 17th before finally arriving on June 18th. As the center axis of the wave passed the longitude of the coastline, the gates opened to repeated surges of tropical moisture deep into the atmosphere with origins in the western Caribbean Sea. A series of upper level disturbances interacted with t
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 807022). 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.