May 14, 2019
A rapidly developing pre-dawn thunderstorm in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, raced into Hidalgo County at around 5 AM May 14th, 2019, producing complete destruction to a few poorly built mobile homes in north Alamo, and reports of hail up the golfball size. A round of west to east moving thunderstorms during the early afternoon produced brief blinding rainfall that left some poor drainage neighborhoods with 1 to 2 feet of water on roads after an estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain fell in about a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 833515). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hidalgo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.