Jul 25, 2020
Hurricane Hanna, the 2020 Atlantic season's first Hurricane, made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the mid-Kenedy County coastline as a Category 1 storm at around 5 PM Central Time Saturday, July 25th, carrying sustained 90 mph winds with gusts over 100 mph in a small portion of the inner eye wall. The hurricane spun slowly but steadily into southern Kenedy and northern Hidalgo County through just after midnight on the 26th, then through Starr County as a Tropical
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 914438). 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.