Sep 19, 2020
Tropical Storm Beta began as a low pressure area over the southwest Gulf of Mexico on September 16th. This system organized into a tropical depression on the 17th as it moved slowly northward. It became Tropical Storm Beta on the 18th while moving north into the northwest Gulf of Mexico. It became stationary on the 19th as steering flow collapsed. Beta moved on a slow and steady course to the west-northwest toward the Middle Texas coast on the 20th and 21st and made landfall on the southern end
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 921675). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Aransas County Islands County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.