Coastal Flood, Cameron
- When
- August 22, 6:00 AM CST to August 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County, Boca Chica Beach
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -97.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Texas, August 22 to 24, 1996
1 coastal flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Colorado, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567804.