Flash Flood, Cameron
- When
- October 4, 10:00 AM CST to October 6, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -97.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, October 4 to 6, 1996
10 produceed widespread rainfall totals of more than 6 inches, and more than 10 inches in Brownsville. Extensive flooding of streets and low areas occurred with the worst in Green Valley east of San Benito, and in the eastern half of Brownsville where numerous homes were flooded.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Rain associated with the fringes of Tropical Storm Josephine/T.D.10 produceed widespread rainfall totals of more than 6 inches, and more than 10 inches in Brownsville. Extensive flooding of streets and low areas occurred with the worst in Green Valley east of San Benito, and in the eastern half of Brownsville where numerous homes were flooded.
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Cold in New York, October 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Cold in Pennsylvania, October 4, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, October 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, October 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, October 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5574030.