Flash Flood, Willacy
- When
- October 5, 2:00 AM CST to October 6, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 26.477, -97.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, October 5 to 6, 1996
D. 10 caused totals of six inches or more causing flooding of streets and low spots.
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 on Fringe of Tropical Storm Josephine/T.D. 10 caused totals of six inches or more causing flooding of streets and low spots.
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:59 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
- Coastal Flood in Louisiana, October 5 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, October 5 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Louisiana, October 5 to 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, October 5 to 8, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 5, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, October 5 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, October 5 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Texas, October 5 to 8, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574031.