Flash Flood in Texas, September 14, 1996

Pacific Hurricane Fausto was at least partly to blame for the rains of September 11-14. Fausto was off the Mexican coast with a supbtropical plume carrying upper level moisture into southwest Texas. Fausto moved ashore near Los Mochis and continued to the northeast finally dissipating on the afternoon of the 14th about 185 miles southwest of Presidio in Central Chihuahua. One incident on the 14th in southern Brewster County was reportedly indirectly tied to the wet weather. A 14-year-old girl was hiking on a ridge above Terlingua Creek with a friend. Rains from the previous week had softened the soil which crumbled under the weight of the teenager's foot. The girl fell about 120 feet to the bank of the creek. First reports were of a possible drowning, but later it was determined to been a death from the impact of the fall.As the remnants of Fausto passed to the south of the region widespread rains occurred. By the 15th Fausto was far enough east that the precipitation event ended.