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June 23, 1960 – Tropical Storm One of 1960 hit 30 miles (48 km) south of Corpus Christi, Texas as a 45 mph (72 km/h) storm. The storm looped over southern Texas, dumping heavy rain over the area. It moved slowly northward, and eventually dissipated over Illinois. Though weak, the storm caused $3.6 million in damage (1960 dollars) and 15 deaths.
The storm causes beneficial rainfall in southern Texas, peaking at 5.53 in (140 mm) in Corpus Christi, providing drought relief to the area. [71] October 4, 1996 – Tropical Storm Josephine forms just offshore of the Texas coast, bringing heavy rain to the state. Rainfall peaks at 10.81 in (275 mm) in Brownsville. [19]
Rainfall in Western Gulf Coast states from October 14–17, 2006. A trio of heavy rainfall events, on October 14–17, October 18–19, [7] and again from October 26–27 set the stage for moderate to significant flooding across portions of eastern Texas, Louisiana, as well as portions of Arkansas and Mississippi. [8]
The first storm of the 1851 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall near Corpus Christi. [citation needed]The first storm of the 1854 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall in Texas, while the fourth storm of the season, another hurricane, moved inland near Galveston, Texas, causing 2 deaths from nearly 6 inches of rainfall, as well as $20,000 in damage.
As Tropical Storm Hilary battered the West Coast and the southwestern U.S. with rain and flash flooding, four states — Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon — broke their rainfall records ...
The wettest tropical cyclone in the United States storm on record is Hurricane Harvey, which dumped 60.58 in (1,539 mm) of rain on Southeast Texas in 2017. Tropical Storm Claudette holds the national 24-hour rainfall record: 42.00 in (1,067 mm) in Alvin, Texas.
Houston experienced torrential rainfall in a short amount of time. The six-day rainfall in Houston amounted to 38.6 inches (980 mm). [33] Houston Hobby Airport received 20.84 inches (529 mm) of rain from June 5 to 10, 2001, while Bush Intercontinental Airport received 16.48 inches (419 mm). [34] Two-thirds of the bayous and creeks in Harris ...
The near 26 inches of rain at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was a 1-in-1,000-year storm. ... prolific rainfall amounts yesterday, with the highest amounts of over 20 inches in ...