Great Rio Grande Valley Flood of 2018

[LF-TX]

June 2018 was one to remember for RGV residents. For those who weren’t aware of what occurred in the RGV during late June, a huge deluge game and gave just about the whole region a measure of rainfall. Cities such as Los Fresnos, Harlingen, Mission, and Weslaco saw half a year’s worth of rainfall in a period of three days. While the rain was much needed, the usual of Valley rainfalls occurred, it came in torrents and without let up. Therefore, flooding occurred in areas where most residents felt as if they were reliving the days after Hurricane Dolly (2008) dropped large amounts of rain into their neighborhoods. Thankfully, the rain has brought drought levels to rock bottom in many areas. 

 

Here is a link from the NWS of Brownsville with photos of hard hit areas. Other tabs will provide other information over the rains that fell. 

https://www.weather.gov/bro/2018event_greatjuneflood

[bubba]

Wow! We get this tropical kind of dumping in South Florida (exclusive of Hurricanes) about one or two times every 10 years. It is usually limited to the coastal areas and comes off the Ocean.I remember one year we got 24 inches in a day and the Breaker's golf course was two (2) feet underwater. RGV getting more tropical!

[LF-TX]

4 minutes ago, bubba said:

Wow! We get this tropical kind of dumping in South Florida (exclusive of Hurricanes) about one or two times every 10 years. It is usually limited to the coastal areas and comes off the Ocean.I remember one year we got 24 inches in a day and the Breaker's golf course was two (2) feet underwater. RGV getting more tropical!

Wow! I agree! This event was very unexpected. While the rain is very welcome, I’m sure 24 inches of rain in one day would decimate our area