Event narrative (NOAA)
Torrential rains associated with both the eastern and southern eyewall (late evening of July 25th) and persistent southeast to northwest feeder bands that followed (after midnight through late afternoon of July 26th) created widespread flash and areal flooding across many portions of populated Hidalgo County as then-Tropical Storm Hanna slowly moved from Hidalgo County into Starr County, Texas, and eventually into northern Mexico on July 26th. Heaviest rainfall directly associated with Hanna and the feeder bands fell in the Mission-South McAllen-Pharr region, where measured and estimated rainfall of 10 to 15 inches produced 18 inches to 4 feet of water depth and required a number of water rescues during the prolonged period of flooding. A few specific reports included:|*Numerous water re
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.