Event narrative (NOAA)
Storm surge greatly impacted Holiday Beach and Copano Village. The surge punched holes through walls and garage doors on the lower portions of most homes. The surge floated vehicles, recreational vehicles, and boats well inland. The surge approached and flowed across Egery Island Road and Farm to Market 136 in several locations south of Bayside in extreme western Aransas County. Numerous cattle were killed north of Holiday Beach. A large portion of Rattlesnake Point Road was eroded and washed away heading out to Redfish Lodge on Copano Bay. The pier south of the lodge was completely washed away. Storm surge of 4 to 5 feet was common across the county. The maximum storm surge of 12.5 feet occurred in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. There were 356 homes that received major damage from
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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.