Event narrative (NOAA)
Dolly's slow progression westward across south central Willacy County during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd delayed the onset of sustained tropical storm force winds into Hidalgo County, but by mid afternoon on the 23rd, the winds indeed arrived, and would continue well into the evening and overnight, at first in broad rain bands within a large circulation around the enlarged center, and later in rain bands well to the east and southeast of the collapsing core.||Sustained winds in the western and southern eyewall increased to 35 to near 50 mph, with gusts nearing hurricane force, generally between 4 PM and 8 PM, especially across the more populated southern half of the county. These sustained winds would continue toward midnight, and likely a bit after midnight across the western t
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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.