![]() Prior to the storm, storm warnings are issued for the entire Gulf Coast from Galveston to the Mississippi River. August 2, 1955 – Tropical Storm Brenda makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana and moves westward into eastern portions of Texas in early August.Notably, on October 5, when the system was centered over the Big Bend region, a rocket launched by the United States Navy in White Sands, New Mexico, took an unintended photograph of the depression from an altitude of about 100 miles (160 km), which became the first such large-scale image of a tropical cyclone. The storm causes 6.09 inches (155 mm) of rain in Brownsville. October 3, 1954 – An unnumbered tropical depression makes landfall in the Brownsville area, bringing rough seas.July 29, 1954 – Tropical Storm Barbara makes landfall on Vermilion Bay before moving into Texas as a tropical depression, bringing rain and gusty winds.In the town of Ozona alone, the floods caused $2 million in damages. A bridge on the Pecos River collapsed due to the heavy rains. The storm caused high rainfall totals, peaking at 24 inches (610 mm) northwest of Del Rio. ![]() However, the resulting flood caused by the remnants of Alice were considered a 1 in 2000 year event. Damage on the coast close to where Alice made landfall remained minimal.
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