At a Glance

Tropical Storm Beta was a slow-mover out of the western Gulf of Mexico.Over 10 inches of rain fell over parts of southeast Texas, including Houston.Beta also produced coastal flooding as far east as Mississippi.Beta's locally flooding rain stretched into Arkansas and Mississippi.

Tropical Storm Beta spun up in the Gulf of Mexico, then brought flooding rain from Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley, including the Houston metro area.

Tropical Depression Twenty-Two formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 17, 2020, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Beta the following day, .

Beta's maximum sustained winds reached a peak of 60 mph as it tracked through the western Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened prior to landfall because of unfavorable upper-level winds and dry air.

Maximum sustained winds were 45 mph when Beta made landfall along the southern end of the Matagorda Peninsula in Texas on the night of Sept. 21.

Bands of heavy rain caused significant flooding along the upper Texas coast Sept. 21 into Sept. 22, particularly in southern parts of the Houston metro area.

Several locations on the southside of Houston . The maximum storm total was 14.40 inches near Brookside Village. Beta was Houston Hobby Airport's since 1930.

Over 100 high-water rescues were needed Sept. 22 in southern Harris County, according to local law enforcement. Some homes were flooded, as well.

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Beta's remnants triggered localized flash flooding on Sept. 23 as heavy rain spread into the lower Mississippi Valley.

One to two feet of water was reported over streets in McGehee, Arkansas. Five inches of rain fell in 12 hours in Watson, Arkansas. Moderate street flooding was reported in downtown Greenville, Mississippi.

Coastal flooding from Beta's storm surge arrived on Sept. 19 along parts of the Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.

A storm surge between on Sept. 21 along the upper Texas coast near Galveston Bay. The gauges indicated that this amount of water rise resulted in for some areas.

San Luis Pass, Texas, had a on Sept. 21.

Modest surge flooding was also reported , in and southwest of Freeport, Texas, among other locations on Sept. 21.

Storm tides at Port Isabel, Texas, were , according to the NWS-Brownsville, Texas.

Peak surge inundation reached just over 3 feet in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, hammered by the destructive surge and winds from in August.

There's was also coastal flooding in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi, reaching in some areas.

This required the in Golden Meadow, as well as some roads around , the eastbank of Lower St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, and in .

The peak wind gust measured on land was , just after midnight Sept. 22.

Port O'Connor, Texas, clocked a 55 mph gust while Victoria, Texas, recorded a peak wind gust to in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 22.

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