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July 16, 2026
This month in Texas history
On July 31, 1978, Tropical Storm Amelia made landfall in Corpus Christi, leading to historic flooding on the Medina River in Bandera.
The storm quickly dissipated as it moved inland, and stalled over the headwaters of the Medina and Guadalupe rivers, producing heavy rainfall across the Texas Hill Country.
Medina recorded at least 48 inches in a two-day period, making Amelia the wettest tropical cyclone on record in both Texas and the continental United States until Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
The storm quickly dissipated as it moved inland, and stalled over the headwaters of the Medina and Guadalupe rivers, producing heavy rainfall across the Texas Hill Country.
Medina recorded at least 48 inches in a two-day period, making Amelia the wettest tropical cyclone on record in both Texas and the continental United States until Hurricane Harvey in 2017.