The intense rainfall was due to a complicated interplay between the intensity of the hurricane, its path, and the fact that
it stalled over the coast with part of it still over the water so the storm dynamics could access the heat and moisture of the Gulf.
Not exact matches
From the Carolinas down across Florida, and the Gulf
Coast over to Texas, a
stalled cold front could mean areas of shower and thunderstorms for Week 1 of the 2014 NFL Season.
The storm then
stalled, with its center
over or near the Texas
coast for four days, dropping historic amounts of rainfall of more than 60 inches
over southeastern Texas.»