My daughter lives about 45 minutes from there, she is a Drug - Rep and covers Brownsville.
We, more in the central coast area, had a terrific storm in the middle of the night and got 1 1/2 inches of rain. I thought it was coming from the south but perhaps it moved down your way!
I used to live in Crosby on the other side of Houston (tornado alley). Before the rain I thought it looked like hail/tornado weather.