Drought in Willacy Island, Texas

Drought September 26, 2023 – September 30, 2023 · Willacy Island, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe (D2) Drought arrived in northern portion of the Willacy County barrier island on the 26th of September, as positive effects from 1 to nearly 3 inches of rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Harold dried up in the record heat and low monthly rainfall (10-25 percent of average).

The wider storm

The somewhat wet benefits from Tropical Storm Harold on August 22nd-23rd, 2023, were erased in Willacy and Kenedy County by the end of a record-hot September in these areas, when monthly rainfall averaged 10-25 percent of average for the wettest month on average of the calendar year. Severe (D2) conditions arrived on September 26th and continued into early October.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1142798. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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