Drought — Coastal Cameron, Texas

2023-10-01 to 2023-10-09 · Coastal Cameron, Texas

Event narrative

Extreme (D3) Drought would cover Coastal Cameron County from Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge south to the Rio Grande through October 9, before the area of Extreme Drought was trimmed back Severe Drought on the 10th, due to sufficient afternoon rains on October 5th.

Wider weather episode

Searing heat that dominated September continued into the first four days of October across the entire region, maintaining Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought. Localized clusters of thunderstorms from southern Kenedy through Brownsville (Cameron County), and across the Jim Hogg/Starr/Zapata Brush Country/Rio Grande Plains on October 5th, associated with a cooling front, would begin gradual improvements across the entire region - though Severe to Extreme conditions would persist a bit longer.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1144871. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.