Drought — Northern Hidalgo County, Texas

2023-10-01 to 2023-10-09 · Northern Hidalgo County, Texas

Event narrative

Severe Drought (D2) prevailed across all of Northern Hidalgo County through October 9th. Locally heavy rainfall across the eastern half of this area following locally heavy rainfall of 1 to 1.5 inches would improve conditions in these areas beginning on October 10th.

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 1144876. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.