Drought — Jim Hogg, Texas

2023-10-01 to 2023-10-09 · Jim Hogg, Texas

Event narrative

Extreme Drought (D3) prevailed across most of the western half of Jim Hogg County until October 9th, with Severe (D2) drought across east-central Jim Hogg south of Hebbronville and the SR 285/359 area. An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain fell during the late afternoon and evening of October 5th, which would remove Extreme conditions across western portions of the county.

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 1144879. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.