Drought — Brooks, Texas

2023-10-01 to 2023-10-31 · Brooks, Texas

Event narrative

Severe (D2) Drought would begin October across all but the northern fifth of Jim Hogg County, before an area of 0.75 to 1.5 inches of rain fell on the 10th across the portions of the county. By October 17th, Severe Drought was limited to the south and southeast portion of the county, with Moderate (D1) conditions expanding across the northwest portion and a very small sliver along the Hidalgo and Kenedy County line.

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 1144880. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.