Drought — Kenedy Island, Texas

2023-10-01 to 2023-10-16 · Kenedy Island, Texas

Event narrative

Severe (D2) Drought covered all of the Kenedy County barrier island through October 9th, with the area shrinking to cover the northern half of the Kenedy County barrier island with the southern half improving to Moderate (D1, levels) due to 0.25 to 0.75 inches during the afternoon of 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 1144883. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.