Drought — Jim Hogg, Texas

2023-10-17 to 2023-10-31 · Jim Hogg, Texas

Event narrative

The combination of soil moisture increases from late afternoon/early evening rainfall on October 5th, with another round of 0.75 to locally 1 inch or more from late October 10th through early October 11th continued drought improvement. By the 17th, just a sliver of Severe (D2) remained across the far southeast corner of the county, which continued through month's end.

Wider weather episode

The combination of residual soil moisture increases from afternoon/evening thunderstorms on October 5th, with a steadier rain event from late October 10th through early October 11th, further reduced the area of Severe (D2) Drought across the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas ranchlands. Locations that missed the heaviest rains on the 5th held onto the Severe Conditions through the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1145202. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.