Drought — Collingsworth, Texas

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-19 · Collingsworth, Texas

Event narrative

Southern Carson County and northern Armstrong County were in Severe Drought (D2) at the beginning of December. The rest of these two Counties were in Moderate Drought (D1) to Abnormally Dry (D2). The far eastern part of Collingsworth County was in D2, with D1 and D0 in central to western parts of the county. Between 12/13 and 12/15 a mid month system brought abnormally wet conditions with several inches of rain that wiped out a good chunk of their rainfall deficit. This event brought 3 to 5 times the normal December liquid precipitation allowing for D2 to be completely wiped out in these counties with categorical improvements to the areas in D1 and D0 as well.

Wider weather episode

An unusual rain even during the month of December dropped 3 to almost 7 across the central to eastern TX Panhandle with the higher end of this being in the southeastern TX Panhandle. This was nearly 2 to 5 above normal for December, and help cut overall rainfall deficits down allowing for some areas in Severe Drought (D2) to improve to Moderated Drought (D1) by months end. The exception was the far southwestern TX Panhandle that was in D2 but missed out on the beneficial rain during the big rain event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1153849. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.