Coastal Cameron storm history

Cameron County Beach Patrol responded to a call regarding a drowning victim which came in at 6:47 PM that evening. Witnesses suggested/confirmed the fatality was rip current related, and an off-duty NWS employee vouched for the dangerous rip current potential during the entire we…

A 22 year old male swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on South Padre Island, near the 300 block of Padre Boulevard drowned in a rip current. His body was recovered on October 11 farther down the beach.

High surf and robust northeasterly swells led to the drowning of a young adult male near South Padre Island. The victim ventured into the surf after an evening show near Isla Blanca Park on the south end of the Island.

A 40 year old male swimming between the first and second sandbars of a mile north of Beach Access 5 on South Padre Island drowned in a rip current. Two other individuals were rescued, both of whom were brought to shore conscious and treated at the scene.

An 18-year-old male swimming near the Inverness Condominiums near the Good Hope Beach Access drowned in a rip current. Three other individuals were rescued, all of whom were brought to shore with injuries and were transported to local hospitals for medical treatment.

A 44 year old man visiting from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico was found face down in the surf just north of the Los Corales Condominiums north of Andy Bowie Park (8500 block of Padre Boulevard), near Public Beach Access Point 5. After attempts to revive the man were unsuccessful,…

A 66 year old man from Monterrey (state of Nuevo Leon) Mexico became in distress after being reportedly swept away from the Isla Blanca Park jetties on South Padre Island shortly after noon of June 17th. The man was found about one half mile north of the jetties and brought to sh…

A local surfing instructor and trained spotter found a man unconscious in the water after hearing shouts from concerned family members. Though the victim was estimated to be a weak swimmer, moderate to strong rip currents likely caused the fatality, based on surf heights still 4 …

A young man was found unconscious in the surf immediately offshore of Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island during the mid to late afternoon of July 14th. The man was likely a poor swimmer, and succumbed to either a rip current enhanced by water movement near the jetties. While …

Two young men drowned when a combination of along shore current with a possible embedded rip current moved them into deeper water east of Public Beach Access Point #2 on South Padre Island during the afternoon of July 4th. While wave height and swell period had decreased markedly…

A 17 year old boy drowned less than a mile north of Beach Access #6 late Wednesday afternoon May 6. The young man entered the water around 4 pm with two friends. The man was caught in an undertow which pulled him out to sea. The friends attempted to swim out to him but were unabl…

A man drowned near Beach Access #6. The man ran into the water and disappeared shortly after arriving at the beach with friends. He was seen floating in the surf soon afterwards and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

The United States Coast Guard and South Padre Island officials reported the deaths of two men in unrelated drowning incidents on June 1. One man drowned near County Beach Access # 5 when overcome by a large wave and was unable to make it back to shore. A second man drowned nearby…

Hermine arrived in fits and starts, with frequent gusty feeder band showers followed by relatively calm conditions through the day and early evening of September 6th. Between 830 and 9 PM CST, the action got underway as the central core of Hermine brought a rapid increase in sust…

After edging northward just off the Cameron County coastline during the early to mid morning, the inner western eyewall reached South Padre Island at around 11 AM CDT, further intensifying between 11 AM and 1 PM while edging across Laguna Madre into Port Isabel, Bayview, Laguna H…

The intensification of the western and southern eyewall of Dolly brought hurricane force west winds, which blew tides out sharply along east-facing shorelines by early afternoon. Unfortunately, the same situation that spared both Port Isabel and nearby communities on the east fac…

Port Isabel Airport (PIL) ASOS recorded about 47.5 hours of wind chills at or below 30F degrees from 10:30pm on February 19 to 1:35pm on February 20th, from 3:25pm on February 20th to 10:53am on February 21st, and from 3:50am to 4:40pm on February 22. Minimum wind chill temperatu…

Bayview recorded freezing temperatures (32F degrees of below) for 6.5 hours (from 2:05am to 8:25am on January 22).

Bayview recorded wind chill temperatures of 30F degrees of below for 30 hours (from 3:15am on January 21 to 9:30am on January 22).

The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) sensor near Bayview (KPIL) recorded a peak heat index of 115F at around 1 PM CST, with around 2 hours at or above 111F between roughly 1230 and 230 PM CST.

The Cameron County Airport near Bayview recorded peak heat indices between 111-116F for 4 hours (from 11:53 AM-2:53 PM) on June 5, 2024.

The Cameron County Airport near Bayview recorded an estimated 5 hours of heat index between 111F and 114F.

The Cameron County Airport Automated Surface Observing Sensor near Bayview recorded around 4.5 hours of heat index values between 111 and 115F between 1153 AM CDT and 430 PM CDT. Peak values of 115 occurred between 253 and 353 PM.

Multiple sites in Coastal Cameron County recorded temperatures at or below freezing between 10-11 hours (spanning between 120 AM and 112 PM on the 16th. This included Bayview, Laguna Atascosa, and Realitos. A Hard Freeze (temperatures below 28 degrees for 2 or more hours) occurre…

A Minimum Wind Chill value of 11F and 13F degrees was recorded in Bayview and Realitos at 6:55 AM and 7:54 AM, respectively. The duration of temperatures within the wind chill criteria was anywhere between 10-12 hours.

Bayview recorded 4 hours of freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower) from 920AM to 120PM on January 15, 2024. A minimum temperature of 31F degrees occurred between 1030AM and 1230PM. Laguna Atascosa also recorded 4 hours of freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower) from 922A…

A Minimum Wind Chill value of 16F and 18F degrees was recorded in Bayview and Realitos at 11:55 AM and 12:12 PM, respectively. The duration of temperatures within the wind chill criteria was anywhere between 3-4 hours.

A 67 mph wind gust was recorded at the Cameron County Airport.

Rainfall estimated and measured at 0.5 to 1.5 inches along and just west of Laguna Madre on the afternoon of October 5th drought levels from Extreme (D3) to Severe (D2) along and south of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge south to the Rio Grande, including Bayview and Port…

The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) at the Cameron County Airport near Bayview generally reported 2 to 2.5 hours of heat index of 111 or higher, peaking just above 114 degrees just before 2 PM Central Daylight Time.

Extreme (D3) Drought would cover Coastal Cameron County from Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge south to the Rio Grande through October 9, before the area of Extreme Drought was trimmed back Severe Drought on the 10th, due to sufficient afternoon rains on October 5th.

The Cameron County Airport Automated Surface Observing System recorded four hours of apparent temperature of 111 or higher, with values peaking at just under 116 degrees between noon and 1 PM. This was the hottest feeling day of the three-day late-September stretch.

The Cameron County Airport Automated Surface Observing System recorded approximately four hours of apparent temperature of 111 or higher, with values peaking at 115 degrees just before 2 pm.

The Cameron County Airport Automated Surface Observing System recorded just under three hours of apparent temperature of 111 or higher, with values peaking at 114 degrees.

Extreme (D3) Drought crept into southern coastal Cameron County, to include Port Isabel and the Brownsville Ship Channel, beginning on September 19th, while the stripe of Severe (D2) Drought continued in south-central Cameron from Bayview/Laguna Vista to Laguna Atascosa- a result…

The Cameron County Airport ASOS station recorded heat indices at or above 111 degrees from 11:53AM CDT until 3:53PM CDT.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 12:53 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on September 6th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 12:53 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 3:53 PM CDT on September 5th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 11:53 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on September 4th.

Severe (D2) Drought Continued across the southern half of Coastal Cameron County, south of a line from Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, through the middle of September as the typically welcome rainfall failed to arrive in a significant way, while record heat continued fr…

Lack of persistent rain and hot to very hot temperatures allowed Severe (D2) Drought to develop across southern Cameron County from a line extending from 3 miles north of Bayview to 3 miles north of Laguna Vista on August 22nd. While Tropical Storm Harold a little bit of rain on …

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 10:53 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on August 19th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 12:53 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 2:53 PM CDT on August 18th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 12:53 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 2:53 PM CDT on August 18th. By proxy, it can be assumed that Coastal Willacy County had similar conditions.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 11:53 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 1:53 PM CDT on August 15th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 11:53 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on August 14th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 11:53 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 3:53 PM CDT on August 13th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 9:30 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on August 12th.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 9:30 AM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on August 12th. By proxy, it can be assumed that Coastal Willacy County had similar conditions.

The Cameron County Airport ASOS reported a heat index of 111 by 12:53 PM CDT, with 111 or higher values persisting until approximately 4:53 PM CDT on August 11th.