Coastal Kenedy County storm history

Based on observations from Inland Kenedy, temperatures fell below freezing across portions of Coastal Kenedy County around 12:00AM CST on February 5th and did not rise above freezing through 8:51AM CST. The nearby SARITA and ARMSTR Union Pacific Mesonet sites both recorded a low …

Temperatures fell below freezing around 3:36AM CST on February 4th, and did not rise above freezing until around 11:24AM CST. A low of 31 degrees was observed at the Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network (TCOON) site at Rincon del San Jose (RSJT2).

Warm and mainly rain-free conditions allowed for drought to persist across Coastal Kenedy County. Central areas remained under Extreme (D3) Drought while the remainder of northern and southern Coastal Kenedy remained under Severe (D2) Drought. Rainfall in late April and early May…

Beneficial rainfall of 0.5 to 1.5 inches occurred across southern and northern Coastal Kenedy County in mid-April (late 17th/early 18th), providing some relief to drought conditions in the area. Extreme (D3) Drought was trimmed out of far northern and far southern portions of Coa…

Due to a persistent lack of rainfall across the area, Extreme (D3) Drought continued across much of Coastal Kenedy County. These conditions would remain unchanged through mid-April.

Due to persistent lack of significant rainfall, Extreme (D3) Drought expanded eastward across the majority of Coastal Kenedy County, with the exception of far southern areas and the barrier island over the southeast portion.

Due to a persistent lack of significant rainfall, Extreme (D3) Drought expanded into central portions of Coastal Kenedy County, with D2 continuing near the Wind Farms and toward the Willacy County line. By the 16th, the area of D3 would expand a bit farther north and south.

Due to a lack of significant rainfall, Severe (D2) Drought persisted across central portions of Coastal Kenedy County.

A lack of substantial rainfall allowed for Severe (D2) Drought to expand into Coastal Kenedy County.

Based off of observations from Inland Kenedy and Coastal Kleberg Counties, temperatures fell below freezing across portions of Coastal Kenedy County around 4:00 AM and did not exceed 32 degrees again until 9:30 AM on the 19th. The nearby SARITA and ARMSTR Union Pacific Mesonet si…

Despite sparse observation coverage, based off of observations from Inland Kenedy County and adjacent Kleberg County, it is estimated that temperatures fell below freezing across portions of Coastal Kenedy County around 4:00 AM and did not exceed 32 degrees again until 9:00 AM on…

Temperatures fell below freezing around 7:30 PM on the 16th and did not rise back above 32 degrees until around 7:30 AM on the 17th. Because of the sparse observation coverage, timing and lows are based off of estimations from observations in Inland Kenedy, which fell to the uppe…

Temperatures fell below freezing around 8:30 PM on the 14th and did not rise above 32 degrees until around 12:30 PM on the 16th. Due to the sparse observation coverage, lows are estimated to be in the upper teens to lower 20s on both the mornings of the 15th and 16th, and are bas…

Continued high seas and swells propagating to the west from the long-departed Hurricane Delta (which made landfall at around 6 PM CDT on October 9th) produced another, though lesser, round of tidal run/up and overwash that may have produced a bit more beach erosion following the …

The passage of Hurricane Delta about 200 to 225 miles east of the Kenedy County coast around 4 AM on October 9th produced estimated peak sea heights of 35 feet just prior to the eye's arrival at 1140 PM CDT on the 8th. Swell periods of more than 12 seconds began during the late a…

A tide gage at Baffin Bay, just north of the Kenedy/Kleberg County line, peaked at 2.34 feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL) around 8 PM CST September 21, and continued above 2 feet above MSL through 5 PM CST on the 23rd. Though tide levels inside Laguna Madre remained high through th…

As swell from Hurricane Laura reached the lower Texas coast late on August 26th and early on August 27th, the wave energy from this swell combined with high tide (Port Mansfield Channel Entrance and Malaquite Beach) at approximately 2:11 AM CDT on the 27th, likely produced minor …

Hurricane Hanna moved across the western Gulf of Mexico and made landfall on the mid-Kenedy County coastline at around 5 PM Central Time Saturday, July 25th, carrying sustained 90 mph winds with gusts over 100 mph in a small portion of the inner eye wall. While there aren't many …

Storm surge generated by Hurricane Hanna pushed tide levels above ground in excess of 3 feet along coastal Kenedy County beginning by mid afternoon of July 25th and likely continuing through landfall at approximately 4 PM local standard time on the mid-Kenedy County coast along t…

With April temperatures remaining well above normal and limited rainfall the last week of April, the northern half of Kenedy County remained in Severe (D2) Drought conditions. These conditions remained through May 18th.

Rainfall from a fast-moving supercell thunderstorm in the southern half of coastal Kenedy County dropped 1.5 to 2 inches of rainfall early on April 4th, improving drought from Severe (D2) to Moderate (D1) while leaving the northern half of the coastline unchanged. These condition…

Severe (D2) Drought would continue across northern and southern Coastal Kenedy County into the first few days of April, before a fast moving thunderstorm dropped more than 1 inch of rainfall over the southern half of the area, which would improve drought conditions there by April…

Severe (D2) Drought arrived in southern Kenedy County on March 3rd, and would develop in northern Kenedy County on March 17th. Central Kenedy County would remain in moderate (D1) Drought, courtesy of showers that moved through the region, keeping status quo while rain missed the …

Severe (D2) Drought conditions developed in southeast Kennedy County by June 5th, and expanded to all but the northern tip of the county on June 12th. D2 conditions continued until the week of June 18th, when 6 to 18 inches of rain fell and turned rainfall deficits into long term…