Extreme dry conditions continued across Deep South Texas during the month of March. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) reported the soil moisture was abnormally to excessively dry over Deep South Texas.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Extreme dry conditions continued across Deep South Texas during the month of March. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) reported the soil moisture was abnormally to excessively dry over Deep South Texas. The United States Drought Monitor indicated that the drought conditions deteriorated to severe in western Brooks and Hidalgo County by late March. Fire bans continued over much of Deep South Texas for all of the month.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 24, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 730 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 .DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE WINDS WILL BECOME MODERATE AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. OTHERWISE THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD THEREFORE NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...AT 7 PM BUOY 42020 REPORTED EAST WINDS AROUND 12 KNOTS SEAS LOWERING TO NEAR 5 AT A PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS. WITH THE SEAS DROPPING BELOW 7 FEET FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS WILL GO AHEAD AND END THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS 20 TO 60 MILES EAST OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. OTHERWISE...MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THEN A STRENGTHENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD INCREASE THE WINDS AND WAVES AND LIKELY PROMPT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS STARTING WITH THE THE LAGUNA MADRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THEN SPREADING EAST OVER THE OUTER WATERS TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...THE AFTERNOON CUMULUS DECK WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING AS THE SOUTHEAST WINDS DIMINISH AND THE LOST OF HEATING REDUCES THE MIXING. VFR CONDITIONS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES SHOULD PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CLOUDS SHOULD REFORM AROUND MID MORNING TUESDAY WITH A BROKEN 4000 TO 6000 FOOT DECK BY THE AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS. SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND CURED FUELS MAY POSE A FIRE WEATHER THREAT WITH AN ENHANCED RISK OF DANGEROUS WILDFIRE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FIRE WEATHER WATCH TXZ248>257 10AM TO 7PM TUE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE SHORT TERM FORECAST GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE/FXC/FXC.HTM SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....63 MARINE/AVIATION...59 MESO/FXC........VEGA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 945 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-251100- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 945 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST DUE TO SUBSIDING ROUGH SWELLS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE POSTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE...DUE TO EXPECTED STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TOMASELLI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) drought conditions stretched into Brooks County, TX, by March 25th, and continued to worsen through the end of the month.
Severe (D2) drought conditions stretched into Hidalgo County, TX, by March 25th, and continued to worsen through the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 91753, 91754.