Rainfall from scattered to numerous thunderstorms across the Lower Rio Grande Valley between June 1st and June 3rd increased the soil moisture a little bit across Cameron County, resulting in a slight decrease in drought intensity for nearly all of June. Despite the early rains, dry weather through most of the month (except June 24th) along with strong winds maintained extreme (D3) drought…
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Rainfall from scattered to numerous thunderstorms across the Lower Rio Grande Valley between June 1st and June 3rd increased the soil moisture a little bit across Cameron County, resulting in a slight decrease in drought intensity for nearly all of June. Despite the early rains, dry weather through most of the month (except June 24th) along with strong winds maintained extreme (D3) drought across most of the county, with some slight improvement on the 30th west of Federal Highway 77.
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 Jun 1, 8:04 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 904 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009 .DISCUSSION... MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WANING FOR THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. A FEW SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY RIGHT ALONG THE COAST WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND NOCTURNAL MARINE INSTABILITY. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS COVERED SO WILL NOT ISSUE FORECAST UPDATE. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDUCE CEILINGS AND/OR VISIBILITIES TO TEMPORARY MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... AT 7 PM BUOY 20 REPORTED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 18 TO 21 KNOTS AND SEAS AT 3.3 FEET WITH A 5 SECOND PERIOD. A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. THE WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND LOW SEAS PREVAILING ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 146 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009/ DISCUSSION...CONVECTION JUST STARTING TO FIRE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES WITH ACTIVITY TO INCREASE THROUGH SUNSET. DO NOT EXPECT CONVECTION TO GO WIDESPREAD AS UPPER SUPPORT...MAINLY JET DYNAMICS...WANING OR SHIFTING EAST. AIRMASS TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTERACTION WITH OUT FLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD PROVIDE THE WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS SHOULD BE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS...BUT AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY CAN NOT RULE OUT ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS IF CELL MERGERS OR BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OCCUR. UPPER TROUGH TO SHIFT EAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVERHEAD BY FRIDAY BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER THE WEEKEND. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONSISTENT IN THIS TREND WITH PREVIOUS AND CURRENT FORECAST ALSO SHOWING PERSISTENCE. RAIN CHANCES TO LOWER TO SLIGHT CHANCES TO ISOLATED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MAINLY HEATING AND SEABREEZE TO BE THE TRIGGER NEEDED. ONCE THE RAIN CHANCES WANE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE AS WILL THE HEAT INDICES. GFS MAV AND MEXMOS LOOK ON TRACK WITH AND WILL CONTINUE TO TREND IN THIS DIRECTION WITHOUT MUCH VARIATION. ALL IS QUIET IN THE TROPICS WITH NO SUSPECT AREAS OF NOTE. THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL TO LOOK OVER THEIR PREPARATION AND EVACUATION PLANS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RGV AND CHECK OUT OUR RIO GRANDE VALLEY HURRICANE GUIDE. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE 64/65
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 933 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-030245- 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 THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE 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- 933 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 65
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
811 PM CDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 5 E RAYMONDVILLE 26.48N 97.70W
06/01/2009 E1.75 INCH WILLACY TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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GFLATTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
822 PM CDT MON JUN 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0536 PM HAIL 3 E WESLACO 26.16N 97.94W
06/01/2009 E0.75 INCH HIDALGO TX PUBLIC
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GFLATTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the National Drought Monitor, the drought level was extreme (D3) across nearly all of Cameron County until June 30th, when rains from the previous week along and west of Federal Highway 77 improved conditions from Brownsville to Harlingen to the Hidalgo County line to severe (D2).
According to the National Drought Monitor, the drought level was extreme (D3) across coastal Cameron County until June 30th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 166053, 184807.