A lack of rainfall across Deep South Texas resulted in Severe (D2) Drought conditions continuing across much of Deep South Texas and spreading toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley coastal areas the first few days of April.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
A lack of rainfall across Deep South Texas resulted in Severe (D2) Drought conditions continuing across much of Deep South Texas and spreading toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley coastal areas the first few days of April.
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 31, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1205 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 .UPDATE...SEE AVIATION BELOW && .AVIATION...STRATUS DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER VALLEY AND NORTHEAST MEXICO AND STEADILY MOVING NORTH. MVFR CIGS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. GRADUALLY DEEPENING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW COULD ALLOW THE STRATUS TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS WEST OF 281 AFTER 9Z. A SHALLOW SATURATED LAYER TO MAINTAIN THE LOWER CIGS THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE AND THEN SLOWLY BREAK UP THROUGH THE MORNING AS DRIER AIR GRADUALY MIXES OUT THE MOISTURE. SCT TO BKN CIGS BETWEEN 15 AND 17Z THEN SCT CU FIELD AND BREEZY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 900 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...FAIRLY BENIGN WX CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TX DURING THE SHORT TERM FCST PERIOD. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL ACROSS THE NW GULF OF MEXICO WHILE LOW PRESSURE RESIDES TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST FROM NORTHERN MEXICO THRU WEST TX INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE MAINTAINED KEEPING OUR CWA IN A WARM AND RELATIVELY HUMID PATTERN. NO PCPN IS EXPECTED WITH A DRY NW FLOW ALOFT PREVAILING. MADE A COUPLE OF MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FCST FOR THE UPDATE THIS EVENING. MODIFIED WINDS DURING THE DAYTIME FRIDAY SHOWING A BIT MORE BREEZY CONDITIONS DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTN HRS BASED ON GUIDANCE AND A GRADUAL TIGHTENING UP OF THE LOCAL GRADIENT. ANTICIPATE THE STRONGER BREEZES WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ALSO...INCREASED CLOUD COVER OVRNGT TNGT INTO TOMORROW MRNG. LWR CLD DECKS ARE EXPECTED TO CREEP BACK IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALREADY SHOWING UP AT THE COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE LWR RGV. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TOMORROW MRNG SO WORDING RETAINED. THE REMAINDER OF THE PD LOOKS ON TRACK WITH NO OTHER CHANGES. UPDATED ZFP PRODUCT HAS BEEN SENT. LONG TERM/SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER THE GULF SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK CAUSING A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST FLOW OF AIR FROM THE GULF. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO AMPLE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN STORE FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING ISOLATED SHOWERS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE ON TUESDAY. A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND MAKING IT TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THE 9 PM OBSERVATION FROM BUOY020 INDICATED WINDS WERE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KTS AND SEAS WERE AROUND 2 FT WITH A PERIOD OF 7 SECONDS. FAIRLY BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THIS FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL ACROSS THE NW GULF WITH A WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTING LOCALLY. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL BE THE RULE THRU TOMORROW NIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR A LITTLE MORE SE BREEZE DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTN ACROSS THE BAY AND ACROSS THE GULF WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT. DID MAKE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT UPWARD TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WINDS ACROSS THE BAY FOR THE UPDATE THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY FAVORABLE MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND LOW TO MODERATE SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE SOUTHEAST WINDS. A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN STORE FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND MODERATE TO HIGH SEAS WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE MARINE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE 59
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 529 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011 TXZ248>257-011030- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 529 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-011030- 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- 529 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR LOCAL BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Zapata County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Jim Hogg County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Starr County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Hidalgo County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Inland Cameron County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across all of Inland Willacy County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across the western half of Brooks County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions occurred across the southern one tenth of kenedy County.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions spread into coastal agricultural areas of Willacy County to begin the month.
A lack of rainfall continued across Deep South Texas the first of April. D2 Severe drought conditions spread into coastal agricultural areas of Cameron County to begin the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2011
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: 289271, 289272, 289273, 289274, 289275, 289276, 289277, 289278, 291686, 291687.