After the local rains from Tropical Storm Don had briefly helped Drought conditions mainly in Starr County the first week of August, dry, hot weather began deteriorating conditions again by the 2nd week of August. Extreme (D3) Drought returned to most of Starr and all of Jim Hogg County by the 9th.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
After the local rains from Tropical Storm Don had briefly helped Drought conditions mainly in Starr County the first week of August, dry, hot weather began deteriorating conditions again by the 2nd week of August. Extreme (D3) Drought returned to most of Starr and all of Jim Hogg County by the 9th.
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 Aug 8, 11:53 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1253 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .DISCUSSION...SEE THE AVIATION SECTION BELOW FOR THE UPDATED DISCUSSION ON THE 06Z TAF PACKAGE. && .AVIATION...THE 3 LOCAL TAF SITES REPORTED MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 05Z. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE AVIATION FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. THE STRONGER SURFACE WINDS WILL BE THE PROBLEM DURING THE DAYTIME TODAY...GENERALLY FROM MID/LATE MORNING THRU LATE AFTERNOON SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KTS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. A FAIRLY ROBUST LLVL JET REMAINS PRESENT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA WITH VAD WIND PROFILE INDICATING 30 KTS AT 2 KFT. INCLUDED NON CONVECTIVE LLWS IN THE TAF FORECAST THRU THE EARLY MRNG HRS UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE WHEN SFC WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE. CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL THRU MOST OF THE EARLY MRNG WITH A FEW PATCHES OF LOW SC POSSIBLE. INCREASING WINDS WITH SCT TO TEMPO BKN MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE THRU MID MRNG BEFORE BASES RISE BY LATE MRNG. SKIES SHOULD GENERALLY SHAKE OUT TO A MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY CATEGORY THRU MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON. WINDS AND CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 618 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR THE 0000 UTC TAF PACKAGE. AVIATION...SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS 500MB RIDGE ACROSS THE STATE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TX. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 204 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE LATEST WEATHER MAPS SHOW AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...WITH A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. COMPLEXES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT AS DISTURBANCES HEAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. NO SUCH LUCK CLOSER TO HOME THOUGH. WARM AND DUSTY WILL BE THE SHORT TERM WEATHER WORDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. BROAD RIDGING...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE...IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ANY SIGNIFICANT HOPES FOR RAIN WELL AWAY FROM OUR AREA...AND PROBABLY NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. ALL THIS MEANS IS THAT PERSISTENCE WILL LIKELY BE THE RULE WEATHER-WISE. LOWS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 90S NEAR THE COAST TO THE LOWER 100S IN PARTS OF THE UPPER VALLEY. LITTLE SIGNIFICANT SHORT TERM CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED IN THE DEWPOINT DEPARTMENT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. THIS IS TECHNICALLY BELOW ANY SORT OF ADVISORY CRITERIA... BUT COULD STILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO RESULT IN HEAT-RELATED ISSUES. I GUESS SOME OF THE SILVER LINING SURROUND THE SCATTERED STRATOCU WOULD BE RELATED TO THE WIND. A PRESSURE GRADIENT /BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS/ IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS...COMBINED WITH ANOTHER STRONG EARLY MORNING LOW-LEVEL JET... SHOULD RESULT IN INCREASED MECHANICAL MIXING AGAIN DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...DOMINANT HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER TEXAS...KEEPING WEATHER SYSTEM AT BAY INTO THE WEEKEND. LONG-RANGE MODELS ARE HINTING THAT THE RIDGE MAY FINALLY GET PUSHED WEST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A SIGNIFICANT LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE US. THIS MAY OPEN UP THE GULF ENOUGH TO TEMPER TEMPS A BIT EARLY NEXT WEEK AND BRING A CHANCE FOR THE SEABREEZE TO FINALLY FIRE UP A BIT. MARINE... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...A CONTINUED TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. OCCASIONALLY GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA AS A RESULT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE SHOULD /BRIEFLY/ DROP BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...BUT WILL LIKELY MEET CRITERIA AGAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA...WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY MEET SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...CONTINUED BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND SEAS HOVERING 3 TO 5 FEET. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE AVIATION...VIPOND-57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 931 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011 TXZ248>257-091100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 931 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE LOCAL BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES TO AS MUCH AS 110 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS EACH DAY DURING THE PERIOD. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRACTICE PROPER HEAT SAFETY PRACTICES. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-091100- 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- 931 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. EXERCISE CAUTION TO MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO THE STRONGER WINDS AND ELEVATED SEAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. CASTILLO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The drought conditions intensified across Jim Hogg County the second week of August. Extreme D3 drought conditions engulfed the entire county due to the continued lack of rainfall.
Extreme (D3) Drought conditions spread across most of Starr County the second full week in August. Extreme D3 drought conditions engulfed the all of the county except for the southwestern quarter and the northeastern tip of Starr County from the 9th to the 15th.
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, August 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: 330361, 330362.