Severe D2 drought conditions developed across portions of Starr County the end of February.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Severe D2 drought conditions developed across portions of Starr County the end of February.
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 Feb 21, 8:34 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 834 PM CST MON FEB 21 2011 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY/...WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. LOW STRATUS HAS ALREADY MOVED INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND COULD PREVENT ANY DENSE FOG LATER TONIGHT. WILL HOLD OFF ON A DENSE FOG ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE VALLEY. ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SOME DENSE FOG COULD DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY OCCUR ON THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AND PORTIONS OF SATURDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT AND THE APPROACH OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ...RESPECTIVELY. && .MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY...BOY020 REPORTED WINDS FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS WITH SEAS 5.2 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD AS A WEAK FRONT STALLS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE MARINE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. 6 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO CHANGES WERE NEEDED TO THE MARINE FORECAST IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH GENERALLY MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED. BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION MAY BE NEEDED. && .AVIATION...MVFR CIG WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS TONIGHT WITH TEMPO MVFR/IFR VSBYS TOWARD MORNING IN AREAS OF FOG. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BY MIDMORNING TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 64 75 64 75 / 10 20 10 10 BROWNSVILLE 62 76 64 80 / 10 20 10 10 HARLINGEN 62 78 64 80 / 10 20 10 10 MCALLEN 63 81 64 82 / 10 20 10 10 RIO GRANDE CITY 60 80 61 83 / 10 20 10 10 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 66 73 64 73 / 10 20 10 10 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE SHORT TERM...FLATT-65 LONG TERM...TOMASELLI-66
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 333 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-221200- 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- 333 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 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 FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS THROUGH NOON. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MARINE AREAS ON THURSDAY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY WINDS. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe D2 drought conditions developed across the southern one third of Starr County the last week of February due to the continued lack of rainfall across portions of the Rio Grande Valley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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