Above normal rainfall occurred over the northern Coastal Bend into the Mid-Coast region during the month of August. Some areas received between 5 and 10 inches of rain in August.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Above normal rainfall occurred over the northern Coastal Bend into the Mid-Coast region during the month of August. Some areas received between 5 and 10 inches of rain in August. This rainfall alleviated the drought conditions a bit over this area. The drought continued over the southern Coastal Bend into the Brush Country where the rainfall was below normal for the month.
Corpus Christi and Victoria remained under stage 2 of mandatory water restrictions through the month of July. Stage 3 drought restrictions were in effect for the extreme northwest part of the city of Corpus Christi, south of Calallen, and for Robstown. The cities of Portland and Gregory continued under mandatory water restrictions also. Laredo remained under voluntary water estrictions. Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, Kingsville, Taft, Ricardo, Mathis, Bishop, Ingleside-by-the-Bay, and Odem during the month.
Pastures declined over the southern Coastal Bend into the Brush Country with the lack of significant rainfall. Ponds and stock tanks remained low or dry over this area.
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 11:34 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1234 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2013 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...LIGHT WINDS AND SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS FROM AROUND 08Z UNTIL 13Z. EXPECT GENERAL MVFR VSBYS IN FOG BUT ISOLATED AREAS OF FOG COULD LEAD TO IFR/LIFR VSBYS BEFORE DAYBREAK ESPECIALLY IN THE VICTORIA-BEEVILLE AREA. OUTSIDE OF THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 633 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION. AVIATION...WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS TONIGHT TO LAST NIGHT...WILL ONCE AGAIN LOOK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY FOG IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. HAVE TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VISBY FOR A FEW HOURS AT ALI AND CRP...WITH PREVAILING MVFR VISBY AND TEMPO IFR AT VCT. CONDITIONS IMPROVE QUICKLY DURING THE MID-LATE MORNING WITH VFR EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 214 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY CTRD ACROSS AZ AND W TX...IS PROGD TO MOVE E OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS S TX. THE DRY AIRMASS ALOFT COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING LED TO PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VCT CROSSROADS. VSBY AT VCT REGIONAL AIRPORT BRIEFLY LOWERED TO 1/4SM. AM EXPECTING SIMILAR CONDITIONS TOWARD THU MORNING AND AGAIN FRI. THE NAM ALSO PROGS VSBY'S DOWN TO 1/2SM IN A FEW INTERIOR LOCATIONS. HAVE INTRODUCED PATCHY FOG BUT WILL KEEP IT LIGHT DUE FCSTD SOUNDINGS SHOWING A 2-4 DEGREE TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREAD AND TYPICALLY DO NOT SEE FOG DURING THE SUMMERTIME. THE PATCHY FOG AND DRIER AIR ALOFT ALSO LED TO COOLER MN TEMPS THIS MORNING. WENT SLIGHTLY ABV WHAT WAS OBSERVED THIS MORNING FOR BOTH THU AND FRI MORNING LOWS. MARINE...WEAK SFC HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NRN GULF OF MEX AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE ACROSS W TX WILL LEAD TO A WEAK TO MOD ONSHORE FLOW TONIGHT THRU THU NIGHT. LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...QUIET WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED AS SOUTH TEXAS REMAINS UNDER PERSISTENT RIDGING ALOFT. RIDGE AXIS MOVES LITTLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAKING PERSISTENCE FORECASTS A GOOD BET UNDER A STAGNANT AIRMASS. GFS INCREASES PWATS SAT AND SUN ABOVE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME LEVELS BUT WITH RIDGING IN PLACE ISOLATED WEAK STREAMER SHOWERS OVER THE NEARSHORE AREAS WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE EXTENT OF THE POTENTIAL...AND EVEN THAT ACTIVITY IS UNLIKELY. RIDGE FLATTENS SOMEWHAT AND AXIS DRIFTS EASTWARD TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. RESULTANT SLIGHT FLOW CHANCES LOOK LIKELY TO ACTUALLY INCREASE TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. EXPECT HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 INLAND MOST AFTERNOONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 78 97 79 97 80 / 0 0 0 0 0 VICTORIA 74 97 76 98 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAREDO 79 106 79 104 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 ALICE 75 101 75 101 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 ROCKPORT 80 92 80 92 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 COTULLA 75 104 76 103 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 KINGSVILLE 76 100 78 98 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 NAVY CORPUS 81 91 80 91 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 500 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 TXZ229>234-239>247-010000- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 500 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE INLAND PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS EACH AFTERNOON. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY AT TIMES...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-010000- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 500 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TMT/RH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme drought continued over the entire county.
Extreme drought continued over the entire county.
Extreme drought continued over the entire county.
Extreme drought continued over the central and western portions of the county.
Severe drought continued over the entire county.
Severe drought continued over the northern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the northern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the southern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the southern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the southeastern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the central and southern portions of the county.
Severe drought continued over the western portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the extreme northern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the extreme northeastern portion of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2013
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: 475696, 475697, 475698, 475699, 475700, 475701, 475702, 475703, 475704, 475705, 475706, 475707, 475708, 475709.