Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2013

Name: Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2013
Start: 2013-07-01T00:00
End: 2013-07-31T23:59
Location: Texas

July 1 to 31, 2013 · NWS CRP · 14 events in 14 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.

Widespread rainfall over portions of South Texas during the month of July helped to alleviate the drought over the region to an extent. The exceptional drought over the Coastal Bend was reduced to extreme drought by the end of the month. Beneficial rainfall of 3 to 6 inches occurred over western Webb County, the Victoria Crossroads, and the northern Coastal Bend. The size of the extreme drought area diminished over the coastal plains by the end of the month.

Corpus Christi and Victoria remained under stage 2 of mandatory water restrictions through the month of July. 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, and Odem during the month.

Pastures showed some improvement with the rains, but ponds remained generally low in many areas.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 30, 11:42 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 11:42 PM CST, 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1242 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2013

.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR 06Z TAF UPDATE.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. LIGHT
VRB WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING.
A GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE
AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TO MOVE INTO
THE WESTERN ZONES AND IMPACT KLRD OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH
MONDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN IT REACHING THE AREA...SO LEFT
MENTION OUT FOR NOW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013/

DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS WHETHER
CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP. VORT MAX FROM H7 TO H5 LEVELS PROGGED TO
RIDE DOWN THE RIO GRANDE CORRIDOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. INTERACTION
OF SAID DISTURBANCE WITH A MOIST AIRMASS /00Z DRT RAOB PWAT 1.70
INCHES AND CRP RAOB PWAT 1.73 INCHES/ AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY MAY
LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BEST MOISTURE AXIS IS DRAPED ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE AND FEEL THAT BRUSH COUNTRY WILL HAVE BEST CHANCES
OF SEEING CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...IF IT DEVELOPS. ELEVATED
INSTABILITY EXISTS...BUT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE NOT AS STEEP AS
LAST NIGHT. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN 20 POPS ACROSS WESTERN 2/3 OF
CWA FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL UPDATES POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT...BASED OFF OF CONVECTIVE TRENDS. OTHERWISE...HAVE
LOWERED MIN TEMPS BY A FEW DEGREES ACROSS PRIMARILY EASTERN/NE
ZONES. LOWER DEWPOINTS AND THICKNESS HEIGHTS SHOULD ALLOW MIN
TEMPS TO FALL TO OR A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL MIN TEMPS FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR. ALSO INCREASED DEWPOINTS ACROSS WESTERN ZONES AND REDUCED
WIND SPEEDS AREAWIDE. GENERALLY EXPECTING LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
OVERNIGHT WITH MORE OF A NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT BY SUNRISE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    96  75  94  74  95  /  10  10  10  10  10
VICTORIA          96  71  94  68  96  /  10  10  10  10  10
LAREDO            98  74  94  73  98  /  20  20  10  10  10
ALICE             98  72  96  71  97  /  10  10  10  10  10
ROCKPORT          92  76  89  76  89  /  10  10  10  10  10
COTULLA           97  71  95  70  98  /  20  10  10  10  10
KINGSVILLE        97  73  95  71  97  /  10  10  10  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       91  75  87  76  89  /  10  10  10  10  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

LK/84...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:45 PM CST, 8 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-012145-
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-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
445 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S.
281. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:39 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1039 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0556 AM     TSTM WND DMG     REFUGIO                 28.31N 97.28W
06/30/2013                   REFUGIO            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRAILER HOUSE LOST ROOF, NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ELECTRICAL
            LINE AND FENCES DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0642 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 NW CORPUS CHRISTI     27.72N 97.30W
06/30/2013  M43.00 MPH       GMZ230             TX   MESONET

            NUECES BAY TCOON SITE

0648 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SE PORT ARANSAS       27.81N 97.06W
06/30/2013  E41.00 MPH       GMZ250             TX   MESONET

            PORT ARANSAS TCOON SITE

0649 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 WNW CORPUS CHRISTI    27.77N 97.51W
06/30/2013  M58.00 MPH       NUECES             TX   ASOS

            RECORDED BY CRP ASOS

0712 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 9 SSE CC NAS            27.58N 97.22W
06/30/2013  M53.00 MPH       GMZ250             TX   MESONET

            BOB HALL PIER MEASURED GUST TO 46 KNOTS /53 MPH/

0712 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 10 SSE CC NAS           27.56N 97.22W
06/30/2013  M46.00 MPH       GMZ250             TX   MESONET

            PACKERY CHANNEL

0718 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 3 WNW NELL              27.49N 97.32W
06/30/2013  M51.00 MPH       GMZ230             TX   MESONET

            S. BIRD ISLAND TCOON SITE

0736 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 15 SSW NELL             27.29N 97.40W
06/30/2013  M49.00 MPH       GMZ230             TX   MESONET

            BAFFIN BAY TCOON STATION

&&

HART

The radar

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Event by event

14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Kleberg

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kleberg forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was over the entire county.

Drought, Nueces

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nueces forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 27.735, -97.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was over the entire county.

Drought, San Patricio

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: San Patricio forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.009, -97.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was over the central and western portions of the county.

Drought, Calhoun

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.439, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme drought was over the extreme northeastern portion of the county with severe drought over the rest of the county.

Drought, Bee

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bee forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.417, -97.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe drought was over the southern portion of the county.

Drought, Webb

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Webb forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 27.761, -99.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe drought was over the western portion of the county.