Drought strengthened over most of South Texas during the month of June as above normal temperatures returned. Above normal rainfall occurred over the Brush Country mainly to the northwest of a Laredo to Whitsett line as well as a narrow corridor along Highway 281 through Jim Wells and Live Oak Counties.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Drought strengthened over most of South Texas during the month of June as above normal temperatures returned. Above normal rainfall occurred over the Brush Country mainly to the northwest of a Laredo to Whitsett line as well as a narrow corridor along Highway 281 through Jim Wells and Live Oak Counties. Elsewhere, below normal to well below normal rainfall occurred over South Texas.
A slow moving upper low that moved through the Texas Big Bend interacted with deep tropical moisture along the Rio Grande to provide beneficial rainfall over portions of Webb and La Salle Counties. Rainfall amounts ranged from 5 to 8 inches over northern Webb and southern La Salle Counties. But rainfall was sparse from southern portions of the Brush Country to the Victoria Crossroads. Monthly rainfall amounts did not reach a quarter of an inch over most of Victoria County as well as the southeast part of Webb County into southwestern Duval County. The paltry rainfall for the month made it the 12th driest June on record for Victoria with records dating back to 1893.
Exceptional drought continued over portions of the southern Coastal Bend. The size of the severe to extreme drought area expanded over the coastal plains by the end of the month.
Mandatory water restrictions continued during the month for the city of Corpus Christi as the combined lake capacity levels remained below 40 percent. The city of Portland continued under mandatory water restrictions also. The cities of Victoria and Laredo remained under voluntary water restrictions. Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, Kingsville, Taft, and Odem during the month. The hot and dry weather caused a rapid decrease in soil moisture over the Coastal Bend during the month.
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 May 31, 11:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1235 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .DISCUSSION...SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OR HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN TAFS...AND BELIEVE THEY WILL STAY OUT OF KLRD. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN AROUND 15Z...WITH SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS INLAND AREAS (KALI AND MAYBE KVCT) THRU THE MORNING. WINDS BACK AGAIN WITH THE SEA-BREEZE...THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. WINDS SHOULD BE A TAD LESS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY WITH FRONT TO THE NORTH...AND DIMINISHING FASTER AFTER SUNSET WITH LOWER SPEEDS. AS A CONSEQUENCE...MVFR CIGS MAY COME BACK A BIT FASTER AFTER 02/02Z...BUT FOR NOW WILL GO WITH MORE OF A PERSISTENCE FORECAST CONCERNING CIGS SATURDAY NIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z TAFS. AVIATION...EXPECT MVR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR ALL EASTERN 3 TAF SITES. WIND GUSTS SHOULD WEAKEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. LLJ WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT...BUT NOT EXPECTING LLWS CRITERIA. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN MID TO LATE MORNING WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...A FLAT RIDGE ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN WARM/HOT CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG WITH NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. SHALLOW MOISTURE NEAR THE SFC WILL CREATE HUMID CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING AROUND 105 DEGREES ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE WARM AND MUGGY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO RELAX TONIGHT...EXCEPT LRD...THEN BECOME BREEZY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WEAK FRONTAL BDRY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS PROGD TO MOVE THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY SAT AFTERNOON/EVENING AND APPROACH THE NRN CWA BY LATE SAT NIGHT. MODELS PROG EITHER AN OUTFLOW BDRY FROM THIS CONVECTION OR THE FRONTAL BDRY ITSELF TO MOVE INTO THE NRN CWA LATE SAT NIGHT INTO THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN WINDS BACKING TO THE E AND NE. ANY CONVECTION THAT DVLPS N OF THE CWA SAT AFTERNOON COULD PUSH S INTO THE NRN CWA BY LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS PROGD TO INCREASE...IT STILL LOOKS RATHER LIMITED AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE LACKING...THEREFORE WILL INTRODUCE ONLY A 20 POP ACROSS THE NRN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT SAT NIGHT. MARINE...A MOD ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THEN BECOMING WEAK TO MOD SAT/SAT NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A FRONTAL BDRY MOVG THROUGHT THE HILL COUNTRY AND INTO THE NRN CWA...WHICH WILL RELAX THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE MIDDLE TX COAST. LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA ON SUNDAY. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2500+ J/KG WITH LITTLE TO NO CAP. WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE ASSCTD WITH THE FRONT EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL FORCING MAY BE ENHANCED FROM A POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE CWA FROM PREVIOUS NIGHTS CONVECTION WELL TO THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH BULK SHEAR WL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 20 KT...THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG STORMS WL EXIST GIVEN THE CAPE VALUES. AFTER SUNDAY...STRONG RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS INTO THE CWA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...A DRY AND STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW SYNOPTIC PATTERN WL BECOME ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAIN A VERY WARM AND SUBSIDENT AIRMASS. WL KEEP TEMPS GENERALLY SVRL DEGS ABV THE COOLER-BIASED GFS NUMBERS. OF INTEREST WL BE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF BARBARA IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND YUCATAN PENINSULA. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RDG AXIS ALOFT ACROSS MEXICO AND TEXAS...ANY EVENTUAL MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WL REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM OUR CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 79 91 76 91 76 / 10 20 20 10 10 VICTORIA 76 92 72 92 72 / 20 40 20 10 10 LAREDO 79 100 77 100 75 / 10 20 20 10 10 ALICE 77 93 73 93 74 / 10 20 20 10 10 ROCKPORT 79 88 77 88 77 / 10 30 20 10 10 COTULLA 76 96 73 97 74 / 20 20 20 10 10 KINGSVILLE 78 92 74 92 76 / 10 20 20 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 79 88 77 88 77 / 10 20 20 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 524 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011100- 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- 524 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR A SHORT TIME TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY. CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO FORM AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GW/LK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional drought continued over the central and eastern portions of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the central portion of the county.
Exceptional drought continued over the western portion of the county.
Extreme drought continued over the southern portion of the county.
Extreme drought developed over the southern portion of the county.
Extreme drought developed over the eastern portion of the county.
Extreme drought continued over the northwest portion of the county with severe drought expanding to all but the northeast part of the county.
Severe drought continued over the county.
Severe drought expanded to cover all of the county.
Severe drought developed over all of the county by the end of the month.
Severe drought developed over the eastern portion of the county by the end of the month.
Severe drought expanded to cover all but the northwest portion of the county by the end of the month.
Severe drought continued over the southern portion of the county.
Severe drought continued over the extreme northwest 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, June 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: 461317, 461318, 461319, 461320, 461321, 461322, 461323, 461324, 461325, 461326, 461327, 461328, 461329, 461330.