Persistently hot and dry conditions across the South Texas Brush Country and Upper Rio Grande Valley through October eventually lead to drought indicators for Severe Drought (D2) across central Jim Hogg County, with just enough rainfall in surrounding areas to hold drought conditions at Moderate (D1) for the most of the remainder of Jim Hogg, as well as a pocket of central Starr County. 75, or…
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Persistently hot and dry conditions across the South Texas Brush Country and Upper Rio Grande Valley through October eventually lead to drought indicators for Severe Drought (D2) across central Jim Hogg County, with just enough rainfall in surrounding areas to hold drought conditions at Moderate (D1) for the most of the remainder of Jim Hogg, as well as a pocket of central Starr County. Rainfall in the Severe Drought area for October was estimated at 0.25 to 0.75, or 10 to 25 percent of the monthly average. This continued a trend that began in summer and persisted through normally wet September.
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 Oct 31, 12:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
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1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) Drought returned to central Jim Hogg County on October 31, a result of prolonged hot and dry weather, with monthly rainfall just 10 to 25 percent of average (estimated at 0.25 to 0.75 inches having fallen) through the month, and following a relatively dry September and hot and dry summer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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