A small area of severe drought continued in Jim Hogg and Zapata County into mid October, as rainfall was spotty and generally below average for the tail end of the region's rainy season.
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A small area of severe drought continued in Jim Hogg and Zapata County into mid October, as rainfall was spotty and generally below average for the tail end of the region's rainy season.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D2) Drought persisted across northern Jim Hogg County into early October, and would expand southward across all but the eastern and southern third of the county from the 8th through the 14th as rain-free conditions continued at the tail end of the summer rainy season.
Severe (D2) Drought persisted across northern Zapata County into early October, and would expand southward across all but the southern tip of the county from the 8th through the 14th as rain-free conditions continued at the tail end of the summer rainy season.
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