Lack of persistent rain and several dry cold fronts throughout March and early April led to the expansion of Extreme (D3) Drought across all of Zapata County and an expansion in Jim Hogg County to start April.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Lack of persistent rain and several dry cold fronts throughout March and early April led to the expansion of Extreme (D3) Drought across all of Zapata County and an expansion in Jim Hogg County to start April.
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 Apr 4, 11:29 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1229 AM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022 .DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION...MVFR to brief IFR conditions are possible tonight with abundant moisture and breezy southeasterly winds continuing into early Tuesday. Winds diminish near daybreak with patchy fog possible across most of the RGV, especially BRO and HRL. A dryline edges eastward into the RGV during the afternoon with VFR conditions, potentially bringing a brief northeasterly wind shift, before southeasterly winds and moisture returns overnight with MVFR ceilings. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 650 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022/ DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below. AVIATION...Breezy southeast winds are ongoing with enhanced low cloud cover toward the coast. KBRO is MVFR. Winds will diminish overnight and low clouds, along with patchy fog, will increase. Guidance takes all stations down to MVFR overnight, with brief IFR ceilings possible near day break Tuesday morning. A dryline may push partially into the the CWA Tuesday during the day, with guidance suggesting a temporary shift to north winds but also improving ceilings (to VFR) in the afternoon. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 320 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022/ SHORT TERM (Now through Tuesday Night): Overall, the short term will be warmer than normal with periods of haze and patchy fog today into Tuesday morning...partly due to elevated surface relative humidities and partly due to smoke moving in from the south associated with agricultural burning in the Yucatan region. A quasi-zonal mid level flow will give way to a southwesterly flow on Tuesday as a shortwave elongates and slowly approaches Deep South Texas from the northwest. This could help some isolated showers or even a thunderstorm or two to develop across the northern ranchlands and brush country...however, the forcing is looking weak, so most areas will remain dry. Winds will become light tonight and combined with narrowing dew point depressions and possible lingering smoke from the Yucatan fires, patchy fog and haze will be possible tonight into Tuesday morning. Forecast soundings indicate that low level clouds will likely form during the overnight hours, but along with any fog development, they will likely begin to mix out by late morning. Lows tonight will only dip into the lower 70s across the valley and upper 60s elsewhere. During the daytime on Tuesday, a dryline will approach from the west, dropping dew points and relative humidity values west of I-69C during the afternoon hours. Unlike today, winds on Tuesday will remain light and somewhat variable through the day as the dryline approaches. Highs will still reach into the 70s along the immediate coast and the lower to mid 90s across most of the rest of Deep South Texas...but overnight lows will be slightly cooler than tonight due to the drier conditions. LONG TERM (Wednesday through Monday): Record high temperatures are still expected to develop across deep south Texas on Wednesday as a pre-frontal trough moves into the area Wed afternoon allowing southwest to west winds to develop and compressional heating will produce high temperatures in the upper 90s to near 105 across portions of the Rio Grande Valley before a cold front moves through the area Wednesday evening. The front will bring cooler air and reinforce the drier air across the CWA Wednesday night into Thursday. Well above normal temperatures Wednesday will fall to near normal Wed night and fall below normal on Thursday as a result. The relatively cool and dry conditions will continue through the rest of the week into the weekend. Breezy to windy conditions are expected to develop Saturday into Sunday as the pressure gradient increases across the lower Texas coast through the weekend. A Wind Advisory may be needed for the coastal sections of deep south Texas on Sunday. No rain chances are expected with the front and subsidence will prevail across south Texas through the rest of the week into the weekend. && MARINE (Now through Tuesday Night)...Buoy 42020 reported seas of 3.9 feet with a dominant period of 7 seconds at 1:50 PM. Marine conditions will remain generally favorable through the short term with seas 2 to 4 feet and moderate southeasterly winds. However, small craft will need to exercise caution through the early evening on the Laguna and nearshore waters as winds may exceed 15 knots. Some patchy fog and haze may continue to reduce visibilities through tomorrow morning. Wednesday through Saturday...Light to moderate south to southwest winds will prevail across the coastal waters early Wednesday before a pre-frontal trough moves offshore the Wed afternoon and a cold front moves through the coastal waters Wed evening. Winds will shift to the northeast and increase across the lower Texas coast Thurs night in the wake of the front. Small Craft Advisories will be needed for the offshore waters Wed night through Thursday night as moderate to strong northeast winds prevail across the western Gulf of Mexico before the pressure gradient weakens across the lower Texas coast Friday. Small Craft Advisories will be needed for the Laguna Madre on Thursday. SCEC conditions will prevail across the Laguna Madre Wed night and Thurs night. The pressure gradient will increase across the coastal waters Saturday producing SCEC conditions Saturday into Sat night as moderate to strong southeast winds develop as high pressure across the western Gulf of Mexico moves eastward. FIRE WEATHER (Wednesday through Saturday)...Elevated fire weather conditions will develop across most of deep south Texas Wednesday as relative humidity values fall to between 10 and 10 percent Wed afternoon. 20 foot winds will remain below Red Flag Warning criteria Wed afternoon so a Fire Danger Statement will likely be needed on Wednesday. A Fire Weather Watch will likely be needed for deep south Texas on Thursday as RH values will remain low Thurs afternoon and 20 foot winds will reach RFW criteria producing critical fire weather conditions across the eastern portions of the CWA. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue across portions of deep south Texas Friday as RH values remain low in the afternoon. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions may develop on Saturday as RH values increasing slightly Sat afternoon compared to Fri afternoon but 20 foot winds will increase to RFW criteria in the afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 66 92 63 75 / 0 0 0 0 BROWNSVILLE 69 98 65 78 / 0 0 0 0 HARLINGEN 67 100 63 79 / 0 0 0 0 MCALLEN 68 103 61 83 / 0 0 0 0 RIO GRANDE CITY 66 105 60 86 / 0 0 0 0 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 68 80 67 70 / 0 0 0 0 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && This product is also available on the web at: https://weather.gov/rgv 56-Hallman...Aviation
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Brownsville TX 406 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022 TXZ248>257-351-353-052115- Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo- Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- 406 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight There is a Moderate Risk of rip currents at the beaches of South Padre Island and at Boca Chica Beach. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday An elevated risk of rip currents is possible at the local beaches through the entire period, and especially Wednesday night through Friday. Record high temperatures or near record high temperatures will be possible across much of Deep South Texas on Wednesday. A Fire Weather Watch or Red Flag Warning may be needed for portions of Deep South Texas on Thursday due to very dry air moving in behind a cold front that will produce breezy north to northeast winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-052115- Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado- Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port Mansfield TX- Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX- Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm- Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm- Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to 60 nm- Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to 60 nm- 406 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of Mexico and The Laguna Madre. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Small Craft Advisories are possible along the Lower Texas Coast Wednesday night through Thursday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme (D3) Drought expanded across northern Jim Hogg County during the second week of April due to lack of rainfall and the passage of another dry front that led to a number of days with very low relative humidity values.
Extreme (D3) Drought expanded to include all of Zapata County in early April due to lack of rainfall and the passage of several cold fronts that led to a number of days with very low relative humidity values.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1007398, 1009863.