Severe to extreme drought persisted over the northern Coastal Bend into the Victoria Crossroads regions through the month. Severe to extreme drought over Webb County improved to abnormally dry by the end of the month.
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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.
The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Severe to extreme drought persisted over the northern Coastal Bend into the Victoria Crossroads regions through the month. Severe to extreme drought over Webb County improved to abnormally dry by the end of 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 Aug 31, 11:17 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1217 AM CDT Fri Sep 1 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 311 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2023 Surface pressure gradient remains very weak as ridging builds in from the west with a cutoff mid-level low developing over North Texas. Conditions will remain unfavorable for rain chances through Friday night with moisture near or below the 25th percentile (<1.5" PWATs) and positive vorticity focused northeast of the area. Light and variable winds during the morning and night periods will shift southeasterly in the afternoon in wake of the sea breeze. There is a very slight chance of patchy fog development over the Coastal Plains late overnight into sunrise with dewpoints recovering into the low to mid 70s under mostly clear skies and calm winds. Dewpoints in the upper 50s to near 70 tomorrow will allow for max temperatures to climb to around the triple digit mark across most of South Texas and the low 70s along the coast. Thankfully, this will limit heat index values below 109. Although CAM guidance shows a few showers developing along the sea breeze Friday afternoon, I don't agree there will be enough lift support and moisture to lead to measurable rainfall. Looking at soundings, there is a deep dry low- level layer beneath 700mb. Any elevated showers that develop will likely evaporate before reaching the surface. Typical summer nights with lows in the low 70s inland to around 80 along the coast. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through next Wednesday) Issued at 311 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2023 Key Message: - Potential for showers and thunderstorms beginning early next week through the end of the work week Guidance has trended drier especially with models (GFS/ECMWF) showing the region remaining in between a mid level low over southeast TX and western LA and a ridge in west TX. Min RH values across much of the Brush Country through mid next week will range between 20-35%. The only caveat to the critically to extremely dry fuels is that winds are forecast to remain under the threshold for elevated fire weather conditions, but it's not out of the question to potentially meet threshold in the afternoon periods with the onset of the seabreeze and higher wind gusts. Considering the drier conditions, max heat index values will range from 100-105 degrees through the weekend. Temperatures will be in the upper 90s to around 105 through the long term. Moisture will begin to filter back into the area via a combination of a tropical wave coming off of the Yucatan and a moisture "ribbon" associated with Tropical Storm Idalia this weekend. This will increase heat indices back up to 105 potentially 115 in some areas next week, which is what we have become accustom to this summer. While the influx of moisture would increase the probabilities for rain chances normally, since we are still in the dry and subsident region of the mid-level low through Sunday the potential for rain greatly diminishes inland. The best chances begin Monday as the area will enter the divergent region of the trough axis in combination with above normal moisture. This is in part to the mid level low transitioning north over north TX creating more of a focus for convection to develop lasting through the middle of next week. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1215 AM CDT Fri Sep 1 2023 VFR conditions are expected to prevail across S TX through the TAF period. Very brief patchy fog from ALI to VCT may lead to MVFR VSBYs between 11-13Z Friday morning. Otherwise, skies will be mostly clear. Light and variable winds are expected through Friday morning into early Friday afternoon. Winds become more east to southeast around 10KT by late Friday afternoon as the sea breeze moves inland. Can not rule out a few gusts to around 20KT for around an hour or so behind the sea breeze Friday afternoon, mainly ALI and CRP TAF sites. && .MARINE... Issued at 311 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2023 Weak onshore flow will continue this evening, becoming light and variable late tonight into Friday morning. Weak onshore flow develops once again Friday afternoon. A generally weak to moderate onshore flow can be expected as we head through the weekend. By Monday, periods of moderate to occasionally strong onshore flow can be expected during the afternoon hours. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible daily starting Sunday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 75 96 76 96 / 0 0 0 10 Victoria 73 101 73 100 / 0 10 0 20 Laredo 76 102 76 102 / 0 0 0 0 Alice 72 101 71 101 / 0 0 0 10 Rockport 78 95 79 94 / 0 10 10 10 Cotulla 75 103 76 103 / 0 0 0 0 Kingsville 73 99 74 99 / 0 0 0 10 Navy Corpus 80 92 79 92 / 0 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...EMF LONG TERM....NP AVIATION...TE/81
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe to extreme drought over Webb County improved to abnormally dry by the end of the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the county during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the county during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the area during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the area during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the area during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the northern part of the county and severe drought over the southern part of the county during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the northeastern half of the area and severe drought over the southwestern part of the area during the month.
Extreme drought persisted over the northeastern half of the area and severe drought over the southwestern part of the area during the month.
Severe drought persisted over the area during the month.
Severe drought persisted over the area during the month.
Severe drought persisted over most of the county during the month with extreme drought over the extreme northeast part of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2023
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: 1141068, 1141069, 1141070, 1141071, 1141072, 1141073, 1141074, 1141075, 1141076, 1141077, 1141078, 1141079.