Dry, hot, and breezy conditions persisted across much of the region, with only scattered light rainfall that offered little relief to parched soils. Topsoil and subsoil moisture remained critically short, and surface water levels stayed extremely low.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Dry, hot, and breezy conditions persisted across much of the region, with only scattered light rainfall that offered little relief to parched soils. Topsoil and subsoil moisture remained critically short, and surface water levels stayed extremely low. While cotton and sesame harvests produced above-average yields, grain sorghum and corn yields were mostly below average due to lack of moisture. Pasture and rangeland conditions continued to deteriorate under the heat, forcing ranchers to increase culling, sell lighter calves, and rely heavily on costly supplemental feed and hay. Irrigation was necessary to sustain citrus, peanuts, and vegetable crops, but limited rainfall left forage and turf production slowing, with wildfire risks rising in ungrazed areas. Despite strong livestock and wildlife conditions overall, the persistent dryness and high demand for feed underscored the ongoing drought stress across agriculture and natural resources.
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, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1247 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 ...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1226 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 - Low to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms today, continuing into Tuesday. - WPC has a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall across South TX through tonight. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1226 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Scattered showers and thunderstorms will once again be in the cards today, aided by forecast PWATs near 2 inches, the stalling of a weak frontal boundary, and periodic mid-level shortwaves passing overhead and providing additional lift. Similar to yesterday, storms will continue to focus along and east of the Coastal Plains through tonight, though some convection could extend farther west into the Brush Country today based on current CAM guidance. Current guidance is also unfortunately still split on the evolution of available moisture this far south. Additionally, CRP sounding PWATs have been measuring slightly lower than the model PWATs. NBM PoPs are still coming in too high for my liking given all this uncertainty, so lowered them a bit this forecast package. Rain chances do remain highest across the Coastal Plains (40-60%) and lower farther inland (20-40%). Given the forecast moisture and slow storm motions, localized flash flooding will be possible, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas. WPC continues to highlight a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 4) for excessive rainfall across South Texas today and tonight. While today's rainfall totals will generally range between 0.25-0.50 inches as indicated by ensemble 50th percentile 24-hour QPF guidance, localized pockets of higher totals are possible where storms repeatedly move over the same areas. Rain chances diminish late on Tuesday as the aforementioned boundary drifts southward and drier air filters into the region from the north. From midweek onward, a return to hotter and drier conditions is expected with highs climbing back into the mid-90s near the coast and near 100 inland by Wednesday and Thursday. Heat safety will once again become the primary concern through late week. There is some model guidance that suggests that another disturbance may try and move through the region this weekend, bringing with it additional low to medium chances (30-40%) for rain. However, this is almost a week from now, and more time will be needed to continue to monitor model trends in order to refine this forecast. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1226 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Lower confidence aviation forecast than is typical with questions in when convection will occur for all sites. Guidance is all over the place with timing and location. Between 10Z Monday Through 00Z Tuesday, can't definitively rule out showers/storms for any site, but have indicated the most likely scenario in current TAFs. Most guidance suggests dry conditions Monday evening into the nighttime. While mainly VFR conditions are expected, MVFR CIGS and VIS would be possible in and around showers/storms. && .MARINE... Issued at 1226 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025 Light to gentle (BF 2-3) east-southeast winds this afternoon and evening will become gentle to moderate (BF 3-4) north-northeast winds tonight through Wednesday afternoon. A medium (40-60%) chance of showers and thunderstorms will continue this evening through Tuesday before chances diminish through Tuesday night. Winds will return to onshore flow late Wednesday/early Thursday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 92 76 93 75 / 50 40 30 0 Victoria 91 72 95 72 / 40 20 20 0 Laredo 98 77 98 75 / 40 50 30 10 Alice 94 75 96 72 / 40 40 30 0 Rockport 90 77 93 77 / 50 40 30 10 Cotulla 93 75 98 74 / 50 30 20 0 Kingsville 94 75 94 72 / 50 40 40 0 Navy Corpus 89 80 90 80 / 60 40 40 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && DISCUSSION...KRS/98 AVIATION...PH/83
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Continued D2 drought over eastern La Salle.
Continued D3 and D2.
Continued D2.
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: 1288668, 1288669, 1288670.