Adding insult to injury, extremely dry and near record to record hot temperatures surged across the southern tip of Texas Labor Day weekend behind Tropical Storm Lee along the Louisiana coast, adding further stress to plants and drying out soil.  Another wave of hot and dry weather would appear well to the north of Tropical Storm Nate (in the Bay of Campeche) just prior to mid month, ensuring an increase in the agricultural and hydrologic drought across the entire region.  Livestock loss/production dollar amounts were unavailable as of this writing.

Drought in COASTAL CAMERON, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 26-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions developed across all of Coastal Cameron County the middle of the month of September.

Drought in COASTAL WILLACY, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 26-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions developed across all of Coastal Willacy County the middle of the month of September.

Drought in ZAPATA, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 19-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread across all of Zapata County the middle of the month of September with no rainfall occurring across the county.

Drought in JIM HOGG, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 19-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread across all of Jim Hogg County the middle of the month of September with no rainfall occurring across the county.

Drought in BROOKS, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread across all of Brooks County the middle of the month of September with no rainfall occurring across the county.

Drought in HIDALGO, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread across the western, central and northern sections of Hidalgo County the middle of the month of September with no rainfall occurring across these areas of Hidalgo County. Extreme (D3) Drought conditions prevailed across the central two tenths of the county oriented in a southwest to northeast line. Severe (D2) Drought conditions prevailed across the east central one tenth of the county also oriented in a southwest to northeast line through the final week of the month, with moderate conditions in the southeast corner (Weslaco-Mercedes).
During the final week of the month, Severe (D2) conditions would stretch into the Mercedes/Weslaco area as rainfall was significantly lower than average - which peaks at this time of year.  No changes to the Extreme to Exceptional drought were noted to close the month elsewhere.

Drought in STARR, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread across all of Starr County the middle of the month of September with no rainfall occurring across the county.  Pockets of thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall, perhaps more than 4 inches in spots on September 17th in northwest Starr dipped the drought intensity in this sliver of the county to D3 (Extreme) from the 20th through the 30th.

Drought in KENEDY, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions spread southward across Kenedy County encompassing the north and central three quarters of the county the middle of September.  Extreme (D3) Drought conditions prevailed across the south central one quarter of Kenedy County the middle of the month of September, but would be swallowed into Exceptional (D4) by the last week of the month due to paltry rainfall in a time when average precipitation peaks for the month, and the year.

Drought in WILLACY, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 26-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) drought conditions developed across the northern, southwestern and eastern one half of Willacy County the middle of September. Severe (D2) Drought conditions developed across south central one half of Willacy County the middle of the month of September as rainfall continued scarce across the county.

Drought in CAMERON, TEXAS
From 13-SEP-11 00:00:00 to 26-SEP-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions developed across the eastern one quarter of Cameron County the middle of the month of September. Severe (D2) Drought conditions developed across the central one half of Cameron County the middle of the month of September as rainfall continued scarce across the Cameron County.