Despite little to no rainfall from the second full week of July to just before the end of the month, impacts from the heavy rains of early July manifest themselves in maintaining similar drought conditions as August began, likely a result of fairly typical temperature and humidity across the region for most of July. Drought ranged from Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) in most of the Rio Grande Valley to Extreme (D3) in much of the Ranchlands from Starr and Zapata County north into portions of Jim Hogg and Brooks County.

Drought in CAMERON, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 01-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Severe D2 drought conditions prevailed across the eastern third of inland Cameron County the first day of August.  Elsewhere in the County, Moderate (D1) and Abnormally Dry (D0) Drought conditions were noted.  The conditions would improve at the next release of the state Drought Monitor on August 2nd, as gentle rainfall of one half to three quarters of an inch associated with a fizzling Tropical Storm Don covered the eastern two thirds of the county on July 29th.

Drought in KENEDY, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions continued across the northern one fifth of Kenedy   County; Severe (D2) Drought conditions prevailed across the remainder of the County, with a small area of Moderate (D1) conditions noted across the southern fifth of the county on August first.

Drought in HIDALGO, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought conditions in Hidalgo County maintained their levels seen in July through the first two weeks of August. From east to west, conditions ranged from none/Abnormally Dry (D0) in the extreme southeast corner - courtesy of the heavy rainfall to end June and start July along with seasonable temperatures thereafter - to D2 across the western and northern portion of the county, where rain was much more scarce in early July.  The remains of Tropical Storm Don reached southeast Hidalgo, but dropped a paltry less than a quarter of an inch and even less to the north and west.  By August 9th, a sliver of Extreme (D3) Drought would return to the southwest corner of the county.

Drought in COASTAL CAMERON, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 01-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Severe D2 drought conditions prevailed across coastal Cameron County the first day of August. The conditions would improve at the next release of the state Drought Monitor on August 2nd, as gentle rainfall of one half to one inch associated with a fizzling Tropical Storm Don covered the area from the beaches to Port Isabel/Bayview on July 29th.

Drought in ZAPATA, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

The lack of rain at the end of July increased the drought levels to Extreme D3 everywhere in Zapata County the end of July through the middle of August.

Drought in STARR, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 01-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions covered all but a sliver of northern Starr County (Severe, D2) for the last week of July through August first.

Drought in BROOKS, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Extreme (D3) Drought conditions continued across the northern one half of Brooks County and Severe (D2) Drought conditions prevailed across the southern one half of the county from August 1st through the 15th, with some increase in coverage of Extreme Drought sliding to the southeast after the 9th.

Drought in JIM HOGG, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-11 00:00:00 to 08-AUG-11 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Severe (D2) Drought conditions generally prevailed across the south half of Jim Hogg County, with Extreme (D3) conditions across the north half, during the first week of August.