Tag: National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley

Secure those outdoor holiday decorations, because things are about to get windy, according to the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station meteorologists.

Cameron County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved $171,120 for construction materials to rebuild six houses that were demolished following the May EF1 tornado that touched down in Laguna heights, killing one and injuring 11 others.

The Rio Grande Valley is in for a dose of fall-like weather and wet skies as another cold front sweeps in early Friday, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station.

Just in time for Halloween, a strong cold front on its way to the Rio Grande Valley will drive temperatures down into the upper 40s to low 50s before it's all said and done.

The city of Weslaco has become the latest in a long list of Rio Grande Valley communities to implement stricter water conservation measures as lake levels at Falcon and Amistad International Reservoirs continue to plummet.

The National Hurricane Center was monitoring an area of low pressure over the Bay of Campeche that could mean heavy rainfall across the Valley and northern ranchlands, the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station reported Tuesday morning.

The copious rain that pounded sections of the Rio Grande Valley ahead of the Thursday cold front was great for lawns and other green things, but not enough to improve low reservoir levels up the river.

All it took was a new month for rain to begin making a comeback in select portions of the Rio Grande Valley, albeit in isolated select portions and not necessarily in massive quantities.

The Rio Grande Valley is finally about to turn a corner on this ridiculous heat, which has plagued deep South Texas since June 9.

Lifelong farmer Dale Murden remembers wondering why his grandmother would collect rainwater at her home in rural Elsa to water her flowers.