Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Brownsville, TX
Issued by NWS Brownsville, TX
435 AXUS74 KBRO 160753 DGTBRO TXC047-061-215-247-261-427-489-505-230800- Drought Information Statement National Weather Service Brownsville TX 153 AM CST Fri Jan 16 2026 ...Extreme Drought Conditions Expand Across the Northern Ranchlands and into the Upper Valley... ...Severe Drought Conditions Expand Toward the Mid Valley... .SYNOPSIS... For local drought information, including graphical support, please visit our website at weather.gov/bro/drought and for our latest drought pdf visit weather.gov/bro/droughtinformationstatement NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... The Drought Information Statement will be updated around January 30, 2026, or sooner, if drought conditions change significantly. RELATED WEBSITES... For additional information...and the latest weather forecast for Deep South Texas...visit our website at www.weather.gov/bro. You may also visit the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center website at www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov and get the latest information on reservoir levels from the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) at www.ibwc.gov. ADDITIONAL WEBSITES... NWS Brownsville Drought Page: http://www.weather.gov/bro/drought NWS Brownsville National Water Prediction Service (NWPS): https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/bro U.S. Drought Monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu U.S. Drought Portal: http://www.drought.gov National Drought Mitigation Center: http://drought.unl.edu Texas Water Development Board Reservoir Website: https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide Texas Interagency Coordination Center (TICC): http://ticc.tamu.edu Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (water restrictions): www.tceq.texas.gov/drinkingwater/trot/location.html ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... The Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving NOAA`s National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information...State and Regional Center Climatologists and the National Drought Mitigation Center. Information for this statement has been gathered from NWS and FAA observation sites...the USDA...state AgriLife Extension Service District agents, Texas Inter-agency Coordination Center, Texas Forest Service, state and federal wildlife departments Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... If you have any questions or comments about this drought information statement...please contact... National Weather Service WFO Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley 20 South Vermillion Avenue Brownsville, TX 78521 Phone: 956-504-1432 Email: sr-bro.webmaster@noaa.gov $$