Drought — Zavala, Texas

2022-04-01 to 2022-04-30 · Zavala, Texas

Event narrative

Most of South Central Texas had another dry month in April with all but a few spots receiving less than normal rainfall. This led to a worsening of drought conditions for Atascosa, Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Medina, Real, and Uvalde Counties all of which went from Extreme (D3) drought to Exceptional (D4) drought conditions. Bexar, Karnes, and Wilson Counties went from Severe (D2) drought to D3 drought. Lavaca County went into D2 drought. Blanco, Edwards, Frio, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties remained in D3. Comal, De Witt, Gonzales, and Guadalupe Counties remained in D2. Near normal rain moved Dimmit County from D4 to D3 and above normal precipitation moved Val Verde County from D3 to D2. All public water systems encouraged at least voluntary water restrictions and many had mandatory restrictions in effect. Some the larger services had the following: Fredericksburg Stage 3, New Braunfels Stage 2, San Antonio Stage 2, Del Rio Stage 1, Kerrville Stage 1, and Pleasanton Stage 1. The Edwards Aquifer was 19.6 feet below normal at the end of the month. Area reservoirs were generally below normal conservation pool levels with Lake Amistad 55.7 feet below normal and Medina Lake 56.5 feet below normal. All of the counties in D2 or worse drought had outdoor burn bans in effect except Uvalde, Gonzales, and Lavaca. The 7-day streamflow at the end of the month was well below normal on the rivers across the northern part of South Central Texas and below normal across the southern part of the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1021228. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.