Drought — Roberts, Texas

2022-05-01 to 2022-05-31 · Roberts, Texas

Event narrative

Roberts County started the month out in extreme (D3) drought. A couple of rain events during the beginning of the month improved portions of the eastern part of the county to severe (D2) drought. Some additional rain fell during week three improving the whole county to severe drought with a small portion of the far eastern part of the county improving to moderate (D1) drought.

Wider weather episode

Soil conditions continued to be short to very short on moisture. In turn, rangeland and pasture conditions continued in poor to very poor conditions. Winter wheat was harvested for silage with ranchers continuing to supplemental feed livestock. Wildfires also continued to burn well through the month of May when wildfire season usually ends when May starts. Over 4000 acres burned in wildfires in Oldham, Moore, and Deaf Smith Counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1031571. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.