Drought — Kinney, Texas

2022-12-01 to 2022-12-31 · Kinney, Texas

Event narrative

Overall December was another dry month across South Central Texas, but there was enough rain in a few spots to produce some drought improvement. Hays County moved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Extreme (D3) drought and Guadalupe County from D3 to Severe (D2) drought. The rest of the counties were unchanged with Blanco, Comal, and Kendall in D4; Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kerr, and Medina in D3; and Gonzales and Kinney in D2. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Bandera, Bexar, Comal, and Kerr had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The 7-day average streamflow at the end of the month was much below normal (<10%) on the Medina River, below normal (10%-24%) to normal (25%-75%) on the San Antonio River and much below normal on the Guadalupe River. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 1.0 foot during the month and was 31.9 feet below average. Area reservoirs were below normal conservation pool elevation. Lake Amistad rose 0.6 feet, but will still 35.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis dropped 0.8 feet and was 41.1 feet below normal. Medina Lake dropped 1.2 feet and was 80.0 feet below normal. Most public water systems encouraged at least voluntary water restrictions and many had mandatory restrictions in effect. Some the larger services had the following: New Braunfels Stage 1, San Antonio Stage 2, and Kerrville Stage 1.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1066247. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.