Drought — Kinney, Texas

2023-01-01 to 2023-01-31 · Kinney, Texas

Event narrative

Most of the area along and west of Hwy 281 had less than 50% of normal precipitation during January. This worsened the drought in Burnet, Dimmit, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties all of which went into Severe (D2) drought. All of the other counties remained unchanged. Guadalupe and Kinney stayed in D2, Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, and Medina stayed in Extreme (D3), and Blanco, Comal, and Kendall stayed in Exceptional (D4) drought. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Gillespie, Kerr, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties 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 was unchanged during the month but was 31.5 feet below average. Area reservoirs were below normal conservation pool elevation. Medina Lake rose 0.1 feet but was 79.9 feet below normal. Canyon Lake was 10.7 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 1068626. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.