Drought — Wilson, Texas

2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 · Wilson, Texas

Event narrative

While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought improvement. Burnet and Caldwell Counties improved from Extreme (D3) drought to Severe (D2) drought. In Williamson County the drought worsened from D2 to D3. All other counties stayed the same. Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, and Travis remained in D3. Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Gonzales, Karnes, Kerr, Llano, Medina, and Wilson remained in D2. Area reservoirs continued to be below normal conservation pool level. Medina Lake dropped 0.6 feet and was 88.5 feet below normal. Lake Buchanan actually rose 0.1 feet but was still 26.0 feet below normal. Lake Travis dropped 0.7 feet and was 49.5 feet below normal. Canyon Lake dropped 1.0 foot to 20.6 feet below normal and was at its lowest level on record. The Edwards Aquifer rose 3.0 feet but was still 30.5 feet below normal. Most public water systems encouraged at least voluntary water restrictions and many had mandatory restrictions in effect. Some of the larger services had the following: Fredericksburg Stage 4, Georgetown, Llano, and Kerrville Stage 3, San Antonio, Universal City, New Braunfels, and Austin Stage 2. At the end of the month, the 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) normal on the Nueces, Frio, Medina, and lower Guadalupe, and below (10%-24%) normal on the upper Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought only Medina had an outdoor burn ban in effect at the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1145617. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.