Drought — Edwards, Texas

2024-04-23 to 2024-04-30 · Edwards, Texas

Event narrative

Most of the northern and western parts of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall in April. A large swath of the area along the Rio Grande River received 25% or less than normal. This led to the drought worsening for many counties. Blanco County went from Severe (D2) Drought to Extreme (D3) Drought. Edwards, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde went from Moderate (D1) Drought to D2. Maverick and Zavala went from Abnormally Dry (D0) to D2. All other counties were unchanged: Bandera and Kendall D3, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, and Medina D2. Area reservoirs continued to be below normal conservation pool level. Medina Lake dropped 0.6 feet and was 91.6 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 1.0 foot and was 26.0 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 0.2 feet and was 66.6 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: Uvalde Stage 5, Fredericksburg Stage 4, Kerrville Stage 2, and Del Rio Stage 2. At the end of the month, the 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) to below (10%-24%) normal on the Medina River, much below on the upper Guadalupe River, much below on the Pedernales River, and below on the Nueces River. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kinney, Edwards, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, and Medina had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1169693. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.