Drought — Kinney, Texas

2024-05-01 to 2024-05-31 · Kinney, Texas

Event narrative

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal rain during the month, and most of the Rio Grande Plains region had less than 25% of normal. Most of the area saw no change in the drought, but Kinney County went from Severe (D2) drought category to Extreme (D3) drought on May 31. Bandera and Kendall Counties stayed in D3 and Edwards, Kerr, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala Counties stayed in D2. Area reservoirs continued to be below normal conservation pool level. Medina Lake dropped 1.2 feet and was 92.8 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 8.2 feet and was 33.9 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 1.4 feet and was 67.7 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, Kerrville Stage 3, and Del Rio Stage 2. At the end of the month, the 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) normal on the Medina River, below (10%-24%) normal on the upper Guadalupe River, and much below normal on the Nueces River. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kinney, Edwards, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, and Medina had an outdoor burn ban in effect at the end of the month.

Wider weather episode

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal rain during the month, and most of the Rio Grande Plains region had less than 25% of normal. Most of the area saw no change in the drought, but Kinney County went from Severe (D2) drought category to Extreme (D3) drought. Bandera and Kendall Counties stayed in D3 and Edwards, Kerr, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala Counties stayed in D2. Area reservoirs continued to be below normal conservation pool level. Medina Lake dropped 1.2 feet and was 92.8 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 8.2 feet and was 33.9 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 1.4 feet and was 67.7 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, Kerrville Stage 3, and Del Rio Stage 2. At the end of the month, the 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) normal on the Medina River, below (10%-24%) normal on the upper Guadalupe River, and much below normal on the Nueces River. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kinney, Edwards, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, and Medina had an outdoor burn ban in effect at the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1181236. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.