Drought in Kinney, Texas

Most of South-Central Texas had near normal rainfall during the month and the drought was mostly unchanged. Kinney County remained in Extreme (D3) drought, Edwards, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde stayed in Severe (D2) drought. There was enough rain in Bandera (changed on June 11) and Kendall (changed on June 25) Counties to improve the drought from D3 to D2. Area reservoirs continued to be below normal conservation pool level. Medina Lake dropped 0.9 feet and was 93.7 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer rose 0.9 feet but was still 31.0 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 2.1 feet and was 69.8 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, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Medina had an outdoor burn ban in effect at the end of the month.