Drought — Kendall, Texas

2024-07-01 to 2024-07-31 · Kendall, Texas

Event narrative

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month and the drought improved or remained the same. Parts of the Hill Country and southern Edwards Plateau received 300% of normal. The drought in Kinney County improved from Extreme Drought (D3) category to Severe Drought (D2) category. Bandera, Kendall, Uvalde, and Val Verde remained in D2. Area reservoirs added much needed water, but continued to be below normal conservation pool level. The Edwards Aquifer rose 4.6 feet but was still 21.1 feet below normal. Lake Amistad rose 1.6 feet but was 68.2 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 and Del Rio Stage 2. Area rivers responded positively to the rain. At the end of the month, the 7-day average streamflow was normal (25%-75%) to above (76%-90%) normal on the Medina River, above normal on the upper Guadalupe River, and normal to much above (>90%) normal on the Nueces River. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kinney and Val Verde had an outdoor burn ban in effect at the end of the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1199867. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.