Drought in Zapata, Texas

Drought April 14, 2026 – April 30, 2026 · Zapata, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Most of Zapata County had improved to Severe (D2) Drought conditions with a pocket of Exceptional (D3) Drought over northern Zapata County during the April 14-20 timeframe. The D3 pocket would shrink to cover the northeast portion of the county on April 21, with D2 conditions remaining elsewhere from the 14th through 30th.

The wider storm

Drought improvements continued through mid April thanks to additional beneficial rains that fell between the 10th and 12th. A remnant pocket of D4 (Exceptional) Drought in northern Jim Hogg improved to D3 (Extreme), with mainly D2 Drought conditions replacing most of the D3 areas, with only small pockets of D3 over parts of Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Cameron Counties. On the 14th, D3 areas shrunk to just 10.26% of the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1333270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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