Drought — Zavala, Texas

2021-02-01 to 2021-02-28 · Zavala, Texas

Event narrative

Near to below normal rainfall during February left Bandera, Dimmit, Frio, and Medina Counties in Severe (D2) drought and moved De Witt and Fayette Counties into D2. Zavala County had enough rain to improve from Extreme (D3) to D2. Uvalde was in Stage 1 water restrictions. The Edwards Aquifer was 9.5 feet below normal. Medina Lake was 35.0 feet below conservation pool level. Bandera, Dimmit, Frio, and Zavala Counties had outdoor burn bans in effect.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 950799. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.