Drought — Coastal Kenedy County, Texas

2021-05-01 to 2021-05-03 · Coastal Kenedy County, Texas

Event narrative

Warm and mainly rain-free conditions allowed for drought to persist across Coastal Kenedy County. Central areas remained under Extreme (D3) Drought while the remainder of northern and southern Coastal Kenedy remained under Severe (D2) Drought. Rainfall in late April and early May would then bring an end to Severe drought conditions in Coastal Kenedy County.

Wider weather episode

Despite a few rounds of precipitation occurring across the Rio Grande Valley/Deep South Texas region in mid-to-late April, many areas stricken by Extreme to Exceptional drought missed out on these rain chances. The otherwise warm and dry weather allowed for drought to persist into early May. However, more widespread rains that fall late on April 30th and into early May 1 would begin drought improvement across all but the Rio Grande Plains of Jim Hogg and Zapata County, who missed out.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 956454. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.