De Witt storm history

The maximum rainfall recorded in DeWitt County was 22.99 inches near Yoakum with multiple reports of 10-15 inches. This caused widespread flash flooding as well as river flooding on the Guadalupe River. As many as 100 houses were affected by high water in and around Cuero. The Gu…

The combination of damaging wind and marble- to dime-sized hail caused extensive damage to homes, trees, and crops between Nordheim, Yorktown, and Arneckville. Several trees were knocked over by the winds which were estimated at over 58 mph. Vegetation was completely stripped fro…

The combination of damaging wind and marble- to dime-sized hail caused extensive damage to homes, trees, and crops between Nordheim, Yorktown, and Arneckville. Several trees were knocked over by the winds which were estimated at over 58 mph. Vegetation was completely stripped fro…

Most of South-Central Texas outside of the Hill Country received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month. This led to worsening drought conditions in 13 counties and unchanged conditions in 11. De Witt and Lee Counties had the largest changes from Moderate (D1) Dro…

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than normal precipitation during November. Most of the area saw less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought in some locations and maintained it most other places. However, Fayette and Gonzales Counties received enough rain to…

A thunderstorm produced hail up to golf ball size in Meyersville. Most of the hail was less than quarter size.

Kinney and De Witt Counties received enough rain in October for drought conditions to improve from Severe (D2) Drought category to Moderate (D1).

September rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in most counties. De Witt and Fayette Counties saw the worst change from no drought to Severe (D2) Drought category. Bastrop, Gonzales, Hays, and Travis Counties went…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There was water over Hwy 119 along with other low water crossings flooded near Smith Creek south of Yorktown.

Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. This resulted in Caldwell, De Witt, and Lavaca Counties moving from Severe (D2) drought category to Moderate (D1) drought.

Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…

Another dry month led to worsening drought conditions for South-Central Texas. Most of the region saw 50% or less of normal precipitation in February. Medina County went from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Frio, Maverick, Real, and Zavala cou…

Freezing rain began to fall during the evening on the 20th. By late evening TxDOT reported patches of ice on bridges and overpasses on FM 884 and FM 2980 in Yorktown that caused only minor impacts.

While most of South Central Texas had another month of less than normal rainfall, there was enough in some places to bring some drought relief. De Witt County saw improvement from Extreme (D3) drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Fayette, Lavaca, and Lee Counties went from Severe (D…

Much of South Central Texas received above normal rainfall in October, and there was improvement in the drought. The most improvement was in Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, and Williamson Counties all of which went from Exceptional (D4) category to Severe (D2). Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Cald…

September was generally dry across South Central Texas and most of the area had no change in drought status. However, a few counties had enough rain to improve one category. Bandera, Llano, and Kerr went from Exceptional (D4) to Extreme (D3). Real went from D3 to Severe (D2). Bas…

The hot, dry summer continued this month. Nearly all of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall. Most of the area northeast of a line from Kerrville to Karnes City received less than 25% of normal, and for most of our counties the drought worsened. Frio and Edwards went…

Excessive heat was observed nearly every day of August across parts of South Central Texas. The heat wave started on the 1st in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Lavaca, Llano, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Travis Counties when temperatures reached 105 to 107. The heat spread to most of the …

Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures soared. The heat wave started on the 10th when temperatures in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Hays, Llano and Travis Counties reached 105 degrees, and the heat index in Maverick County reached 114. The heat sprea…

Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures and heat indices soared. The heat wave started on the 14th in Atascosa County where the heat index reached 113. The excessive heat expanded over the next several days until it reached its peak on the 21st whe…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing FM 1447 at FM 682 southwest of Terryville.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of low water crossings on Hwy 183 north of Cuero.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 766 southwest of Hochheim.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported flooded low water crossings along Hwy 119 northwest of Yorktown.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported low water crossings flooded on FM 237 between Yorktown and Hwy 183.

A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Cuero.

A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of E. Clayton St. and N. Clinton St. in Cuero.

A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at the intersection of Tulley Rd. and Bubba Palmer Rd. in Cuero.

A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls in Yoakum.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Cuero.

A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail southwest of Cuero.

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Cuero.

Lightning from a thunderstorm ignited a fire at an oil tank battery northeast of Cuero.

Temperatures dropped to 18 degrees with wind speeds 12-30 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as 2 degrees. These are estimates based on nearby county observations.

Several heavy rain episodes during August led to above normal precipitation across South Central Texas. Much of the western half of the area received three to four times their normal. The result was improvement on the drought in all but two counties. Atascosa, Karnes, and Zavala …

July was another month with below normal precipitation across nearly all of South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Cald…

June was another month with below normal precipitation across South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Atascosa and Edwards Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Comal, De Witt, Gonzales, and Guadalupe moved from Severe (D2) to D3. Caldwell…

May was another dry month across most of South Central Texas which exacerbated the ongoing drought. In Blanco, Karnes, Kendall, and Kerr Counties the drought worsened to Exceptional (D4) drought. Hays and Williamson Counties moved into Severe (D2) drought for the first time. Band…

Most of South Central Texas had another dry month in April with all but a few spots receiving less than normal rainfall. This led to a worsening of drought conditions for Atascosa, Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Medina, Real, and Uvalde Counties all of which went from Extreme…

Nearly all of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation during the month and the area west of a line from Burnet to San Antonio and Pleasanton had less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought across the region. Dimmit County ended the month in Exceptional (D4) drou…

Sleet was reported in Cuero, but it did not cause any impacts.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 1447 and FM 766 were closed due to flooding north of Cuero..

April brought much above normal precipitation to most of the eastern half of South Central Texas. Some places had more than three times normal. All of this rain was sufficient to improve drought conditions to better than Severe (D2) Drought category in Bandera, Bexar, Comal, De W…

Precipitation was below normal across of all of South Central Texas during March. The lack of rain moved Dimmit County to Extreme (D3) Drought Category from Severe (D2) Drought and Bexar, Comal, Kendall, and Lavaca Counties to Severe (D2) from lower categories. Bandera, De Witt, …