Kinney storm history

As the thunderstorm moved out of Val Verde County and into Kinney County it continued to produce large hail. The Department of Public Safety reported baseball-size hail in Brackettville. Local insurance adjusters reported close to $1 million in damage. Some 200 mobile homes, 250 …

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…

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…

Only one county changed drought category in August. There was enough rain in Medina County to improve from Exceptional (D4) drought to Extreme (D3) drought. All of the other counties stayed the same. Bexar County remained in D3. Atascosa, Frio, Kinney, and Val Verde all stayed in…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several roads in county including RM 481, RM 1572, and RM 334.

The southern central part of South-Central Texas did not get the excessive rainfall that the Hill Country and Southern Edwards Plateau did and the drought only improved slightly. Atascosa, Frio, and Kinney counties improved from Extreme (D3) drought category to Severe (D2) drough…

A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties and no change in all of the others. Atascosa, Bexar, and Kendall improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to Extreme (…

A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Alamo Village.

A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Alamo Village.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There was 5-6 feet of water over FM 334 near Ox Ranch.

Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…

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…

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal precipitation again in January and the drought remained unchanged or worsened. Blanco and Gillespie Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought. Kerr and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought c…

A few rain events over the last week of August led to above normal precipitation of the month over the western part of South-Central Texas and improvement in the drought. Kinney, Uvalde, and Val Verde Counties improved from Severe (D2) Drought category to Moderate (D1) Drought by…

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 …

Most of South-Central Texas had near normal rainfall during the month and the drought was mostly unchanged. Kinney County remained in Extreme (D3) drought, Edwards, Kerr, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Val Verde stayed in Severe (D2) drought. There was enough rain in Bandera (changed …

A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Brackettville.

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal rain during the month, and most of the Rio Grande Plains region had less than 25% of normal. Most of the area saw no change in the drought, but Kinney County went from Severe (D2) drought category to Extreme (D3) drought on May 31. Ban…

Most of the northern and western parts of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall in April. A large swath of the area along the Rio Grande River received 25% or less than normal. This led to the drought worsening for many counties. Blanco County went from Severe (D2) Dr…

Most of South Central Texas received less than normal rainfall in March, but the drought only worsened in Kinney County which went from Moderate (D1) Drought to Severe (D2) Drought. Bandera and Kendall Counties remained in Extreme (D3) Drought and Blanco, Gillespie, Kerr, and Med…

A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size at Fort Clark Springs in Brackettville. A broadcast media partner relayed a video of the hail storm.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 68 mph by the ASOS at the Laughlin AFB Auxiliary field near Spofford.

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…

A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Brackettville.

May was a wet month across nearly all of South Central Texas. The area south of I-10/Hwy 90 received 150% to 400% of normal precipitation. This improved the drought category from Extreme (D3) to less than Severe (D2) in Bexar, Burnet, Dimmit, Llano, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties. E…

Drought conditions generally improved in April. Most of the eastern half of South Central Texas received normal or greater precipitation. Hays County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Severe (D2) drought. Bexar, Comal, and Gillespie Counties improved from D4 to Extreme (D…

Nearly all of South Central Texas saw below normal precipitation in March and the drought worsened in 17 counties. Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, and Medina Counties went from Extreme (D3) drought to Exceptional (D4). Dimmit and Guadalupe went from Severe (D2) drought to …

February was another dry month across South Central Texas. Most of the area received less than 50% of normal precipitation. This worsened the drought in several counties. Burnet and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) drought to Extreme (D3) drought and Llano and Real went from…

Most of the area along and west of Hwy 281 had less than 50% of normal precipitation during January. This worsened the drought in Burnet, Dimmit, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties all of which went into Severe (D2) drought. All of the other counties remained unchanged. Guadalupe and Ki…

Temperatures dropped to 19 degrees with wind speeds 9-16 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as 6 degrees. These are estimates based on nearby county observations.

Overall December was another dry month across South Central Texas, but there was enough rain in a few spots to produce some drought improvement. Hays County moved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Extreme (D3) drought and Guadalupe County from D3 to Severe (D2) drought. The rest o…

Parts of South Central Texas received above normal rainfall in November including the northern Hill Country, the northern part of the I-35 corridor, and the Coastal Plains. Most of the rest of the area continued to have below normal rain. This had mixed results on the drought. Gu…

Rainfall was a bit of a mixed bag in October. A swath of the central part of the area had 10-50% of normal. The area along the Rio Grande had 100-200% of normal. The rest of the area was in between. There was enough rainfall in Bandera County for that county to improve from Extre…

After beneficial rain in August, dry weather returned in September. Most of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation and drought conditions worsened or remained the same. Guadalupe and Hays Counties worsened from Extreme (D3) category to Exceptional (D4) category. Bande…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in rural Kinney County. A trained storm spotter reported 2 to 2.5 feet of fast-moving water through a low water crossing on FM 334 at Live Oak Creek.

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. The central part of the area …

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…

A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail near Spofford.

A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Brackettville.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged a trampoline.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph that knocked down 10 power poles in Brackettville.

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…

The West Nueces Wildfire started during the evening of March 27 along Tularosa Rd. in rural northeastern Kinney County. There were Red Flag Warnings in effect each day March 27 through April 1 when the fire was contained. The fire burned 1,750 acres.

The second Burr Ranch Wildfire started on the evening of March 29 along the Maverick Kinney county line north of the area that burned earlier in the month. The fire burned until April 2, and there were Red Flag Warnings in effect each day from March 29 through April 1. It burned …