Real storm history

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Ray McDonald Ranch Rd. at the Nueces River north of Camp Wood.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding sending five feet of water from Camp Wood Creek over RR 337 northeast of Camp Wood.

Thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain sending water from the confluence of Kent Creek and the West Frio River over RM 336 approximately ten miles north of Leakey.

Thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain leading to flash flooding. A video on Facebook showed the Frio River sending over five feet of water across RM 1120 south of Leakey.

Thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain causing flash flooding. The West Frio River sent water over Old Rocksprings Rd. south of the Happy Place Animal Rescue north of Leakey.

Thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain leading to flash flooding. A video on Facebook showed the Frio River sending water across RM 337 in Leakey.

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in July. A large part of the area had four to six times normal. The drought improved in nearly every county. Kerr County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to no drought. Gillespie County improved from …

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 50 kts by a mesonet station at Camp Eagle north of Vance.

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 wind gusts measured at 62 mph by the mesonet station at Camp Eagle southeast of Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area.

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…

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of below normal precipitation, and the drought was unchanged. Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina, and Travis Counties remained in Extreme (D3) Drought category. Atascosa, Caldwell, Frio, Guadalupe, Kerr, Real, Uvalde, Willia…

Most of South-Central Texas received less than normal rainfall during the month, and the drought worsened or was unchanged. Fayette, Karnes, and Zavala Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) drought category to Severe (D2) drought. Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Kendall, Medina, and …

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 10% of normal rainfall in October, and the drought worsened. Hays County saw the worst change from Abnormally Dry (D0) category to Extreme (D3) drought category. Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Medina, and Travis Counties went from Moderate …

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several low water crossings on RR 336 north-northwest of Prade Ranch.

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month and the drought improved. Parts of the Hill Country and southern Edwards Plateau received 300% of normal. In Kerr, Medina, and Real Counties the drought improved from Severe Drought (D2) category to Mode…

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 …

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. Bandera and K…

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…

A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Camp Wood.

Much of South Central Texas received above normal rainfall in October, and there was improvement in the drought. Real County improved from Severe (D2) category to Moderate (D1) category.

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 (Sep 19), Llano (Sep 19), and Kerr (Sep 26) went from Exceptional (D4) to Extreme (D3). Real (Sep …

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 …

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…

Dry weather continued in July. Most of South Central Texas had less than normal rainfall with the Hill Country and I-35 corridor less than 25% of normal. The lack of rain made the drought worse across the region. Gillespie and Kerr Counties went from Extreme (D3) drought to Excep…

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…

The drought worsened across South Central Texas after another very dry month. Most of the area saw less than 50% of normal precipitation in June. Burnet and Llano Counties moved into Severe (D2) drought. Kendal County remained in Exceptional (D4) drought. Blanco, Gillespie, and K…

The northern part of South Central Texas received near to above normal precipitation in May and this led to improvement in the drought for most counties. Bandera and Medina Counties improved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Severe (D2) drought. Blanco and Kerr Counties improved f…

A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls. A picture on Twitter showed several ping pong ball to golf ball size hail stones.

A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters near Prade Ranch. A COOP observer reported mostly pea to dime size hail with quarter size the largest.

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…

Freezing rain began around midnight on January 31 and continued off and on through February 2. By 8 AM on the 1st a quarter of an inch of ice had accumulated in a few spots around the county and impacted a few roads. The Pedernales Electric Cooperative which provides electricity …

Temperatures dropped to 9 degrees with wind speeds 10-25 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as -9 degrees. These are estimates based on nearby county observations.

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 mostly positive effects on the d…

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 that closed US 55 south of Camp Wood along the Nueces River. A trained spotter sent pictures of water over the road.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Real County. TxDOT closed Hwy 55 south of Camp Wood due to flooding.

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…