Drought, Brown
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.774, -99.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
A severe drought continued across all of West Central Texas. Total crop losses and damage amounts will be tabulated next month.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A severe drought continued across all of West Central Texas. Total crop losses and damage amounts will be tabulated next month.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
25 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Callahan
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Callahan forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.298, -99.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Coke
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coke forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.889, -100.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Coleman
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coleman forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.773, -99.454 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Concho
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Concho forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.327, -99.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Crockett
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.723, -101.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Fisher
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Haskell
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Irion
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Irion forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.304, -100.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Jones
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.740, -99.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kimble
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kimble forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.487, -99.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Mason
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.718, -99.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, McCulloch
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCulloch forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.199, -99.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Menard
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Menard forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.890, -99.821 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Mitchell
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.306, -100.921 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Nolan
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nolan forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Runnels
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Runnels forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.831, -99.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, San Saba
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- San Saba forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.155, -98.818 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Schleicher
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Schleicher forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.897, -100.539 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Shackelford
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shackelford forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -99.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sterling
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sterling forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.828, -101.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sutton
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sutton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.498, -100.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Taylor
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Throckmorton
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Tom Green
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.404, -100.462 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 19, 1998
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Flood in California, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in South Carolina, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 1 to 2, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 1, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5652776, 5652777, 5652778, 5652779, 5652780, 5652781, 5652782, 5652783, 5652784, 5652785, 5652786, 5652787, 5652788, 5652789, 5652790, 5652791, 5652792, 5652793, 5652794, 5652795, 5652796, 5652797, 5652798, 5652799, 5652800.