Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 2013

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.

April brought some much needed rain to South Central Texas. Most of the eastern half of the area received 150% or more of normal rainfall and only Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala Counties got less than 25% of normal. This rain had a mixed impact on the drought. Edwards (Stage D3), Bastrop (D2), Caldwell (D2), Fayette (D2), and Gonzales (D2) Counties each improved a category. At the same time, Bandera, Comal, Medina, and Uvalde Counties all worsened to Stage D3 and Frio County moved into the D2 stage. Kinney, Maverick, and Val Verde Counties remained in Stage D4. Dimmit, Guadalupe, Hays, Kerr, Real, Williamson, and Zavala Counties remained in Stage D3. Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, De Witt, Gillespie, Karnes, Kendall, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Wilson Counties remained in Stage D2. Fire danger at the end of the month was moderate to high. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought 11 had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. These were Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde, and Wilson. The Texas Crop and Weather Report issued by Texas A and M Agricultural indicated livestock producers were supplying supplemental feed and de-stocking as necessary. The seven day stream flow averages were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Colorado, Guadalupe, Nueces, and Frio River basins. The Rio Grande basin was reporting below normal (10 to 24 percent) flow. Area lakes and reservoirs continued below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad was around 60 feet below normal at 1056.9 feet which is a new record low for the lake. Lake Travis was 52 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 82 feet below normal which left it at 5.5 percent of capacity. The Edwards Aquifer saw some improvement from the rain in April, but was still 18.4 feet below normal, and 13.5 feet below the level at the end of April 2012. Uvalde moved into stage 5 water restrictions and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District into stage 3. San Marcos, Austin, and the San Antonio Water System, were in stage 2, and Kerrville was in stage 1 restrictions.