Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 2014

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.

All but a very small portion of South Central Texas experienced below normal rainfall in April. Across most of the western half of the area they received less than 25 percent of normal for the month. With the lack of rainfall Edwards, Kerr, Real, and Val Verde Counties worsened to exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Kinney, Medina, and Uvalde to extreme (Stage D3), and Blanco, Comal, De Witt, Frio, Karnes, and Zavala to severe (Stage D2). The rest of the area remained unchanged with Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, and Llano Counties in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of April. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Uvalde, and Val Verde had burn bans in effect. The seven day stream flow averages at the end of the month were much below normal (less than 10 percent) across the Frio, Medina, Nueces, Colorado, San Antonio, and Guadalupe River basins. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. Lake Amistad dropped to near 42 feet below normal and Lake Travis dropped slightly to near 55 feet below normal. Medina Lake was again the most affected at 91 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer dropped again during the month and was 29.7 feet below normal, and 21 feet below the level at the end of April 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 2 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 30%. Uvalde was in stage 5 water restrictions, Fredericksburg moved back into stage 4 (an improvement), New Braunfels was in stage 3, and Kerrville remained in stage 1.