Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 2014

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.

June brought beneficial rain to much of South Central Texas with the Rio Grande Plains experiencing a near record rainfall event near the end of the month. With the wet weather, no county worsened during the month and Val Verde (Extreme Category (D3)), Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Llano, and Medina (all Severe (D2)) Counties improved. The rest of the area that was in category D2 or worse remained unchanged with Gillespie County in Stage D3 and Kendall County in Stage D2. Fire danger was moderate to high across the area at the end of June. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Kerr 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) for the Lower Colorado and Upper Guadalupe River Basins and below normal (10-24 percent) for the Lower Guadalupe River Basin. Area lakes and reservoirs continued well below normal pool elevations. With the extreme rain event on the 20th-21st, Lake Amistad rose close to three feet, but was still 41.6 feet below normal. Lake Travis remained 52 feet below normal. After rising slightly in May, Medina Lake dropped again and was 85 feet below normal. The Edwards Aquifer dropped during the month and was 27.6 feet below normal, and 8.1 feet below the level at the end of June 2013. The Edwards Aquifer Authority remained in stage 3 water restrictions requiring large water users to reduce pumping by 35%. Fredericksburg remained in stage 3 water restrictions, Kerrville in stage 1, and Del Rio entered stage 1.