Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2022

Name: Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2022
Start: 2022-07-01T00:00
End: 2022-07-31T23:59
Location: Texas

July 1 to 31, 2022 · NWS EWX · 33 events in 33 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 33 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 33

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.

July was another month with below normal precipitation across nearly all of South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Caldwell, Dimmit, Hays, Lavaca, Lee, Travis, and Williamson moved from Severe (D2) to D3. Bastrop and Fayette moved into D2. Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Real remained in D4. Burnet, Comal, De Witt, Frio, and Llano remained in D3. Val Verde remained in D2. Edwards County which had some areas get above normal rainfall improved from D4 to D3. All public water systems encouraged at least voluntary water restrictions and many had mandatory restrictions in effect. Some the larger services had the following: Fredericksburg Stage 3, New Braunfels Stage 3, San Antonio Stage 2, San Marcos Stage 2, Austin Stage 1, Del Rio Stage 1, Kerrville Stage 1, and Pleasanton Stage 1. Georgetown declared Stage 2 this month, and Hutto declared Stage 3. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 1.3 feet and was 27.2 feet below normal. Area reservoirs continued to fall farther below normal conservation pool levels. Lake Amistad fell 1.4 feet to 63.9 feet below normal, Medina Lake was down 5.3 feet to 71.5 below normal, and Lake Travis dropped 3.5 feet to 34.5 feet below normal. All of the counties in D2 or worse drought had outdoor burn bans in effect. The 7-day average streamflow on the Upper Guadalupe River was near the all-time low. All of the other rivers in the region were below to much below normal.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 11:34 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 11:34 PM CST, 26 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1234 AM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Friday night)
Issued at 156 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022

A weak tropical disturbance located just off the Texas coast remains
disorganized and will be expected to slowly move towards the north
over the next 36 to 48 hours. The NHC continues to give around a 40
percent chance of this feature developing into a tropical depression
or weak tropical storm within the next 48 hours. Regardless of any
tropical development, the majority of the weather associated with
the weak low will concentrate on its eastern side. As a result, the
greatest rainfall and impacts will be expected to remain to the east
of South-Central Texas, closer to the Houston metro region and the
TX/LA state border. The coastal plain counties within our CWA could
still see isolated to widely scattered showers and/or storms pivot
into that region from this disturbance itself and/or with some sort
of combination with the seabreeze.

Besides the noted rain chances concentrating across the coastal
plains, enough column moisture and weakness within the upper levels
of the atmosphere also exists for a few spotty showers and perhaps a
stray storm or two during this afternoon and again Friday afternoon
across portions of the Hill Country and the Southern Edwards
Plateau. This is highlighted by several of the short term convective
allowing model guidance members. A shower or storm cell could even
approach the I-35 corridor, more likely Friday afternoon compared to
this afternoon. Any of this activity should quickly diminish with
the loss of daytime heating.

Otherwise, expect for temperatures to top out in the mid to upper
90s for most each afternoon while a few touch 100 degrees along the
Rio Grande. Heat indices will generally trend a few degrees above
the temperatures in the afternoon. Overnight lows should bottom out
in the low to mid 70s for most but a few are to hold in the upper
70s. Skies should trend mostly cloudy from the late overnight into
each morning while the afternoons trend with mostly sunny to partly
cloudy skies with a mix of mid-level cumulus and high clouds. The
winds remain light. Winds will be variable at times but mainly will
trend out of the east-southeast from the afternoon and into the
evening hours.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through Wednesday)
Issued at 156 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022

Saturday and Saturday night will provide what may be the last rain
chances for the next 1-2 weeks. The remnants of the current weak
tropical system near the Gulf Coast will likely still be located of
E TX, and some weak mid to upper level vorticity is also expected to
drift N from Mexico and allow for some shower and storm development
over the Srn Edwards Plateau and Rio Grande Plains Saturday into
Saturday night. Coverage will only be isolated to scattered but a
few lucky locations could pick up a quick 0.5-1" of rain at best.
Can't rule out a stray shower or storm near Val Verde County on
Sunday as well but that will be the end of the rain chances for the
foreseeable future.

Otherwise, expect highs in the 90s to near 100 on Saturday with a
slight warming trend as we head into next week. Strengthening high
pressure will bring dry conditions to start the week, but with high
humidity and temperatures approaching the 97-104 degree range by
Wednesday, we can't rule out the need for another Heat Advisory in
some areas. Warm and mostly dry conditions are likely to dominate
the forecast beyond the end of the period as well per the 6-10 day
and 8-14 day CPC outlooks.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1234 AM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022

VFR flying conditions prevail overnight through Friday evening,
except for a period of MVFR CIGs at the I-35 sites early Friday
morning. MVFR CIGs return late Friday night to the I-35 sites. ISOLD
SHRA/TSRA are possible Friday afternoon into evening. However, PROBs
are low and will leave mention out. E-SE winds of around 10 KTS or
less prevail.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              76  96  77  97 /  10  30  10  10
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  76  96  76  97 /  10  30  10  10
New Braunfels Muni Airport     75  97  76  99 /  10  20  10  10
Burnet Muni Airport            75  95  76  97 /  10  30  10  10
Del Rio Intl Airport           79 100  78  99 /  10  20  20  10
Georgetown Muni Airport        76  96  76  97 /  10  30  10  10
Hondo Muni Airport             75  99  76  99 /  10  20  20  10
San Marcos Muni Airport        76  96  76  98 /  10  20  10  10
La Grange - Fayette Regional   77  94  78  99 /  20  30  10  10
San Antonio Intl Airport       77  97  77  98 /  10  20  10  10
Stinson Muni Airport           77  99  78 100 /  10  20  10  10

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

Short-Term...Brady
Long-Term...KCW
Aviation...04

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:35 AM CST, 21 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
335 AM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010845-
Llano-Burnet-Williamson-Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-
Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-Travis-Bastrop-Lee-Kinney-Uvalde-
Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Fayette-Maverick-Zavala-
Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Lavaca-Dimmit-
335 AM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas..

.DAY ONE...Today And Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Heat index values will be on the increase by the weekend and could
approach Heat Advisory levels in the Coastal Plains by Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

33 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Atascosa

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Atascosa forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bandera

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bandera forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.747, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bastrop

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bastrop forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.104, -97.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bexar

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bexar forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Blanco

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Blanco forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Burnet

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Burnet forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.788, -98.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Caldwell

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.837, -97.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Comal

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Comal forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, De Witt

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: De Witt forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.082, -97.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dimmit

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dimmit forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.423, -99.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Edwards

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fayette

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.877, -96.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Frio

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Frio forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.868, -99.108 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gillespie

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gillespie forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.318, -98.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gonzales

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gonzales forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.457, -97.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Guadalupe

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.583, -97.949 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hays

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hays forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.058, -98.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Karnes

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Karnes forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.906, -97.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kendall

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kendall forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.945, -98.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kerr

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kerr forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kinney

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kinney forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.350, -100.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lavaca

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lavaca forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.384, -96.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lee

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.311, -96.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Llano

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Llano forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.706, -98.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Maverick

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Maverick forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.743, -100.314 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Medina

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Medina forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.356, -99.110 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Real

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Real forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.832, -99.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Travis

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Travis forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Uvalde

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Uvalde forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Val Verde

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Val Verde forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Williamson

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Williamson forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilson

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wilson forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 29.174, -98.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Zavala

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Zavala forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 28.866, -99.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1040050, 1040051, 1040052, 1040053, 1040054, 1040055, 1040056, 1040057, 1040058, 1040059, 1040060, 1040061, 1040062, 1040063, 1040064, 1040065, 1040066, 1040067, 1040068, 1040069, 1040070, 1040071, 1040072, 1040073, 1040074, 1040075, 1040076, 1040077, 1040078, 1040079, 1040080, 1040081, 1040082.