Texas, 2025

Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2025

September 1 to 30, 2025 · NWS SJT · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Moderate drought conditions have developed across portions of the Concho Valley during the month of September. Moderate to severe drought conditions across southwest portions of Crockett County improved during the month of September.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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

What happened

The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.

Moderate drought conditions have developed across portions of the Concho Valley during the month of September. Moderate to severe drought conditions across southwest portions of Crockett County improved during the month of September.

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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 11:52 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • A Flood Watch continues for the Concho Valley, the Heartland, the northern Edwards Plateau and the northwest Hill Country through 7AM this morning.
  • Pockets of heavy rainfall are possible through Monday morning along and near a stationary frontal boundary.
  • Marginal risk of heavy rainfall across portions of the northern Edwards Plateau and northwest Hill Country on Monday.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:52 PM CST, 8 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
1252 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

...New LONG TERM...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A Flood Watch continues for the Concho Valley, the Heartland,
  the northern Edwards Plateau and the northwest Hill Country
  through 7AM this morning.

- Pockets of heavy rainfall are possible through Monday morning
  along and near a stationary frontal boundary.

- Marginal risk of heavy rainfall across portions of the
  northern Edwards Plateau and northwest Hill Country on Monday.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Monday)
Issued at 236 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

...Slight risk of excessive rainfall across central and southern
portions of west central Texas tonight...

Satellite and radar images indicate showers and thunderstorms
continue to develop along a stationary frontal boundary draped
across the southern and eastern portions of the CWA this
afternoon. In addition...isolated showers and thunderstorms
continue to develop north of the frontal boundary across portions
of the Big Country extending southward into the Concho Valley and
the Heartland. Some of these storms are producing heavy rainfall
and as additional showers and storms develop, the areas that have
received heavy rainfall continue to receive additional rainfall.
With a slight risk of rainfall exceeding flash flood guidance
across the central and southern portions of west central Texas
tonight...have extended the flood watch through Monday morning for
everywhere but the Big Country as the focus for heavy rainfall
should be confined across the southern half of the CWA tonight.
Expect rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches in general with isolated
amounts of up to 5 inches possible as indicated by the 12Z HREF
90 to 99 percentile probabilities of total precipitation through 7
am Monday. Low to mid level moisture is expected to decrease
across the Big Country tonight but remain high elsewhere. Rain
chances will diminish across the northern counties tonight as a
result and will diminish across the rest of west central Texas on
Monday except across the extreme southern counties where low to
mid level moisture is expected to remain high. In addition...WPC
has a marginal risk of excessive rainfall across portions of the
northern Edwards Plateau and northwest Hill Country on Monday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tuesday through Sunday)
Issued at 1252 AM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Rain chances will be much lower for the mid to late week timeframe
as a drier airmass moves into west central Texas on Tuesday.
Temperatures look to be near seasonal norms (low 90s) for Tuesday
and Wednesday. However, stronger thermal ridging looks to set up
for Thursday and Friday and should lead to highs in the upper 90s
both days.

Going into the weekend, models are in good agreement in showing an
upper-level trough centered just north of the Great Lakes will dip
southward into the central and eastern US. Another surface front
looks to drop into Texas from the northeast on Saturday and stall.
Global models diverge somewhat regarding how far south the front
will go and the overall rain chances. The GFS no longer shows a
tropical depression moving in from the east Pacific but still
remains much wetter than the European, which doesn't bring the front
as far into Texas.  LREF probabilities show low (<25%) chances of
rainfall exceeding 1 inch in 24 hours Saturday through Sunday.  For
now, rain chances were kept to around 20% for Saturday and Sunday
with near-seasonal temperatures.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 641 PM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Ongoing showers and thunderstorms will continue through about 03Z
before diminishing. MVFR ceilings and visibilities are still
possible with occasional thunder through this time. Overnight,
MVFR ceilings could develop after 09Z, depending on how much
clearing occurs after storms dissipate. Additional chances for
storms are possible through about 18Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     91  67  93  65 /  10   0   0   0
San Angelo  89  65  93  64 /  20   0   0   0
Junction    89  63  93  65 /  40   0  10   0
Brownwood   89  65  92  64 /  30   0   0   0
Sweetwater  92  67  94  64 /  10   0   0   0
Ozona       87  65  92  65 /  30   0  10   0
Brady       87  65  90  64 /  30   0   0   0

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT this morning for Brown-Coke-Coleman-
Concho-Crockett-Irion-Kimble-Mason-McCulloch-Menard-Runnels-San
Saba-Schleicher-Sterling-Sutton-Tom Green.

&&

SHORT TERM...61
LONG TERM....SK
AVIATION...SK

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Event by event

4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Crockett

When
September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Crockett forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.723, -101.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Moderate to severe drought conditions across southwest portions of Crockett County improved with only a sliver of moderate drought conditions remaining across extreme southwest portions of the county during the month of September.

Drought, Coke

When
September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Coke forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
31.889, -100.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Moderate drought conditions developed across most of Coke County during the month of September.

Drought, Runnels

When
September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Runnels forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
31.831, -99.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Moderate drought conditions developed across most of Runnels County during the month of September.

Drought, Coleman

When
September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 30, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Coleman forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
31.773, -99.454 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Moderate drought conditions developed across western portions of Coleman County during the month of September.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 1295153, 1295154, 1295155, 1295156.