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Event Details
| Event | Drought |
| State | TEXAS |
| County/Area | GONZALES |
| WFO | EWX |
| Begin Date | 05/01/2011 00:00:00 CST-6 |
| End Date | 05/31/2011 23:59:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | |
| Crop Damage | |
| Episode Narrative | As a weak La Nina event continued, rainfall remained below normal over most of South Central Texas and the 2011 Drought continued to worsen. |
| Event Narrative | The drought continued over South Central Texas and worsened in some counties. Most of the area was in exceptional drought conditions (Stage D4). Lack of rain this month moved Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Medina, Travis, and Williamson counties into this stage and De Witt and Karnes counties into extreme drought conditions (Stage D3). This means all of South Central Texas was in either extreme or exceptional drought conditions. Fire danger in South Central Texas remained moderate to high and burn bans were in effect for all of the counties except Llano. The Texas A&M agricultural program report indicated the agricultural situation was rapidly deteriorating. Forage availability remained below average. Many stock tanks remained extremely low and some were in danger of drying up. At the end of the month the seven day stream flow average remained in the below or much below normal range for basins across South Central Texas and the Rio Grande Plains. The Rio Grande was in normal stream flow. Area lakes and reservoirs remained below normal pool elevations with Lake Travis around 32 feet below normal and Medina Lake near 27 feet below. The Edwards Aquifer was 20.4 feet below normal and 29.3 feet below the level from one year ago. The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) moved into Stage 2 water restrictions, the City of Kerrville was in Stage 3, the City of San Marcos in Stage 2, and the City of Austin in Stage 1. Many other communities across South Central Texas continued with some level of water restrictions. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| DE WITT (ZONE) | DE WITT (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LAVACA (ZONE) | LAVACA (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CALDWELL (ZONE) | CALDWELL (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WILLIAMSON (ZONE) | WILLIAMSON (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| VAL VERDE (ZONE) | VAL VERDE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| UVALDE (ZONE) | UVALDE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| TRAVIS (ZONE) | TRAVIS (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| EDWARDS (ZONE) | EDWARDS (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ZAVALA (ZONE) | ZAVALA (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GILLESPIE (ZONE) | GILLESPIE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FRIO (ZONE) | FRIO (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FAYETTE (ZONE) | FAYETTE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GUADALUPE (ZONE) | GUADALUPE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ATASCOSA (ZONE) | ATASCOSA (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| KARNES (ZONE) | KARNES (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| KENDALL (ZONE) | KENDALL (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BANDERA (ZONE) | BANDERA (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| KINNEY (ZONE) | KINNEY (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BASTROP (ZONE) | BASTROP (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BLANCO (ZONE) | BLANCO (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BEXAR (ZONE) | BEXAR (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MEDINA (ZONE) | MEDINA (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MAVERICK (ZONE) | MAVERICK (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LLANO (ZONE) | LLANO (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| DIMMIT (ZONE) | DIMMIT (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| REAL (ZONE) | REAL (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WILSON (ZONE) | WILSON (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GONZALES (ZONE) | GONZALES (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HAYS (ZONE) | HAYS (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| KERR (ZONE) | KERR (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LEE (ZONE) | LEE (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BURNET (ZONE) | BURNET (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| COMAL (ZONE) | COMAL (ZONE) | TX | 05/01/2011 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Drought | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
