A couple of heavy rain events occurred over the Victoria Crossroads, portions of the Brush Country, and Webb County during the month of July. Rain amounts were much above normal across these areas. But dry conditions remained over the Coastal Bend with rainfall being much below normal for the month.
Widespread rain amounts of 3 to 5 inches occurred over the Brush Country while 5 to 8 inches occurred over the Victoria Crossroads and Mid-Coast region. A maximum of around 15 inches of rain occurred over northwest Calhoun County and a little over 8 inches occurred in northeast Laredo. Rain amounts over the Coastal Bend were restricted to a tenth of an inch near Baffin Bay to near 2 inches over the extreme western portions of the Kleberg and Nueces Counties. The rainfall amounts were around 400 percent of normal over parts of the Victoria Crossroads, Mid-Coast, and Brush Country. Rainfall amounts were between 5 and 25 percent of normal over the Coastal Bend.

The severe drought persisted over southern portions of the Brush Country east into the Coastal Bend, while conditions improved to moderate status over northern portions of the Brush Country to the Victoria Crossroads during the month. Extreme drought conditions persisted over the southern portion of Duval County.
The combined capacity of the Corpus Christi reservoir system remained less than 50 percent during the month. Voluntary water restrictions continued for the city of Corpus Christi. The city of Laredo was also under voluntary water restrictions. Different stages of water restrictions continued for Beeville, Point Comfort, Alice, and King Ranch Santa Gertrudis District.
Crops became severely moisture stressed over the southern Coastal Bend with most cotton producers shredding their cotton fields due to very low yields. Eighty to ninety percent of the corn and grain sorghum crops were zeroed out by insurance adjusters also. Pastures remained drought stressed and stock tanks remained very low or dry in the Coastal Bend. Some improvement was observed in range land and pastures over the Brush Country due to above normal rainfall. Soil moisture levels improved to adequate over parts of the Brush Country.

Drought in BEE, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Southern portion of the county.

Drought in SAN PATRICIO, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Western portion of the county.

Drought in DUVAL, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought in JIM WELLS, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought in KLEBERG, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought in NUECES, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought in WEBB, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 31-JUL-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought in VICTORIA, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 12-JUL-12 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought status dropped to moderate after heavy rains on July 10th and 11th.

Drought in GOLIAD, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 24-JUL-12 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought status dropped to moderate by the end of the month.

Drought in MCMULLEN, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 24-JUL-12 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought status dropped to moderate by the end of the month.

Drought in LIVE OAK, TEXAS
From 01-JUL-12 00:00:00 to 24-JUL-12 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Drought status dropped to moderate by the end of the month.