Severe (D2) Drought continued to expand in early August due to lack of significant rainfall, hot to very hot temperatures, along with low relative humidity values each afternoon.

Astronomical Low Tide in INLAND KENEDY COUNTY, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought entered Kenedy County to start the month of August. It stretched from approximately 2.7 miles west of Brooks County south to approximately 5 miles north of Armstrong and eastward to the coast. The drought then expanded to include much of western Inland Kenedy County, west of US-77, on August 9th. Abundant rainfall from an area of low pressure moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend of August 12th, 13th, and 14th, allowed Severe (D2) drought to be taken out of Kenedy County with the August 16th update.

Drought in COASTAL KENEDY, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought entered Coastal Kenedy County in early August. It covered the northern half of the zone. Abundant rainfall from an area of low pressure moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend of August 12th, 13th, and 14th, allowed Severe (D2) drought to be taken out of Coastal Kenedy County with the August 16th update.

Drought in KENEDY ISLAND, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought entered Kenedy Island in early August. It covered the northern half of the zone. Abundant rainfall from an area of low pressure moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend of August 12th, 13th, and 14th, allowed Severe (D2) drought to be taken out of Coastal Kenedy County with the August 16th update.

Drought in JIM HOGG, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought continued to expand south to start August in Jim Hogg County. It covered all but the southeastern part of the county, or a line from 22 miles west of the southeastern corner of the county to 11 miles north. Abundant rainfall from an area of low pressure moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend of August 12th, 13th, and 14th, allowed Severe (D2) drought to be taken out of Jim Hogg County with the August 16th update.

Drought in STARR, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 08-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought entered the northwestern tip of Starr County in early August as the drought continued to worsen across Deep South Texas. It stretched from approximately 12 miles west of the Starr/Zapata County line due southwest to just south of New Falcon, TX. The drought would increase into the western third of the county by the 9th.

Drought in BROOKS, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 15-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought expanded to include northwestern Brooks County. The eastern extent was US-281 from just west of Falfurrias to approximately 10 miles north of Encino before dipping southwest to the Jim Hogg County approximately 11 miles north of the Starr/Jim Hogg/Brooks County lines. On August 9th, Severe (D2) Drought expanded to include all but the southwestern portion of Brooks County. Abundant rainfall fell across the region as an area of low pressure swirled inland from the Gulf of Mexico the weekend of August 12th, 13th, and 14th and allowed drought to exit all of Brooks County with the August 16th update.

Drought in ZAPATA, TEXAS
From 02-AUG-22 00:00:00 to 08-AUG-22 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) Drought expanded to include all of Zapata County on August 2nd as the lack of rain began leading to water conservation efforts in Zapata as Falcon Lake dipped to its lowest levels (Texas share) on record and the lowest since 2002 for combined U.S. and Mexico water storage levels.