AUSTIN, Texas — Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, this week’s drought monitor has been released a day early, so we’ve gotten an early look at how drought conditions have shaken out across Texas over the past week.
For the KVUE area, we did not see much change from last week, if any at all. We’re still tracking “extreme” drought conditions along the I-35 corridor, and at least a “severe” drought for areas along and east of I-35.
However, when we look at other parts of the state, conditions in portions of the Big Country and the Texas Panhandle have markedly improved, with a majority of the 7% of the state removed from drought conditions residing in this part of Texas, as well as the Red River Valley.
With the Big Country seeing these marked improvements, it’s important to note that while we still have low lake levels at Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan.
Much of the Big Country, which consists of cities like San Angelo and Abilene, are upstream of our Highland Lakes and are located in our Highland Lakes system. Thus, any heavy rain in these areas can result in runoff that’ll eventually reach the aforementioned lakes, improving their levels.
For instance, Lake Travis is down to 45% and Lake Buchanan is down to 65%. Sufficient rainfall in these areas can result in runoff that’ll eventually reach the aforementioned lakes, improving their levels.
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