Drought-denting deluge to douse Texas this week
Texas has dealt with fires, dust storms and drought in recent weeks. Luckily, AccuWeather meteorologists say that much-needed rain is on the way to the driest areas of the Lone Star State.
Hail the size of golf balls smacked Kerrville, Texas, during a storm on March 23.
Much of Texas has been dry to start 2025, and even back as far as the fall of 2024. The worst and longest-lasting drought has been in West Texas. While the drought will certainly not be coming to an end given the extreme and exceptional drought in place, at least some relief is on the way.
An area of low pressure will develop over North Texas on Tuesday night, causing rain that can last into Wednesday. However, this will come to an end by Wednesday evening. This will be completely separate from the larger late-week storm that will affect other portions of Texas beginning Wednesday night.
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Rain and thunderstorms will form in Mexico and move into areas around the Rio Grande River and into South Texas by very late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. One of the keys to this storm will be its slow movement, which will allow the rain to fall for an extended period of time.
"Although the rain will certainly be beneficial, it will only put a small dent in the long-term drought, but any bit helps," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Grady Gilman. "It would take multiple events like this one to help ease the drought," added Gilman.
At least 1-2 inches of rain could fall where the rain is heaviest and most persistent, with locally higher amounts possible.
While the storm will move slowly, the rain will begin to expand into other locations to end the workweek.
"The downpours will trek farther east through central and more of North Texas into the ArkLaTex region Friday into Friday night," said Gilman.
Even where there is little or no rain, Gilman mentioned that the increased humidity will lessen the fire risk.
The rain will exit Texas by Saturday, but this may become a storm complete with snow, ice and severe weather as it moves farther to the north and east over the weekend.
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