Warm, windy weather and intensifying short-term rainfall deficits led to significant expansion of abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate drought (D1) in Texas and southern Oklahoma. New pockets of severe drought (D2) were introduced in north-central and Deep South Texas, respectively. On May 14, the U.S. Department of Agriculture noted that topsoil moisture was rated 50 percent very short to short in Texas. Topsoil moisture was 100 percent very short to short in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Read more at droughtmonitor.unl.edu…
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