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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
235 PM MDT THU MAY 18 2006
...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...SEVERE DROUGHT OVERSPREADS THE TRI STATE AREA...
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE MAY 18TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...SEVERE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. THIS WAS
A WORSENING BY ONE CATEGORY FROM LAST MONTH. RAINFALL DEFICITS
CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE AND INFORMAL REPORTS FROM LOCAL AGRICULTURAL
FIELD OFFICES SUPPORTED THE UPGRADE TO SEVERE. IMPACTS FROM THIS
DROUGHT WERE BOTH HYDROLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR FOCUSES ON BROAD-SCALE CONDITIONS. LOCAL
CONDITIONS MAY VARY.
.LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED...
DROUGHT LEVELS...
D0 -- ABNORMALLY DRY OR RECOVERING FROM DROUGHT
D1 -- MODERATE DROUGHT
D2 -- SEVERE DROUGHT
D3 -- EXTREME DROUGHT
D4 -- EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
PERCENT NORMALS OF PRECIPITATION ARE THE AVERAGE ACROSS A COUNTY FOR
THE INDICATED PERIOD. LOCAL CONDITIONS MAY VARY. A VALUE OF 100
WOULD BE THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL...A VALUE OF 50 WOULD BE HALF OF
NORMAL AND CONSIDERED DRY...WHILE A VALUE OF 200 WOULD BE TWICE
NORMAL AND CONSIDERED VERY WET.
DROUGHT LEVEL AS OF MAY 18 2006.
PRECIPITATION ENDING APRIL 30 2006.
DROUGHT PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION
COUNTY LEVEL 1-MONTH 3-MONTH 12-MONTH
------ ------- --------- --------- ---------
YUMA D2 50 50 110
KIT CARSON D2 30 35 115
CHEYENNE CO D2 15 35 125
DUNDY D2 15 35 90
CHEYENNE KS D2 35 60 100
SHERMAN D2 40 85 90
WALLACE D2 35 65 95
GREELEY D2 20 50 100
HITCHCOCK D2 15 35 85
RAWLINS D2 30 35 90
THOMAS D2 40 40 90
LOGAN D2 40 50 85
WICHITA D2 35 90 100
RED WILLOW D2 35 40 95
DECATUR D2 40 35 95
SHERIDAN D2 40 35 90
GOVE D2 45 35 90
NORTON D2 45 55 95
GRAHAM D2 55 60 95
.STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...
NO KNOWN STATE OR LOCAL ACTIONS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE.
.CLIMATE SUMMARY...
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS COMMON ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE
MONTH OF APRIL WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING UNDER ONE INCH OF
RAINFALL. MCCOOK TALLIED A 1.54 INCH DEFICIT FOR THE MONTH...WHILE
OTHER AREAS AVERAGED AROUND 1 INCH FOR THE MONTHLY DEFICIT.
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA AVERAGED 3 TO 5 DAYS
OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WHILE AREAS FURTHER EAST RECORDED 5 TO 6
DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR PERIOD OF
PRECIPITATION FELL ON MOST AREAS DURING THE 6TH AND 7TH...WITH HILL
CITY MEASURING 0.75 INCHES. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOWFALL FOLLOWED THE
RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST AREAS WITH GOODLAND NOTING 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW.
BURLINGTON COLORADO REMAINED ESPECIALLY DRY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
WITH ONLY 1.08 INCHES OF MEASURED PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR TO
DATE. COOPERATIVE REPORTS DURING THE MONTH FROM THE ENTIRE AREA WERE
SIMILAR. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL RANGES FROM
SLIGHTLY ABOVE ONE INCH IN THE WEST TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE TWO INCHES IN
THE EAST.
.RESERVOIR AND LAKE LEVELS...
DATA VALID AT THE END OF APRIL 2006.
STORAGE CONTENT
END OF MONTH LAST MONTH PERCENT OF
RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) (ACRE-FEET) AVERAGE FULL
--------------- ----------- ----------- ------- ----
BONNY RESERVOIR 12740 12861 34 31
SWANSON LAKE 41151 40442 43 37
KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 8944 8883 62 26
HARRY STRUNK LAKE 34975 33152 96 98
ENDERS RESERVOIR 11988 12017 37 28
HUGH BUTLER LAKE 21298 21275 66 59
.PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON
MAY 18.
ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID JUNE...ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID JUNE...EQUAL CHANCES FOR
ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL.
THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...EQUAL
CHANCES FOR ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL.
THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID JUNE THROUGH AUGUST
...EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL.
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH AUGUST. HOT AND DRY WEATHER
IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERSISTENCE OR WORSENING OF THE
DROUGHT WHICH HAS OVERSPREAD THE HIGH PLAINS FROM TEXAS TO WYOMING.
ALTHOUGH THE FORECAST FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST DOES NOT SHOW A STRONG
INDICATION FOR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL IN THE PLAINS...IT APPEARS THAT
THE DROUGHT WILL LARGELY PERSIST WELL INTO SUMMER.
.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT...
JERRY KILLINGSWORTH
DROUGHT FOCAL POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
920 ARMORY ROAD
GOODLAND KS 67735
TELEPHONE 785-899-6412
JERRY.KILLINGSWORTH@NOAA.GOV
.RELATED WEB SITES...
LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION...
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GLD/
US DROUGHT MONITOR...
DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...
WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
WWW.HPRCC.UNL.EDU
ADDITIONAL RIVER...LAKE AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION...
USGS - WATER.USGS.GOV
COE - WWW.NWD-MR.USACE.ARMY.MIL/RCC/INDEX
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - WWW.USBR.GOV/GP/WATER/RFLOW.CFM
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
DROUGHT OUTLOOK...
WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/EXPERT_ASSESSMENT/SEASONAL_DROUGHT
KANSAS CROP WEATHER...
WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV/WEATHER/CPCURR/KS-CROP-WEATHER
.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...
THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE
USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION SERVICES...THE USDA...COE AND USGS.
.NEXT ISSUANCE...
THIS LOCAL DROUGHT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THE THIRD
THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH...OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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