PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
359 PM MDT MON JUL 02 2007
...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...SHORT TERM DRYNESS IN SOME AREAS...
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE JUNE 26TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...NO DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ANYWHERE IN THE TRI STATE AREA.
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
PERCENT WOULD BE THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL...A VALUE OF 50 PERCENT
WOULD BE HALF OF NORMAL AND CONSIDERED DRY...WHILE A VALUE OF 200
PERCENT WOULD BE TWICE NORMAL AND CONSIDERED VERY WET.
DROUGHT LEVEL AS OF JUNE 26 2007.
PRECIPITATION ENDING JUNE 30 2007.
PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION
DROUGHT -------------------------------
COUNTY | LEVEL | 1-MONTH | 3-MONTH | 12-MONTH |
------------ ------------ --------- ---------- ----------
YUMA | NONE | 110 | 95 | 105 |
KIT CARSON | NONE | 90 | 85 | 115 |
CHEYENNE CO | NONE | 75 | 100 | 140 |
DUNDY | NONE | 100 | 95 | 110 |
CHEYENNE KS | NONE | 75 | 60 | 105 |
SHERMAN | NONE | 30 | 50 | 105 |
WALLACE | NONE | 40 | 60 | 105 |
GREELEY | NONE | 50 | 80 | 120 |
HITCHCOCK | NONE | 60 | 110 | 120 |
RAWLINS | NONE | 40 | 80 | 110 |
THOMAS | NONE | 60 | 80 | 105 |
LOGAN | NONE | 75 | 110 | 115 |
WICHITA | NONE | 90 | 125 | 150 |
RED WILLOW | NONE | 50 | 120 | 125 |
DECATUR | NONE | 125 | 95 | 110 |
SHERIDAN | NONE | 150 | 85 | 100 |
GOVE | NONE | 140 | 75 | 110 |
NORTON | NONE | 25 | 100 | 120 |
GRAHAM | NONE | 75 | 90 | 120 |
.STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...
NO KNOWN ACTIONS AT THIS TIME.
.CLIMATE SUMMARY...
SPORADIC THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE BROUGHT
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOME LOCATIONS...BUT OVERALL THE PATTERN
WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW. THE HEAVIEST RAINS
WERE CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL AREA FROM OBERLIN SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF
SHERIDAN COUNTY...FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE
13TH AND THE 15TH OF JUNE. ALSO...ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL WAS MEASURED
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON NEBRASKA TO STRATTON
COLORADO. ELSEWHERE...BELOW TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAIN WAS MEASURED.
IN GOODLAND...IT WAS THE 10TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST
SINCE 2001. THIS WAS ON THE HEELS OF A VERY DRY MAY...AND FOR THE
TWO-MONTH PERIOD OF MAY AND JUNE ONLY 1.79 INCHES WAS MEASURED...5TH
DRIEST ON RECORD FOR THAT TIME PERIOD AND THE DRIEST SINCE 1976.
.RESERVOIR AND LAKE LEVELS...
DATA VALID JULY 1 2007.
STORAGE CONTENT
---------------
END OF MONTH | LAST MONTH
RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) | (ACRE-FEET) TREND
--------------- ------------ ------------ -----
BONNY RESERVOIR 9854 | 10700 FALLING
SWANSON LAKE 51472 | 51500 STEADY
KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 12024 | 12250 FALLING
HARRY STRUNK LAKE 36028 | 36429 FALLING
ENDERS RESERVOIR 20944 | 12100 STEADY
HUGH BUTLER LAKE 27431 | 18100 STEADY
.PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON
JUNE 30.
ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID JULY 2007...EQUAL CHANCES OF
BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID JULY 2007...EQUAL
CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER
2007...EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER
2007...EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2007...NO DROUGHT
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
.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
.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
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 FIRST OF EACH
MONTH...OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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