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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
557 PM MDT TUE OCT 02 2007
...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...SHORT TERM DRYNESS IN SOME AREAS...
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE SEPTEMBER 25TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR...ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ALONG THE KANSAS
AND COLORADO BORDER. IMPACTS WERE PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL.
ELSEWHERE...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ACROSS 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 SEPTEMBER 25 2007.
PRECIPITATION ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 2007.
| PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION |
----------------------------------
| | | JULY 2007 | SEP 2006 |
| DROUGHT | | THROUGH | THROUGH |
COUNTY | LEVEL | SEP 2007 | SEP 2007 | SEP 2007 |
------------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------
YUMA | D0 | 75 | 105 | 115 |
KIT CARSON | D0 | 100 | 90 | 105 |
CHEYENNE CO | D0 | 90 | 100 | 120 |
DUNDY | D0 | 75 | 100 | 115 |
CHEYENNE KS | NONE | 80 | 100 | 105 |
SHERMAN | D0 | 110 | 80 | 95 |
WALLACE | D0 | 150 | 75 | 100 |
GREELEY | D0 | 80 | 75 | 120 |
HITCHCOCK | NONE | 90 | 100 | 120 |
RAWLINS | NONE | 100 | 110 | 110 |
THOMAS | D0 | 100 | 70 | 105 |
LOGAN | D0 | 250 | 95 | 130 |
WICHITA | D0 | 110 | 105 | 160 |
RED WILLOW | NONE | 115 | 130 | 130 |
DECATUR | NONE | 100 | 100 | 115 |
SHERIDAN | NONE | 100 | 75 | 105 |
GOVE | NONE | 200 | 110 | 130 |
NORTON | NONE | 75 | 95 | 110 |
GRAHAM | NONE | 200 | 125 | 120 |
.STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...
NO KNOWN ACTIONS AT THIS TIME.
.CLIMATE SUMMARY...
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS VARIABLE ACROSS THE TRI
STATE AREA. HEAVY RAIN FELL IN SOME LOCATIONS...WHILE OTHERS WERE
DRY. THE HEAVIEST MONTHLY TOTALS GENERALLY OCCURRED SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM DENSMORE TO RUSSELL SPRINGS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. HILL CITY AND
RUSSELL SPRINGS BOTH REPORTED AROUND 4 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER...NEARLY TWICE THE NORMAL OF 2 INCHES. HEAVY RAIN FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THOSE LOCATIONS ON THE 17TH AND AGAIN ON
THE 28TH. OTHER LOCATIONS RECEIVING ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL INCLUDED A
GOOD PORTION OF WALLACE COUNTY IN KANSAS...MOST OF RED WILLOW COUNTY
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN
EASTERN COLORADO. ELSEWHERE...THE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS
ABNORMALLY DRY IN THE DROUGHT MONITOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS REMAINED
ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED...ALTHOUGH YUMA COUNTY COLORADO HAS NOW BEEN
DESIGNATED AS SUCH.
.RESERVOIR AND LAKE LEVELS...
DATA VALID OCTOBER 1 2007.
STORAGE CONTENT
---------------
END OF MONTH | LAST MONTH
RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) | (ACRE-FEET) TREND
--------------- ------------ ------------ -----
BONNY RESERVOIR 8268 | 8824 FALLING
SWANSON LAKE 47020 | 48829 FALLING
KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 9695 | 10154 FALLING
HARRY STRUNK LAKE 31653 | 30131 RISING
ENDERS RESERVOIR 17641 | 18577 FALLING
HUGH BUTLER LAKE 25296 | 26098 FALLING
.PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON
SEPTEMBER 30.
ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2007...EQUAL CHANCES
OF BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2007...EQUAL
CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER
2007...ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER
2007...BELOW NORMAL.
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH DECEMBER 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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