DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
945 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN JULY AND EARLY AUGUST...

ABUNDANT RAINFALL CONTINUED DURING THE LATTER HALF OF JULY AND EARLY
AUGUST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS RAINFALL HAS
CONTINUED TO KEEP SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS OUT OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVER THE PAST MONTH. SINCE NO DROUGHT SEVERE
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...AN ABRIDGED DROUGHT
INFORMATION STATEMENT IS ISSUED. WHEN THE ONSET OF SEVERE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS BEGIN...AN EXPANDED DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE
ISSUED ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THIS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

CHRIS BUTTLER
CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE NE
Christopher.Buttler@noaa.gov 

.RELATED WEB SITES...

LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lbf/

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION

http://water.usgs.gov/

US DROUGHT MONITOR

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
INVOLVING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION SERVICES...USGS...AND THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER
AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

.NEXT ISSUANCE...THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED ON THE THIRD THURSDAY
OF THE MONTH. THE NEXT ISSUANCE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 18 2008.

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