DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
400 PM MDT WED SEP 3 2008
...VERY WET AUGUST RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT IMPROVEMENTS...
SYNOPSIS...
IN THE AUGUST 26TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...MODERATE
DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING WEST OF HIGHWAY 25 AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 40. NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ELSEWHERE IN THE
TRI STATE AREA.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR FOCUSES ON BROAD-SCALE CONDITIONS. LOCAL
CONDITIONS MAY VARY.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
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 AUGUST 26 2008.
PRECIPITATION ENDING AUGUST 31 2008.
| PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION |
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| | | JUN 2008 | SEP 2007 |
| DROUGHT | | THROUGH | THROUGH |
COUNTY | LEVEL | AUG 2008 | AUG 2008 | AUG 2008 |
------------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------
YUMA | NONE | 300 | 150 | 100 |
KIT CARSON | NONE-D0 | 300 | 130 | 95 |
CHEYENNE CO | D0-D1 | 200 | 100 | 75 |
DUNDY | NONE | 175 | 100 | 85 |
CHEYENNE KS | NONE | 250 | 105 | 85 |
SHERMAN | NONE | 250 | 110 | 85 |
WALLACE | D0 | 250 | 115 | 95 |
GREELEY | D1 | 250 | 110 | 80 |
HITCHCOCK | NONE | 95 | 80 | 85 |
RAWLINS | NONE | 110 | 80 | 90 |
THOMAS | NONE | 150 | 90 | 85 |
LOGAN | NONE-D0 | 150 | 85 | 80 |
WICHITA | D0-D1 | 160 | 90 | 75 |
RED WILLOW | NONE | 130 | 80 | 100 |
DECATUR | NONE | 80 | 75 | 90 |
SHERIDAN | NONE | 50 | 75 | 85 |
GOVE | NONE | 40 | 60 | 90 |
NORTON | NONE | 130 | 125 | 125 |
GRAHAM | NONE | 140 | 100 | 105 |
AUGUST WAS VERY WET IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 25. MANY LOCATIONS
RECEIVED MORE THAN 6 INCHES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO RANK
IT AS ONE OF THE WETTEST AUGUSTS ON RECORD. THESE WERE ALSO THE AREAS
WHICH HAD BEEN IN MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT THROUGH THE SPRING AND
EARLY SUMMER MONTHS. AS A RESULT...THE DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWED
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS...WITH SOME AREAS IMPROVING BY 2 CATEGORIES
IN JUST ONE MONTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DROPPED QUICKLY EAST OF HIGHWAY
25...WITH LESS THAN 3 INCHES FALLING ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM HITCHCOCK
COUNTY NEBRASKA SOUTH TO GOVE COUNTY KANSAS. IN FACT...SOME OF THESE
AREAS MAY BE SLIPPING INTO SHORT TERM DROUGHT WITH NEARLY HALF OF
NORMAL REPORTED IN GOVE COUNTY THE PAST THREE MONTHS...THOUGH THIS
IS NOT YET REFLECTED IN THE OFFICIAL DROUGHT MONITOR. THE FAR
EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA...FROM MCCOOK TO HILL CITY...RECEIVED
PLENTIFUL RAINFALL IN AUGUST AND CONTINUED TO SHOW NO SIGNS OF
DROUGHT.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON
AUGUST 31.
ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID SEPTEMBER 2008...BELOW NORMAL.
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID SEPTEMBER 2008...EQUAL CHANCES
FOR BELOW...ABOVE...OR NEAR NORMAL.
THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID SEPTEMBER 2008 THROUGH NOVEMBER
2008....ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID SEPTEMBER 2008 THROUGH
NOVEMBER 2008...EQUAL CHANCES FOR BELOW...ABOVE...OR NEAR NORMAL.
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH NOVEMBER 2008...ANY
LINGERING DROUGHT AREAS ARE FORECAST TO IMPROVE.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
DATA VALID SEPTEMBER 3 2008.
STORAGE CONTENT
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END OF MONTH | LAST MONTH
RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) | (ACRE-FEET) TREND
--------------- ------------ ------------ -----
BONNY RESERVOIR 8384 | 8426 STEADY
SWANSON LAKE 51765 | 53691 FALLING
KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 15297 | 16367 FALLING
HARRY STRUNK LAKE 31771 | 33900 FALLING
ENDERS RESERVOIR 15475 | 16025 FALLING
HUGH BUTLER LAKE 26193 | 26166 STEADY
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THIS LOCAL DROUGHT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THE FIRST OF EACH
MONTH...OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
RELATED WEB SITES...
A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS DROUGHT STATEMENT...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gld/?n=/climate/droughtmonitor.php
LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION...
http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=gld
US DROUGHT MONITOR...
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...
http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/
ADDITIONAL RIVER...LAKE AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION...
USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/
COE - http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - http://www.usbr.gov/gp/water/rflow.cfm
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
DROUGHT OUTLOOK...
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html
KANSAS CROP WEATHER...
http://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.
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
JDK