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000 AXUS73 KGLD 021538 DGTGLD DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 938 AM MDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...LITTLE CHANGE TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SEPTEMBER... SYNOPSIS... IN THE SEPTEMBER 30TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS 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 SEPTEMBER 30 2008. PRECIPITATION ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 2008. | PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION | ---------------------------------- | | | JUL 2008 | OCT 2007 | | DROUGHT | | THROUGH | THROUGH | COUNTY | LEVEL | SEP 2008 | SEP 2008 | SEP 2008 | ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ---------- YUMA | NONE | 150 | 160 | 105 | KIT CARSON | NONE-D0 | 80 | 160 | 95 | CHEYENNE CO | D0-D1 | 70 | 120 | 75 | DUNDY | NONE | 150 | 120 | 90 | CHEYENNE KS | NONE | 150 | 140 | 85 | SHERMAN | NONE | 175 | 150 | 85 | WALLACE | D0 | 100 | 150 | 90 | GREELEY | D0-D1 | 60 | 130 | 80 | HITCHCOCK | NONE | 105 | 80 | 85 | RAWLINS | NONE | 120 | 100 | 95 | THOMAS | NONE | 175 | 120 | 85 | LOGAN | NONE-D0 | 160 | 95 | 75 | WICHITA | D0-D1 | 80 | 95 | 70 | RED WILLOW | NONE | 80 | 80 | 100 | DECATUR | NONE | 130 | 75 | 95 | SHERIDAN | NONE | 95 | 75 | 85 | GOVE | NONE | 150 | 90 | 85 | NORTON | NONE | 140 | 140 | 125 | GRAHAM | NONE | 80 | 100 | 105 | PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY UNIFORM AND NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER...THERE WERE SOME NOTEWORTHY EXCEPTIONS. AREAS FROM EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO INTO WALLACE AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF KANSAS WERE VERY DRY...RECEIVING LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN SEPTEMBER. MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS WERE IN DROUGHT MOST OF THE SPRING AND SUMMER...AND THIS WAS A SHORT TERM SETBACK. HOWEVER...NOT FAR AWAY IN NORTHERN GOVE COUNTY KANSAS TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 24TH RESULTED IN INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN. A GOVE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE REPORTED OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 6 HOURS OF TIME SOUTH OF GRAINFIELD. BIG CREEK FLOODED IN PARTS OF GOVE AND TREGO COUNTIES FOR DAYS AFTERWARD AS A RESULT OF THE TORRENTIAL RAINS. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 30. ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2008...EQUAL CHANCES FOR BELOW...ABOVE...OR NEAR NORMAL. ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2008...EQUAL CHANCES FOR BELOW...ABOVE...OR NEAR NORMAL. THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2008....ABOVE NORMAL. THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID OCTOBER 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2008...EQUAL CHANCES FOR BELOW...ABOVE...OR NEAR NORMAL. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH DECEMBER 2008...ANY LINGERING DROUGHT AREAS ARE FORECAST TO IMPROVE. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... DATA VALID OCTOBER 2 2008. STORAGE CONTENT --------------- END OF MONTH | LAST MONTH RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) | (ACRE-FEET) TREND --------------- ------------ ------------ ----- BONNY RESERVOIR 7709 | 8384 FALLING SWANSON LAKE 50639 | 51765 FALLING KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 14988 | 15297 FALLING HARRY STRUNK LAKE 32783 | 31771 STEADY ENDERS RESERVOIR 15130 | 15475 FALLING HUGH BUTLER LAKE 25695 | 26193 FALLING 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... WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GLD/?N=/CLIMATE/DROUGHTMONITOR.PHP LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=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. 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