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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 |
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| | | 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
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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.
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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
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