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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
110 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SHORT TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...

SYNOPSIS...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS OF MAY 23. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONAL /D4/
DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA OR WYOMING DUE TO THE RECENT
RAINFALL. HOWEVER...EXTREME /D3/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE LOCATED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS COVER SOUTHERN
CAMPBELL COUNTY. IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME DROUGHT
CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN HARDING...NORTHEASTERN
BUTTE...THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PERKINS...AND EXTREME NORTHERN
ZIEBACH COUNTIES. SEVERE /D2/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS COVER MOST OF
CAMPBELL...WESTON...AND SOUTHEASTERN CROOK COUNTIES IN
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SEVERE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS COVER THE REST OF PERKINS AND ZIEBACH COUNTIES...A SMALL
AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY...EASTERN BUTTE...MEADE...
HAAKON...EASTERN PENNINGTON...EXTREME EASTERN AND WESTERN
CUSTER...FALL RIVER...WESTERN SHANNON...AND SOUTHERN TRIPP
COUNTIES. MODERATE /D1/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE BLACK
HILLS...ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN HAAKON COUNTY...JACKSON...
EASTERN SHANNON...BENNETT... TODD...MELLETTE...AND NORTHERN TRIPP
COUNTIES.

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
-SOIL MOISTURE AND STOCK POND LEVELS HAVE IMPROVED WITH THE RECENT
MOISTURE.
-LONG TERM PRECIPITATION DEFICITS REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...
MAY BEGAN VERY DRY. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO MUCH OF THE AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN
BLACK HILLS REPORTED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A 5 DAY PERIOD.
SINCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE TERRAIN DRIVEN...AREAS IN SOUTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST OF THE BLACK HILLS RECEIVED
VERY LITTLE MOISTURE. FOR A LISTING OF RAINFALL REPORTS GO TO:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/UNR/?N=2013-05-17_05-22_RAIN

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF MAY INTO
THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. DURING THIS TIME...ALMOST DAILY CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO AVERAGE.
AVERAGE MAY TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S WITH
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES.

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS RESERVOIR PERCENT OF AVERAGE CAPACITY ON MAY
23 ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (USBR).

RESERVOIR       PERCENT FULL       FEET FROM FULL
ANGOSTURA            72%                8.4 FT
BELLE FOURCHE        80%                4.5 FT
DEERFIELD            99%                0.3 FT
KEYHOLE              80%                4.3 FT
PACTOLA              97%                1.8 FT
SHADEHILL            68%                8.6 FT

NEXT ISSUANCE...
THE NEXT PLANNED UPDATE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE IN JUNE. HOWEVER IT
MAY BE UPDATED SOONER AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
...THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE /USDA/...STATE AND
REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION
CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS
AND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OBSERVATION SITES...STATE
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES...USDA ...USBR AND USGS.

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

MELISSA SMITH
DROUGHT FOCAL POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
300 EAST SIGNAL DRIVE
RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA 57701
TELEPHONE 605-341-9271
E-MAIL MELISSA.SMITH@NOAA.GOV

RELATED WEB SITES...ALL LINKS SHOULD BE IN SMALL LETTERS

U.S. DROUGHT PAGE...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV

SOUTH DAKOTA DROUGHT INFORMATION...
HTTP://DROUGHT.SD.GOV/

WYOMING DROUGHT INFORMATION...
HTTP://WWW.WRDS.UWYO.EDU/SCO/DROUGHT/DROUGHT.HTML

U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION...
NWS - HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
USGS - HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV
USBR - HTTP://WWW.USBR.GOV/GP/WATER/RFLOW.CFM

SOUTH DAKOTA CLIMATE AND WEATHER...
HTTP://CLIMATE.SDSTATE.EDU/

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

BLACK HILLS FIRE RESTRICTIONS...
HTTP://BLACKHILLSFIRERESTRICTIONS.COM/


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