Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
918 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013


...DROUGHT CONDITIONS DECREASES AS SPRING RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS
PARTS OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

SYNOPSIS...
SPRING RAINS HAVE HELPED IMPROVE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS
OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOSTLY
ABNORMALLY DRY DROUGHT CONDITIONS REMAINED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS BY COUNTY...
--IN THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WERE IN...

ABNORMALLY DRY CATEGORY...EXTREME SOUTHERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN
SPARTANBURG...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
...UNION...CHESTER AND YORK COUNTIES.

--IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WERE IN...
 THE ABNORMALLY DRY CATEGORY...UNION COUNTY.

---IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA NO COUNTIES WERE IN DROUGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DROUGHT STATUS SEE THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR...HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...

IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN... STREAMS AND LAKE LEVELS CONTINUE TO
CLIMB WHILE REMAINING IN LEVEL 2 DROUGHT.

WELL LEVELS ACROSS UP STATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AREAS HAVE SHOWN SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

CROP MOISTURE AS APR 13 INDICATED:
ABNORMALLY MOIST CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA.  SLIGHTLY DRY TO FAVORABLY MOIST CONDITIONS ARE
ACROSS UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

7 DAY AVERAGE STREAMFLOW CONDITIONS...

IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...OF THE 41 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO
SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 9TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...1 SITE WAS
WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 40 SITES WERE WITHIN THE
25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE.

IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...OF THE 14 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO
SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 10TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...2 SITES WERE
WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 12 SITES WERE WITHIN THE
25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE.

IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OF THE 7 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO
SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 9TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...NO SITE WAS
WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 7 SITES WERE WITHIN THE
25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE.

GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS...
HERE ARE THE CURRENT WELL WATER LEVELS (FEET BELOW SURFACE).....

LOCATION                             CURRENT     RECORD       DATE OF

                                      LEVEL       LEVEL   RECORD
DAVIE CNTY MOCKSVILLE NC             20.47 FT    23.15      8/30/2002
BURKE CNTY GLENN ALPINE NC            7.71 FT    10.66      8/04/2008
GASTON CNTY PASOUR MTN NC            46.51 FT    50.26      1/22/2013
HAYWOOD CNTY NR CRUSO NC              3.86 FT     6.96      9/12/2002
MCDOWELL CNTY PLEASANT GARDENS NC    27.79 FT    31.88     11/29/2010
ROWAN CNTY BARBER NC                  7.44 FT    11.01     10/02/2002
TRANSYLVANIA CNTY BLANTYRE NC        26.49 FT    42.19     12/12/2008
UNION CNTY MINERAL SPRINGS NC        33.69 FT    42.70      1/10/2013
OCONEE CNTY TAMASSEE SC              29.31 FT    32.08     12/31/2008
SPARTANBURG CNTY CROFT SP SC         51.63 FT    51.57      1/18/2013
YORK CNTY ROCKHILL SC                25.18 FT    29.62     12/22/2012
CHESTER CNTY LEEDS FIRE TOWER        93.84 FT    97.27     12/09/2002


CURRENT LAKE LEVELS....

                    FULL    CURRENT
   NAME             POOL    STAGE
HARTWELL DAM        658.9:  656.95
RUSSELL DAM         473.9:  474.47
JOCASSEE DAM         99.5:  84.23
KEOWEE DAM           99.0:  97.90
BRIDGEWATER           100:  98.61
RHODHISS DAM          100:  97.21
OXFORD DAM            100:  97.57
LOOKOUT SHOALS        100:  97.16
COWANS FORD           100:  98.48
MOUNTAIN ISLAND       100:  98.18
LAKE WYLIE            100:  97.00
FISHING CREEK         100:  98.98
GREAT FALLS           100:  97.31
CEDAR CREEK           100:  98.32
EAST FORK             100:  96.64
WEST FORK             100:  96.64
BEAR CREEK            100:  97.80
CEDAR CLIFT           100:  98.02
THORPE                100:  97.53
NATAHALA              100:  98.26

IRE DANGER HAZARDS...ON APRIL 13
THE FIRE DANGER CATEGORY RANGED FROM MODERATE ACROSS NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS TO THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LOW ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS...
THE PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL RANGED FROM 50 TO 75 PERCENT OF
NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINA`S AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...

6 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK APRIL 23 TO APRIL 27 2013...
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINA`S AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

30 DAY OUTLOOK...MAY
EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION.

90 DAY OUTLOOK FOR MAY THROUGH JULY INDICATES:
EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER.

NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
CONDITIONS.

RELATED WEB SITES...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT
THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

U. S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/ NOAA
DROUGHT PAGE.......HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV

NORTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE...HTTP://WWW.NCWATER.ORG/DROUGHT/

SOUTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE...
HTTP://WWW.DNR.SC.GOV/CLIMATE/SCO/DROUGHT/DROUGHT_CURRENT_INFO.PHP
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION

NWS...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/WATERWATCH
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/

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 CLIMATOLOGIST AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...USDA...USFS...USCE ...
DUKE ENERGY...GA POWER AND STATE CLIMATE OFFICES.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1549 GSP DRIVE
GREER SC 29651
PHONE 864-848-3859
GSP.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV

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