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Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
929 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013

...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND
FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.SYNOPSIS...
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRED DURING THE
PAST WEEK. PRECIPITATION TOTALS BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO ONE AND A
HALF INCHES WERE NOTED ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
THE BENEFICIAL PRECIPITATION HAS ALLOWED RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS TO CONTINUE
TO RISE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

DROUGHT LEVELS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BASED
ON THE APRIL 23RD DROUGHT MONITOR.

D0 -- ABNORMALLY DRY OR RECOVERING FROM DROUGHT
D1 -- MODERATE DROUGHT
D2 -- SEVERE DROUGHT
D3 -- EXTREME DROUGHT
D4 -- EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER (D1) MODERATE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS:

LINCOLN - FAR NORTHWEST
ONEIDA - WESTERN HALF
VILAS - SOUTHWEST

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER (D0) ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS:

FLORENCE
FOREST - NORTHERN HALF
LINCOLN - ALL BUT FAR NORTHWEST AND FAR SOUTHEAST
ONEIDA - EAST HALF EXCEPT FAR SOUTHEAST
VILAS - ALL BUT FAR NORTH AND SOUTHWEST

.RIVER LEVELS...
MANY RIVERS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE RISEN DUE TO THE
PRECIPITATION AND SNOW MELT IN APRIL.

.WATER QUALITY...
WHEN WATER LEVELS BECOME LOW...NAVIGATION ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
RIVERS ARE AFFECTED. ROCKS AND OTHER STRUCTURES NORMALLY WELL
SUBMERGED MAY BE EXPOSED OR MAY LIE JUST UNDER THE WATER SURFACE
CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS. FISHING OF SOME
STREAMS MAY BE IMPACTED DUE TO LOW WATER AND WARM WATER
TEMPERATURES.

.FIRE WEATHER...
THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS IN THE LOW CATEGORY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.FORECAST...
THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THE NEXT WEEK
THAT COULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE DROUGHT. ALSO...SNOW MELT ACROSS THE
FAR NORTH WILL ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE DRY SUBSOIL MOISTURE ONCE THE
FROST LEAVES THE GROUND...AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RISING RIVERS AND
RESERVOIRS.

.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC
DATA CENTER...THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...STATE
AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS...AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.

INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
WISCONSIN... NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER...WILD LAND FIRE
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM...NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...MIDWEST
REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
UNTIED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS... WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES...AND THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS SERVICE WISCONSIN.

RELATED WEBSITES...THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES WERE REFERENCED TO
ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT.

LOCAL WEATHER...
CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION-
    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=GRB
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-
    HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV
MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER-
    HTTP://MRCC.SWS.UIUC.EDU
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR-
    HTTP://WWW.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/
WILD LAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM-
    HTTP://WWW.WFAS.NET
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES-
    HTTP://DNR.WI.GOV

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ECKBERG
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
