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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1053 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

SYNOPSIS...

DUE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN FEBRUARY...NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IN MARCH...AND AN ABOVE NORMAL START TO
APRIL...DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. D2 MODERATE
DROUGHT IS NOW LIMITED TO ONLY PORTIONS OF
MCINTOSH...LIBERTY...AND BRYAN COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...

FIRE DANGER IMPACTS.
THE CURRENT WILDFIRE DANGER CLASS RANGES FROM LOW TO MODERATE
ACROSS THE REGION. THERE ARE NO LARGE WILDFIRES BURNING AS OF MID
APRIL.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

OVER THE PAST 60 DAYS...THANKS IN LARGE PART TO RECORD RAINFALL IN
FEBRUARY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE WELL ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. THE TOTAL FOR THE
YEAR TO DATE AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS MORE THAN
5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...AND AT THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
RAINFALL IS CLOSE TO 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...

OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK INDICATES BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE 1 AND 3
MONTH OUTLOOKS GENERALLY INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...

AS OF APRIL 14...STREAMFLOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA RANGES FROM NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. SOIL
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH SUBSTANTIAL SEASONAL
IMPROVEMENT SHOWN. DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY HOLD STEADY
DURING THE NEXT MONTH.

NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...

NO FURTHER UPDATES WILL OCCUR UNLESS DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSEN.

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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.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NWS...HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS
USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.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 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...AND USGS.

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
5777 SOUTH AVIATION AVENUE
NORTH CHARLESTON SC 29406-6162
PHONE...843-744-0303
CHS.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
