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Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
900 AM MDT THU JUN 6 2013

...RECENT RAIN HAS HELPED TO EASE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...

SYNOPSIS...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS OF JUNE 6. SEVERE /D2/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS
COVER SOUTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FALL
RIVER...WESTERN SHANNON...PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN
PENNINGTON...AND PORTIONS OF HAAKON COUNTIES IN WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA. MODERATE /D1/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE REST OF
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING EXCEPT FOR THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE
D0 OR ABNORMALLY DRY FOR LONG TERM DURATIONS. MODERATE /D1/ DROUGHT
CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDE CUSTER...THE REST OF
PENNINGTON...EASTERN MEADE...NORTHEASTERN BUTTE...SOUTHEASTERN
HARDING...SOUTHERN PERKINS...NORTHERN ZIEBACH...EASTERN
SHANNON...JACKSON...BENNETT...TODD...MELLETTE...AND TRIP COUNTIES.
THE REST OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WAS CLASSIFIED AS D0 OR ABNORMALLY
DRY.

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
-SOIL MOISTURE AND STOCK POND LEVELS HAVE IMPROVED WITH THE RECENT
MOISTURE ACROSS MOST AREAS.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...
MAY BEGAN VERY DRY. HOWEVER...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO MUCH OF THE AREA. MONTHLY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER NINE INCHES WERE REPORTED IN LEAD AND LEMMON WITH OVER
6 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN FT. MEADE...NEWELL AND SUNDANCE. SINCE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE TERRAIN DRIVEN...AREAS IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST OF THE BLACK HILLS...RECEIVED
VERY LITTLE MOISTURE. FOR A LISTING OF MONTHLY RAINFALL REPORTS GO
TO:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/UNR/?N=MONTHLY_PRECIPITATION_2013

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. DURING THIS
TIME...A FEW STORMS SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN BELOW
AVERAGE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO AVERAGE. AVERAGE JUNE
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S TO LOWER 50S. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS TYPICALLY RANGE FROM TWO TO
FOUR INCHES.

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...

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

RESERVOIR       PERCENT FULL       FEET FROM FULL
ANGOSTURA            72%                8.3 FT
BELLE FOURCHE        90%                2.1 FT
DEERFIELD           100%                0.2 FT
KEYHOLE              83%                3.7 FT
PACTOLA              99%                0.7 FT
SHADEHILL            77%                6.1 FT

NEXT ISSUANCE...
THE NEXT PLANNED UPDATE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE IN JULY. 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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