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Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
000 NOUS43 KGID 131928 PNSGID KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 140730- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 228 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS/DEPARTURES ACROSS THE NWS HASTINGS COVERAGE AREA FOR YEAR-TO-DATE AND ALSO THE PAST SIX WEEKS... THIS AFTERNOON...NWS HASTINGS RELEASED AN UPDATED DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT /DGTGID/ DETAILING THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ALONG WITH A PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK. PLEASE REFER TO THE FULL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALL THE DETAILS... CONTAINED WITHIN THE DROUGHT STATEMENT WERE TWO TABLES PRESENTING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND DEPARTURES/PERCENTAGES OF NORMAL FOR ROUGHLY 30 LOCATIONS SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. THESE DATA ARE PRIMARILY FROM NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...ALONG WITH A FEW AUTOMATED AIRPORT SITES...AND ARE PRESENTED BELOW: THE FIRST TABLE HIGHLIGHTS PRECIPITATION DATA FOR THE 2013 CALENDAR YEAR SO FAR (JAN 1-JUN 12). FROM THIS YEAR-TO-DATE TABLE...IT IS APPARENT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION HAS CONCENTRATED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON- MINDEN-SUPERIOR NEBRASKA...WHILE THOSE PLACES WITH LESS THAN 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION SO FAR IN 2013 ARE CONCENTRATED IN SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES SUCH AS PHILLIPS...FRANKLIN...FURNAS...GOSPER AND PHELPS. LOCATION PRECIP NORTH CENTRAL KS JAN 1-JUN 12 NORMAL DEPARTURE % NORMAL -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ALTON 2SW 11.26 10.66 +0.60 106 BELOIT 11.16 11.44 -0.28 98 BURR OAK 8.96 10.93 -1.97 82 LOGAN 5.52 9.60 -4.08 58 NATOMA 10.46 10.73 -0.27 97 PHILLIPSBURG 6.43 11.24 -4.81 57 PLAINVILLE 4WNW 9.13 10.18 -1.05 90 SMITH CENTER 9.65 10.57 -0.92 91 LOCATION PRECIP SOUTH CENTRAL NE JAN 1-JUN 12 NORMAL DEPARTURE % NORMAL -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- CAMBRIDGE 5.94 9.39 -3.45 63 LEXINGTON 6SSE 7.47 9.93 -2.46 75 CLAY CENTER 6ESE 11.11 11.21 -0.10 99 ELWOOD 8S 6.69 9.84 -3.15 68 FRANKLIN 7.56 11.38 -3.82 66 GENOA 2W 16.80 12.36 +4.44 136 GENEVA 12.98 12.18 +0.80 107 GOTHENBURG 11.62 10.06 +1.56 116 GRAND ISLAND ARPT 13.50 11.80 +1.70 114 GREELEY 12.08 11.30 +0.78 107 HASTINGS AIRPORT 12.13 11.50 +0.63 105 HEBRON 13.54 13.14 +0.40 103 HOLDREGE 9.02 11.34 -2.32 80 KEARNEY AIRPORT 12.50 10.81 +1.69 116 MINDEN 9.03 10.88 -1.85 83 NELSON 7.70 11.67 -3.97 66 ORD AIRPORT 10.79 10.73 +0.06 101 OSCEOLA 14.35 12.48 +1.87 115 RAVENNA 11.05 11.40 -0.35 97 RED CLOUD 7.52 10.92 -3.40 69 ST.PAUL 14.44 11.42 +3.02 126 SUPERIOR 4E 11.73 11.90 -0.17 99 YORK 3N 12.71 13.17 -0.46 97 THE SECOND TABLE FOCUSES ON MORE RECENT PRECIPITATION TRENDS AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL/PERCENT OF NORMAL BETWEEN MAY 1ST-JUNE 12TH...OR GENERALLY COVERING THE PAST SIX WEEKS. FROM THIS TABLE OF RECENT TRENDS...SIMILARITIES ARE EVIDENT WITH THE YEAR-TO-DATE DATA ABOVE...BUT THE NORTHEAST VERSUS SOUTHWEST DISPARITIES ARE EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED. FOR EXAMPLE...NORTHERN/EASTERN SITES SUCH AS OSCEOLA...ST. PAUL AND GREELEY HAVE MEASURED MORE THAN 125 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE MAY 1ST...WHILE SOUTHWESTERN SITES SUCH AS PHILLIPSBURG...LEXINGTON 6SSE (CANADAY PLANT) AND CAMBRIDGE HAVE SEEN LESS THAN 40 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL. LOCATION PRECIP NORTH CENTRAL KS MAY 1-JUN 12 NORMAL DEPARTURE % NORMAL -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- ALTON 2SW 5.38 5.08 +0.30 106 BELOIT 4.36 5.68 -1.32 77 BURR OAK 4.19 5.17 -0.98 81 LOGAN 1.70 4.83 -3.13 35 NATOMA 4.23 4.97 -0.74 85 PHILLIPSBURG 1.84 5.60 -3.76 33 PLAINVILLE 4WNW 4.76 4.85 -0.09 98 SMITH CENTER 3.52 5.36 -1.84 66 LOCATION PRECIP SOUTH CENTRAL NE MAY 1-JUN 12 NORMAL DEPARTURE % NORMAL -------- -------- ------ --------- -------- CAMBRIDGE 1.57 4.86 -3.29 32 LEXINGTON 6SSE 2.13 5.47 -3.34 39 CLAY CENTER 6ESE 5.99 5.93 +0.06 101 ELWOOD 8S 1.99 5.27 -3.28 38 FRANKLIN 2.81 6.11 -3.30 46 GENOA 2W 8.46 6.14 +2.32 138 GENEVA 6.93 6.55 +0.38 106 GOTHENBURG 6.62 5.54 +1.08 119 GRAND ISLAND ARPT 6.90 6.26 +0.64 110 GREELEY 7.33 5.75 +1.58 127 HASTINGS AIRPORT 6.00 6.26 -0.26 96 HEBRON 7.60 6.71 +0.89 113 HOLDREGE 2.87 6.06 -3.19 47 KEARNEY AIRPORT 6.63 5.75 +0.88 115 MINDEN 4.12 6.13 -2.01 67 NELSON 3.47 5.92 -2.45 59 ORD AIRPORT 6.05 5.88 +0.17 103 OSCEOLA 8.57 6.27 +2.30 137 RAVENNA 4.68 6.16 -1.48 76 RED CLOUD 3.18 5.89 -2.71 54 ST.PAUL 7.93 6.00 +1.93 132 SUPERIOR 4E 5.28 5.93 -0.65 89 YORK 3N 6.75 6.16 +0.59 110 FOR MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON MONTHLY AND SEASONAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE DATA FOR THE NWS HASTINGS COVERAGE AREA...PLEASE REFER TO THE MONTHLY CLIMATE WEB STORIES ROUTINELY POSTED AT THE TOP OF THE NWS HASTINGS WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS $$ PFANNKUCH
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