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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
320 PM MDT THU MAY 2 2013

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...

SYNOPSIS...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS OF MAY 2. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONAL /D4/
DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA OR WYOMING DUE TO THE APRIL
MOISTURE. HOWEVER...EXTREME /D3/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE LOCATED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS COVER SOUTHERN
CAMPBELL COUNTY. IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME DROUGHT
CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN HARDING...NORTHEASTERN
BUTTE...THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF PERKINS...MOST OF ZIEBACH AND
HAAKON...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN TRIPP COUNTIES. SEVERE
/D2/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS COVER THE REST OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BLACK HILLS ABOVE
4500 FT WHERE MODERATE /D1/ DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST.

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
-SOIL MOISTURE AND STOCK POND LEVELS HAVE IMPROVED WITH THE RECENT
SNOWFALL.
-SPRING WHEAT PLANTING HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO THE RECENT COLD
TEMPERATURES AND SNOW.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...
APRIL WAS COLD AND SNOWY AND SEVERAL STATIONS REPORTED THEIR COLDEST
APRIL...SNOWIEST APRIL...OR SNOWIEST MONTH EVER. FOR A LISTING OF
RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH GO TO:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/UNR/?N=APRIL_2013_COLDEST

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW...OR
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. AVERAGE MAY TEMPERATURES ARE
IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF THREE TO
FOUR INCHES.

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS RESERVOIR PERCENT OF AVERAGE CAPACITY ON MAY 2
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (USBR).

RESERVOIR       PERCENT FULL       FEET FROM FULL
ANGOSTURA            71%                8.7 FT
BELLE FOURCHE        75%                5.6 FT
DEERFIELD           100%                0.2 FT
KEYHOLE              80%                4.3 FT
PACTOLA              95%                3.6 FT
SHADEHILL            68%                8.8 FT

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