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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

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