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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
300 AM MST TUE NOV 28 2006
...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...DROUGHT SITUATION UNCHANGED...
.SYNOPSIS...
IN THE NOVEMBER 16TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...ABNORMALLY
DRY TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE INDICATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
TRI STATE AREA. IMPACTS FROM THIS DROUGHT WERE MAINLY HYDROLOGICAL.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR FOCUSES ON BROAD-SCALE CONDITIONS. LOCAL
CONDITIONS MAY VARY.
.LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED...
DROUGHT LEVELS...
D0 -- ABNORMALLY DRY OR RECOVERING FROM DROUGHT
D1 -- MODERATE DROUGHT
D2 -- SEVERE DROUGHT
D3 -- EXTREME DROUGHT
D4 -- EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
PERCENT NORMALS OF PRECIPITATION ARE THE AVERAGE ACROSS A COUNTY FOR
THE INDICATED PERIOD. LOCAL CONDITIONS MAY VARY. A VALUE OF 100
WOULD BE THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL...A VALUE OF 50 WOULD BE HALF OF
NORMAL AND CONSIDERED DRY...WHILE A VALUE OF 200 WOULD BE TWICE
NORMAL AND CONSIDERED VERY WET.
DROUGHT LEVEL AS OF NOVEMBER 16 2006.
PRECIPITATION ENDING OCTOBER 31 2006.
DROUGHT PERCENT NORMAL OF PRECIPITATION
COUNTY LEVEL 1-MONTH 3-MONTH 12-MONTH
------ -------- --------- --------- ---------
YUMA D0 TO D1 150 175 80
KIT CARSON D0 TO D1 250 175 90
CHEYENNE CO D0 TO D1 300 140 100
DUNDY D0 TO D1 130 140 85
CHEYENNE KS D0 TO D1 175 175 95
SHERMAN D0 TO D1 250 200 110
WALLACE D0 TO D1 275 130 95
GREELEY D0 TO D1 300 150 90
HITCHCOCK D0 TO D1 150 175 90
RAWLINS D0 TO D1 250 175 90
THOMAS D0 TO D1 250 160 85
LOGAN D0 TO D1 275 120 80
WICHITA D0 TO D1 300 140 95
RED WILLOW D0 TO D1 200 200 95
DECATUR D0 TO D1 300 200 90
SHERIDAN D0 TO D1 275 140 85
GOVE D0 TO D1 250 120 85
NORTON D0 TO D1 250 200 90
GRAHAM D0 TO D1 250 175 85
.STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...
NO KNOWN ACTIONS AT THIS TIME.
.CLIMATE SUMMARY...
THUNDERSTORM DAYS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN IN THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER...WITH MORE STRATIFORM TYPE RAIN EVENTS. MOST OF THE REGION
EXPERIENCED BETWEEN FIVE TO TEN DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL. A FEW
LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...RECEIVED
LIGHT SNOW. FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF AROYA COLORADO MEASURED FIVE
INCHES AND TEN MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER THREE INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINS OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 26TH...WITH
MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING AROUND AN INCH. ALL LOCATIONS FINISHED THE
MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
.RESERVOIR AND LAKE LEVELS...
DATA VALID AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2006.
STORAGE CONTENT
END OF MONTH LAST MONTH PERCENT OF
RESERVOIR (ACRE-FEET) (ACRE-FEET) AVERAGE FULL
--------------- ----------- ----------- ------- ----
BONNY RESERVOIR 10002 10240 30 24
SWANSON LAKE 36651 37261 55 33
KEITH SEBELIUS LAKE 7736 7752 61 22
HARRY STRUNK LAKE 19427 17716 77 54
ENDERS RESERVOIR 10706 10713 52 25
HUGH BUTLER LAKE 12347 12057 47 34
.PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE LATEST OUTLOOKS WERE MADE BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ON
NOVEMBER 16.
ONE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID DECEMBER 2006...ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID DECEMBER 2006...EQUAL
CHANCES FOR ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL.
THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VALID DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
2007...ABOVE NORMAL.
THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...VALID DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
2007...EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR NORMAL...OR BELOW
NORMAL.
SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...VALID THROUGH FEBRUARY 2007...CURRENT
DROUGHT LEVELS EXPECTED TO PERSIST.
.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT...
JERRY KILLINGSWORTH
DROUGHT FOCAL POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
920 ARMORY ROAD
GOODLAND KS 67735
TELEPHONE 785-899-6412
JERRY.KILLINGSWORTH@NOAA.GOV
.RELATED WEB SITES...
LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION...
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GLD/
US DROUGHT MONITOR...
DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...
WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
WWW.HPRCC.UNL.EDU
ADDITIONAL RIVER...LAKE AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION...
USGS - WATER.USGS.GOV
COE - WWW.NWD-MR.USACE.ARMY.MIL/RCC/INDEX
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - WWW.USBR.GOV/GP/WATER/RFLOW.CFM
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
DROUGHT OUTLOOK...
WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/EXPERT_ASSESSMENT/SEASONAL_DROUGHT
KANSAS CROP WEATHER...
WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV/WEATHER/CPCURR/KS-CROP-WEATHER
.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...
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...COE AND USGS.
.NEXT ISSUANCE...
THIS LOCAL DROUGHT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THE THIRD
THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH...OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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JDK
