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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
900 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA...
SYNOPSIS...
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR...MODERATE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHERN WILCOX BUTLER AND CRENSHAW
COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE
FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR CLASSIFIES DROUGHT INTO FIVE CATEGORIES.
1...ABNORMALLY DRY
2...MODERATE
3...SEVERE
4...EXTREME
5...EXCEPTIONAL
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
SOCIAL IMPACTS...
THERE ARE NO KNOWN WATER RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS:
SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN NEAR NORMAL IN MOST AREAS. DRIER
CONDITIONS WERE FOUND WELL INLAND
AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS:
THE LATEST USDA REPORTS INDICATED PASTURES WERE IN NEED OF RAIN
ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. CONDITIONS IMPROVED ACROSS
SOUTHERN AREAS.
FIRE DANGER IMPACTS:
THE CURRENT KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT INDICES WERE BETWEEN 400 AND 700
ACROSS THE REGION. THE HIGHEST VALUES WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. VALUES ABOVE 500 ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MORE
SEVERE DROUGHT AND INCREASED WILDFIRE OCCURRENCE.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ABOVE NORMAL IN MOBILE AND REMAIN WELL BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE YEAR IN PENSACOLA.
YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL TOTALS...
MOBILE...46.75 INCHES...6.02 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL (115 PERCENT OF NORMAL)
PENSACOLA...45.54 INCHES...7.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL (118 PERCENT OF
NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE THREE MONTH (AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER) TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FAVORS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION.
THE LATEST SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK...RELEASED AUGUST 2ND AND VALID
THROUGH OCTOBER...PROJECTS IMPROVEMENT.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
STREAMFLOWS REMAIN NEAR NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
REGION.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THE NEXT DROUGHT INFORMATIONAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY AUGUST 17TH
...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS
OCCUR.
RELATED WEB SITES... /ALL LOWER CASE/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT
THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES:
OUR LOCAL WEB PAGE...
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNK.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV/
U.S.G.S. WEB PAGE...
HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /PC/...
HTTP://WWW.CDC.NOAA.GOV/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
SOME OF THE INFORMATION USED IN THIS STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE FORESTRY COMMISSIONS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DROUGHT...CONTACT:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
8400 AIRPORT BLVD BLDG. 11
MOBILE AL 36608
PHONE: 251-633-6443
SR-MOB.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
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