506
AXUS72 KGSP 191321
DGTGSP
GAC105-147-119-257-137-241-NCC075-173-113-099-087-175-
115-021-089-149-161-111-199-121-011-023-045-071-109-
035-003-097-119-097-179-025-159-059-SCC001-047-007-
073-077-045-059-083-087-023-021-091-201321-
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
821 AM EST THU NOV 19 2009
..HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OUT OF THE DROUGHT...
..RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS HAVE
LEAD TO AN ELIMINATION OF THE DROUGHT AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2009.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
A FEW AREAS HAVE CONTINUED VOLUNTARY WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THEIR WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA.
SOIL MOISTURE...
CROP MOISTURE INDEX ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAIN
IN THE ABNORMALLY MOIST TO EXCESSIVELY WET CATEGORIES.
HERE ARE THE CURRENT WELL WATER LEVELS (FEET BELOW SURFACE).....
LOCATION CURRENT RECORD DATE OF
LEVEL LEVEL OCCURRENCE
AVERY CNTY NR LINVILLE NC 1.02 FT 2.83 8/25/2008
DAVIE CNTY MOCKSVILLE NC 20.05 FT 23.32 8/25/2002
HAYWOOD CNTY NR CRUSO NC 3.86 FT 6.96 9/13/2002
ROWAN CNTY BARBER NC 7.76 FT 11.15 9/15/2002
TRANSYLVANIA CNTY BLANTYRE NC 32.90 FT 42.19 12/12/2008
OCONEE CNTY TAMASSEE SC 28.89 FT 32.08 1/03/2009
ANDERSON CNTY WILLIAMSTON SC 3.16 FT 5.68 9/12/2002
SPARTANBURG CNTY CROFT SP SC 48.73 FT 47.77 1/19/2009
RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS...
IN NORTH CAROLINA...OF THE 41 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES IN WESTERN
PART OF THE STATE...ALL WERE IN THE 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL RANGE.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA...OF THE 14 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES IN THE
UPSTATE... 6 SITES WERE IN THE 25 TO 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE.
7 SITES WERE BETWEEN 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE.
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OF THE 4 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES...4 SITES
ARE IN THE 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE.
CURRENT LAKE LEVELS....
LOCATION CURRENT LEVEL NORMAL LEVEL
HARTWELL DAM M FT 658.87 FT.
RUSSELL DAM 472.73 FT 473.95 FT.
JOCASSEE DAM 97.71 FT 99.50 FT.
KEOWEE DAM 98.40 FT 99.00 FT.
MOST OF THE LAKES ON THE CATAWBA RIVER WERE AT NORMAL LEVELS
OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...LAKE LEVELS ALONG THE TALLULAH RIVER ARE AT
OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FULL POOL.
AGRICULTURE IMPACTS...
MOST FIELDS WERE TOO WET TO HARVEST THE CROPS.
FIRE DANGER HAZARDS...
OBSERVED FIRE DANGER LEVELS RANGE FROM LOW TO MODERATE ACROSS THE
AREA.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
30 DAY OUTLOOK...FOR NOVEMBER
INDICATES EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
90 DAY OUTLOOK...NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY ...
THE OUTLOOK INDICATES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL
CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
THE EL NINO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL LAST
THROUGH AT LEAST THE WINTER OF 2009 - 2010.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE
AREA.
RELATED WEB SITES...
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT
THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
U. S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE.......HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
NORTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE...HTTP://WWW.NCWATER.ORG/DROUGHT/
SOUTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE...
HTTP://WWW.DNR.SC.GOV/CLIMATE/SCO/DROUGHT/DROUGHT_CURRENT_INFO.PHP
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION
NWS...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/WATERWATCH
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
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 CLIMATOLOGIST AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...USDA...USFS...USCE ...
DUKE ENERGY...GA POWER AND STATE CLIMATE OFFICES.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT STATEMENT...
PLEASE CONTACT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1549 GSP DRIVE
GREER SC 29651
PHONE 864-848-3859
GSP.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
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