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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
611 AM CDT THU MAY 09 2013
..THE 2012-13 DROUGHT FINALLY ENDS
SYNOPSIS...
FROM APRIL 1ST THROUGH MAY 7TH...ANYWHERE FROM 4.20 INCHES /MATHER...
WI/ TO 11.26 INCHES /CRESCO...IA/ OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS
PRECIPITATION WAS 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE-NORMAL. THIS PRECIPITATION HAS
GREATLY IMPROVED THE TOP SOIL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. AS A
RESULT...THE 2012-13 DROUGHT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE LA CROSSE
HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE AREA /HSA/.
IN THE LONGER TERM /AUGUST 1...2011 THROUGH APRIL 23...2013/...
PRECIPITATION DEFICITS ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES IN
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN /TAYLOR COUNTY/ AND 6 AND 10 INCHES IN MOWER
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES
NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA. THESE PRECIPITATION DEFICITS ARE AFFECTING THE
SUB SOIL MOISTURE...THEREFORE...THESE COUNTIES ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS
BEING ABNORMALLY DRY /D0/ CONDITIONS.
IN THE MAY 7TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...EXTREME /D3/ TO
EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT /D4/ STILL COVERS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE DROUGHT /D2/ EXISTS
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...EXTREME WESTERN
IOWA...AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. MODERATE DROUGHT /D1/ EXISTS ACROSS
PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA. ABNORMALLY DRY /D0/ CONDITIONS ARE FOUND IN
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
LOCAL AREA AFFECTED...
ABNORMALLY DRY /D0/ CONDITIONS ARE FOUND IN PARTS OF TAYLOR COUNTY
IN NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND
FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA.
NATIONAL...STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...
NO KNOWN ACTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE AT THIS TIME.
AGRICULTURE.
IOWA...
ON MAY 6TH...THE IOWA FIELD OFFICE OF USDA/S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS SERVICE /NASS/ REPORTED THAT THE DRY AND WARM WEATHER
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK ENDING MAY 5...2013 TURNED TO COLD
AND WET WEATHER BY MID-WEEK. TEMPERATURES DROPPED LOW ENOUGH FOR
SNOWFALL TO BE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA. RECORDS FOR BOTH MAY
SNOWFALL AND COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WERE SET IN SOME AREAS.
THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF 2.3 DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK DURING THE
WEEK. MOST FIELDWORK WAS DONE EARLY IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE TURN IN
WEATHER. FIELD ACTIVITIES INCLUDED APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS AND
HERBICIDES...TILLING...AND PLANTING.
TOPSOIL MOISTURE LEVELS RATED 1 PERCENT VERY SHORT...3 PERCENT SHORT...
59 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 37 PERCENT SURPLUS. THE PRECIPITATION
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK CONTINUED TO IMPROVE SUBSOIL MOISTURE
LEVELS. SUBSOIL MOISTURE LEVELS RATED 4 PERCENT VERY SHORT...24
PERCENT SHORT AND 63 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 9 PERCENT SURPLUS.
EIGHT PERCENT OF IOWAS CORN ACREAGE HAS BEEN PLANTED COMPARED WITH
62 PERCENT AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF 56
PERCENT. ALTHOUGH FARMERS WERE ABLE TO PLANT SOME CORN BEFORE THE
WEATHER TURNED MID-WEEK...PLANTING PROGRESS IS THE LATEST SINCE
1995. SOME FARMERS DELAYED PLANTING EARLY IN THE WEEK DUE TO THE
FORECASTED SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. A SERIES OF DRY DAYS IS
NEEDED TO PERMIT PLANTING TO RESUME. OAT PLANTING WAS 67 PERCENT
COMPLETE...AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR OAT PLANTING WAS COMPLETE.
TWENTY-THREE PERCENT OF OAT ACREAGE HAS EMERGED...WELL BEHIND LAST
YEARS 88 PERCENT AND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF 62 PERCENT.
PASTURE AND RANGE CONDITION RATED 10 PERCENT VERY POOR...20 PERCENT
POOR...39 PERCENT FAIR AND 27 PERCENT GOOD AND 4 PERCENT EXCELLENT.
ENOUGH MOISTURE HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO PROMOTE NEW GROWTH IN PASTURES...
BUT COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HAVE LIMITED THE GROWTH OF
GRASS.
MINNESOTA...
ON MAY 6TH...THE MINNESOTA FIELD OFFICE OF USDA/S NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE /NASS/ REPORTED THAT FARMERS HAD
ANOTHER DIFFICULT WEEK GETTING INTO THEIR FIELDS. A LATE SEASON
SNOW STORM CONTINUED TO BRING MOISTURE TO AREAS THAT WERE ALREADY
DAMP AND COLD. LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SLOW
GROWTH OF ALFALFA AND PASTURES. THE FARMERS THAT WERE ABLE TO WORK
OUTSIDE WERE BUSY WITH FIELD PREPARATION...FERTILIZER
SPREADING...AND PLANTING.
THERE WERE 1.3 DAYS RATED SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK FOR THE WEEK ENDING
MAY 5TH...COMPARED WITH LAST YEARS 3.5 DAYS...AND THE AVERAGE OF 3.2
DAYS. TOPSOIL MOISTURE SUPPLIES WERE RATED 2 PERCENT VERY SHORT...15
PERCENT SHORT...62 PERCENT ADEQUATE...AND 21 PERCENT SURPLUS. SUBSOIL
MOISTURE SUPPLIES WERE RATED 11 PERCENT VERY SHORT...35 PERCENT
SHORT...49 PERCENT ADEQUATE...AND 5 PERCENT SURPLUS. CORN PLANTING...
AT 2 PERCENT COMPLETE...IS ALMOST 50 PERCENT BEHIND THE 5 YEAR
AVERAGE. OAT PLANTING IS 9 PERCENT COMPLETE...COMPARED WITH 96
PERCENT LAST YEAR...AND THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF 64 PERCENT. GREEN
PEAS ARE 10 PERCENT PLANTED...COMPARED WITH 76 PERCENT LAST YEAR...AND
THE AVERAGE OF 47 PERCENT. PRODUCERS ANTICIPATE FULL SCALE
FIELDWORK TO BEGIN ON MAY 8TH. PASTURE CONDITIONS IMPROVED
SLIGHTLY TO 21 PERCENT VERY POOR...17 PERCENT POOR...38 PERCENT FAIR
AND 24 PERCENT GOOD.
WISCONSIN...
ON MAY 6TH...THE WISCONSIN FIELD OFFICE OF USDA/S NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE /NASS/ REPORTED THAT TEMPERATURES
CLIMBED INTO THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE STATE EARLY IN THE
WEEK...BEFORE A COLD FRONT BROUGHT YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM
THROUGH ON THURSDAY. THE NORTHWEST RECEIVED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN
SOME AREAS...WITH HEAVY RAIN REPORTED ELSEWHERE. AS WINTERY
CONDITIONS DRAGGED ON PROBLEMS WERE MOUNTING FOR LIVESTOCK
PRODUCERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. REPORTERS COMMENTED THAT FEED
AND HAY SUPPLIES WERE TIGHT...CALF LOSSES WERE UP DUE TO THE COLD
WEATHER...PASTURES REMAINED DORMANT AND MANURE PITS WERE CLOSE TO
OVERFLOWING WHERE SPREADING HAS BEEN DELAYED. PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENTS OF WINTERKILL TO ALFALFA STANDS WERE MIXED...WITH
REPORTERS EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN SOME AREAS.
OATS...ALFALFA...VEGETABLES...AND SOME CORN WERE BEING PLANTED AS
SOIL CONDITIONS PERMIT...PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH AND THE CENTRAL
SANDS. THERE WERE 2.6 DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS WEEK.
ACROSS THE REPORTING STATIONS...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK WERE 2
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 58 TO 69 DEGREES...WHILE AVERAGE LOW
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 39 TO 45 DEGREES. PRECIPITATION TOTALS
RANGED FROM 0.09 INCHES IN MILWAUKEE TO 1.53 INCHES IN GREEN BAY.
STATEWIDE...SPRING TILLAGE WAS 12 PERCENT COMPLETE.
CORN WAS 4 PERCENT PLANTED...COMPARED TO 29 PERCENT LAST YEAR AND A
26 PERCENT 5-YEAR AVERAGE.
OATS WERE 18 PERCENT PLANTED THIS WEEK...44 PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW
THE 5-YEAR AVERAGE.
ALFALFA WAS REPORTEDLY BEING SEEDED WHERE WINTERKILL WAS EVIDENT.
REPORTERS NOTED THAT SOME PRODUCERS WERE CONSIDERING ROTATING CORN
INTO THEIR MOST DAMAGED ALFALFA FIELDS.
PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF WINTERKILL IN WINTER WHEAT AND RYE WERE
MIXED. MAPLE SYRUP SEASON WAS WRAPPING UP IN THE NORTH...WITH
EXCELLENT PRODUCTION AND QUALITY REPORTED FOR THIS
LONGER-THAN-NORMAL SEASON. PEAS WERE BEING PLANTED IN MARQUETTE...
WAUSHARA...AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. POTATOES WERE GOING IN THE GROUND
IN MARQUETTE...PORTAGE...AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES.
THE FOLLOWING WERE QUOTES FROM FARM REPORTERS AND COUNTY AGRICULTURE
AGENTS...
IN GRANT COUNTY...SPRING FIELD WORK BEGAN IN EARNEST LAST THURSDAY.
LOTS OF OATS AND A LITTLE CORN WERE PLANTED. THIS IS WAY BEHIND
LAST YEAR WHEN MOST OF THE CORN WAS IN BY THIS DATE. SOME ALFALFA
FIELDS ARE SHOWING A FAIR AMOUNT OF WINTERKILL.
IN JACKSON COUNTY...FARMERS HAVE FOUND PATCHES OF ALFALFA WINTERKILL...
SOME MAY BE SIGNIFICANT. ONLY IN LIGHTER SOILS HAVE FARMERS BEEN
ABLE TO APPLY FERTILIZER. SOME DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE FORAGE SHORTAGES.
IN JUNEAU COUNTY...IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEK WEATHER-WISE /ESPECIALLY
THE WEEKEND/. THERE WAS SOME CORN PLANTED LAST WEEK ALTHOUGH THE
GROUND WAS STILL COLD. THINGS SHOULD REALLY PROGRESS THIS WEEK WITH
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE CHANCE OF RAIN. THINGS ARE GREENING UP
VERY WELL. HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT ANY EXTENSIVE WINTERKILL
DAMAGE TO ALFALFA OR WINTER WHEAT...BUT I'\''M SURE THERE IS SOME.
TRACTORS WILL BE GOING FULL TILT THIS WEEK.
GROUND WATER IMPACTS.
NORTHEAST IOWA...
ON MAY 7TH...THE LATEST GROUND WATER LEVEL SOUTH OF ELDORADO...IA
/FAYETTE COUNTY...IA/ WAS 3.47 FEET BELOW GROUND. THIS WAS 0.18 FEET
CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN APRIL 23RD /3.65 FEET/. THIS IS THE
HIGHEST VALUE SINCE MARCH OF 2011. THE NORMAL WATER LEVEL IS 15.79
FEET.
THE DEEPEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED FOR THIS SITE WAS 17.33 FEET ON
SEPTEMBER 23...2012. THE SHALLOWEST LEVEL RECORDED WAS 3.46 FEET ON
NOVEMBER 2...2009. DATA FOR THIS SITE BEGAN ON JANUARY 23...2009.
THE IMAGE BELOW IS COURTESY OF THE USGS AND IT SHOWS HOW THE GROUND
WATER LEVEL HAS CHANGED SINCE JUNE 1...2012.
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
CHATFIELD...MN /FILLMORE COUNTY/...
NO NEW GROUND WATER LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SITE.
LAKE CITY /WABASHA COUNTY/...
ON APRIL 9TH...THE GROUND WATER LEVEL WAS 9.64 FEET BELOW GROUND.
THIS WAS 1.71 FEET CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THAN MARCH 14TH /11.35
FEET/. THE LATEST WATER LEVEL IS 2.81 FEET DEEPER THAN WHAT IT WAS
ON JUNE 8...2012 /6.83 FEET/.
THE NORMAL GROUND WATER LEVEL IS 9.59 FEET. THE LOWEST GROUND WATER
LEVEL RECORDED IS 12.74 FEET ON JULY 26...2006.
WASIOJA...MN /DODGE COUNTY...MN/...
ON MAY 6TH...THE GROUND WATER LEVEL WAS 21.86 FEET BELOW GROUND.
THIS WAS 2.97 FEET CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THAN APRIL 5TH /24.83
FEET/. THE LATEST WATER LEVEL IS STILL 5.81 DEEPER FEET THAN IT WAS
ON MAY 6...2011 /16.05 FEET/.
THE NORMAL GROUND WATER LEVEL IS 20.88 FEET. THE LOWEST GROUND
WATER LEVEL RECORDED IS 26.88 FEET ON JANUARY 5...1978.
WESTERN WISCONSIN...
ON MAY 6TH...THE GROUND WATER LEVEL AT FORT MCCOY MILITARY
RESERVATION /MONROE COUNTY...WI/ WAS 3.46 FEET BELOW THE GROUND. THIS
WAS 0.37 FEET CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THAN APRIL 21ST /3.83 FEET/.
THE GROUND WATER IS 1.36 FEET CLOSER TO THE SURFACE THAN THE NORMAL
OF 4.82 FEET. THIS WEEK'\''S GROUND WATER LEVEL IS THE HIGHEST
VALUE SINCE JUNE OF 2008.
THE DEEPEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED FOR THIS SITE WAS 9.25 FEET ON
OCTOBER 12...2012. THE SHALLOWEST LEVEL RECORDED WAS 0.48 FEET ON
SEPTEMBER 29...1965. DATA FOR THIS SITE BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 16...1949.
DATA FOR THIS SITE BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 16...1949. THE IMAGE BELOW IS
COURTESY OF THE USGS AND IT SHOWS HOW THE GROUND WATER LEVEL HAS
CHANGED SINCE JUNE 1...2012.
FIRE DANGER HAZARDS.
AS OF THE MORNING OF MAY 7TH...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WAS REPORTED
ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES...ADAMS...CLARK...JACKSON...
JUNEAU...AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN.
HIGH FIRE DANGER WAS REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES...BUFFALO...CRAWFORD...GRANT...LA CROSSE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...
TREMPEALEAU...AND VERNON COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN.
MODERATE FIRE DANGER WAS REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA. THIS
INCLUDES...DODGE...FILLMORE...HOUSTON...MOWER...OLMSTED...WABASHA...AND
WINONA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
LOW FIRE DANGER WAS REPORTED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES... ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLARK...CRAWFORD...GRANT...JACKSON...JUNEAU...
LA CROSSE...MONROE...RICHLAND...TAYLOR...TREMPEALEAU...AND VERNON
COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN.
BURNING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DODGE...
FILLMORE...HOUSTON...OLMSTED...MOWER...WABASHA...AND WINONA COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
AS A REMINDER...CITIZENS SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS IN
THEIR AREA BEFORE UNDERTAKING ANY OUTSIDE BURNING. CITIZENS ARE
LIABLE FOR DAMAGES AND SUPPRESSION COSTS OF ANY WILDFIRE THEY MAY
START.
RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS.
THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOW MELT THIS SPRING HAS KEPT RIVER
FLOWS ABOVE-NORMAL.
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...
FROM APRIL 1ST THROUGH MAY 7TH...ANYWHERE FROM 4.20 INCHES /MATHER...
WI/ TO 11.26 INCHES /CRESCO...IA/ OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS
PRECIPITATION WAS 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE-NORMAL. THIS PRECIPITATION
HAS GREATLY IMPROVED THE TOP SOIL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. AS A
RESULT...THE 2012-13 DROUGHT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE LA CROSSE
HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE AREA /HSA/.
IN THE LONGER TERM /AUGUST 1...2011 THROUGH APRIL 23...2013/...
PRECIPITATION DEFICITS ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES IN
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN /TAYLOR COUNTY/ AND 6 AND 10 INCHES IN MOWER
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES
NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA. THESE PRECIPITATION DEFICITS ARE AFFECTING THE
SUB SOIL MOISTURE...THEREFORE...THESE COUNTIES ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS
BEING ABNORMALLY DRY /D0/ CONDITIONS.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...
FROM MAY 9TH THROUGH MAY 14TH...BOTH TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION
WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...THE DAILY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 53 TO 58 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IS AROUND 6 TENTHS OF AN INCH.
FROM MAY 15TH THROUGH MAY 21ST...THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/
IS FORECASTING NEAR-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE-NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...THE DAILY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 55 TO 60 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IS AROUND 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH.
THE CPC SEASONAL OUTLOOK FOR THE SUMMER /JUNE THROUGH AUGUST/ OF
2013 CALLS FOR NEAR- TO ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND EQUAL CHANCES
FOR ABOVE-...NEAR-...AND BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
HYDROLGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOW MELT THIS SPRING HAS KEPT RIVER
FLOWS ABOVE-NORMAL.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
WHEN DROUGHT CONDTIONS ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE NWS LA CROSSE
HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA.
RELATED WEB SITES
LOCAL DROUGHT SITE...
HTTP//WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ARX/?N=DROUGHT
LOCAL DROUGHT MONITORING SITE...
HTTP//WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ARX/?N=DROUGHTMONITORING
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
HTTP//WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...
HTTP//WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV/
MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER /MRCC/...
HTTP//MCC.SWS.UIUC.EDU/INDEX.JSP
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NWS - HTTP//WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
USGS - HTTP//WATER.USGS.GOV/
COE - HTTP//WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL/
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/...
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 CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION SERVICES...USDA...COE AND USGS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT...
JEFFREY BOYNE
CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
N2788 COUNTY ROAD FA
LA CROSSE WI 54601-3038
TELEPHONE 608-784-8275
E-MAIL JEFF.BOYNE@NOAA.GOV
BOYNE
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