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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1145 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012
..DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO EASE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY
SYNOPSIS...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY
THANKS TO OCCASIONAL RAINFALL. THE LATEST EDITION OF THE U.S.
DROUGHT MONITOR RELEASED ON THURSDAY AUGUST 2ND INDICATES THAT
PORTIONS OF THE KENTUCKY...CUMBERLAND...AND LICKING RIVER BASINS
REMAIN ABNORMALLY DRY (D0)...WITH ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF THE
MAINSTEM KENTUCKY RIVER AND RED RIVER BASIN REMAINING IN A MODERATE
(D1) DROUGHT.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS.
PASTURE CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS SOYBEAN CROPS HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL.
FIRE DANGER IMPACTS.
THE KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX IS CURRENTLY BETWEEN 201-300...WHICH
IS LOW FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE SHORT...MEDIUM...AND LONG RANGE
PRECIPITATION DEFICITS OR SURPLUSES BEING OBSERVED AT SEVERAL AREA
OBSERVING STATIONS. THESE AMOUNTS INCLUDE PRECIPITATION WHICH FELL
THROUGH 8 AM FRIDAY JULY 31ST...
SINCE DEPART % OF | SINCE DEPART % OF
STATION COUNTY 15MAY12 NRML NRML | 1JAN12 NRML NRML
BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN...
PAINTSVILLE JOHNSON 8.88 -1.93 82 | 29.37 +2.68 110
LICKING RIVER BASIN...
WEST LIBERTY MORGAN 14.64 +2.82 124 | 32.20 +4.26 115
CAVE RUN LAKE ROWAN 10.64 -1.92 85 | 27.02 -2.73 91
MT STERLING MONTGOMERY 13.05 +1.61 114 | 29.20 +1.15 104
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN...
CARR FORK LK KNOTT 10.11 -0.74 93 | 25.83 -1.25 95
NWS JACKSON BREATHITT 9.71 -2.40 80 | 29.00 -0.86 97
BUCKHORN LAKE PERRY 6.70 -4.62 59 | 26.63 -2.45 92
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN...
BAXTER HARLAN 10.58 -1.25 89 | 33.39 +3.12 109
BARBOURVILLE KNOX 8.98 -3.27 73 | 31.64 +0.46 101
WILLIAMSBURG WHITLEY 11.10 -0.37 97 | 31.32 +0.81 103
LONDON ASOS LAUREL 6.12 -5.00 55 | 23.69 -5.28 82
MOUNT VERNON ROCKCASTLE 7.10 -4.52 61 | 24.26 -6.11 80
SOMERSET 2N PULASKI 9.96 -2.08 83 | 30.51 -0.39 99
MONTICELLO WAYNE 12.38 +1.35 112 | 28.26 -2.32 92
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK...PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER...FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 11TH THROUGH AUGUST 17TH IS FOR
EQUAL CHANCES OF NORMAL...ABOVE NORMAL...AND BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.
THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE REMAINDER OF AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER
2012...ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...INDICATES A PATTERN
CONDUCIVE FOR WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH EQUAL CHANCES OF
NORMAL...ABOVE NORMAL...AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
STREAMFLOWS ON MOST EAST KENTUCKY RIVERS WERE RUNNING NEAR TO ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL DROUGHT STATEMENT UNTIL D2 CONDITIONS ARE
MET ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN.
RELATED WEB SITES...
THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER WEATHER AND
DROUGHT INFORMATION (ADDRESSES SHOULD BE IN LOWER CASE)...
LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFO...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JKL/?N=DROUGHT
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
USGS - HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV
COE - HTTP://WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL
NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/INDEX.HTML
DROUGHT IMPACT REPORTER...
HTTP://DROUGHTREPORTER.UNL.EDU
DROUGHT INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA...
HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/NEWSOUTREACH/INFORMATIONFORMEDIA.ASPX
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV
USDA NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE...
HTTP://WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV
MIDWEST CLIMATE WATCH...
HTTP://MRCC.SWS.UIUC.EDU/CLIWATCH/WATCH.HTM
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL WEATHER CENTER...
HTTP://WWWAGWX.CA.UKY.EDU/DROUGHT.HTML
KENTUCKY DIVISION OF WATER...
HTTP://WWW.WATER.KY.GOV/
KENTUCKY DIVISION OF FORESTRY...
HTTP://WWW.FORESTRY.KY.GOV/
NWS OHIO RIVER FORECAST CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/OHRFC/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
THE U.S. 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 OBSERVATIONS SITES...COOPERATIVE NETWORK
STATIONS...THE USGS...AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1329 AIRPORT ROAD
JACKSON KENTUCKY 41339
PHONE: 606-666-2560
W-JKL.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
GEOGERIAN
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