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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
137 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2023
..DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA
.SYNOPSIS:
.DROUGHT INTENSITY AND EXTENT: ACCORDING TO THE MAY 30 RELEASE OF
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, MODERATE (D1) DROUGHT COVERED MOST OF
WESTON, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FALL RIVER, FAR WESTERN CUSTER, MOST OF
TRIPP, FAR SOUTHEASTERN MELLETTE, AND FAR NORTHEASTERN TODD
COUNTIES. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS COVERED THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF CAMPBELL, SOUTHWESTERN CROOK, WESTERN HARDING, EAST CENTRAL
PERKINS, FAR SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON, MOST OF CUSTER, NORTHEASTERN
FALL RIVER, OGLALA LAKOTA, JACKSON, BENNETT, HAAKON, EASTERN
ZIEBACH, AND THE REST OF TODD, MELLETTE AND TRIPP COUNTIES.
.PRECIPITATION: PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS HAVE HELPED TO
EASE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF THREE
TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER,
SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE STRUGGLED
TO RECEIVE AN INCH OF MOISTURE IN THE PAST MONTH.
.HYDROLOGIC CONDITION: STREAMFLOWS ACROSS THE AREA ARE AROUND NORMAL
TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. LARGER LAKES AND RESERVOIRS HAVE INCREASED
IN THE STORAGE THROUGHOUT THE PAST 30 DAYS.
.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:
.AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS: THE LATEST WEEKLY CROP PROGRESS AND
CONDITION REPORT FOR THE GROWING SEASON WAS RELEASED ON MAY 30.
ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, TOPSOIL MOISTURE SUPPLIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA
RATED 10% VERY SHORT, 36% SHORT, 53% ADEQUATE, AND 1% SURPLUS
ACCORDING TO THE USDA'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE.
SUBSOIL MOISTURE SUPPLIES RATED 11% VERY SHORT, 40% SHORT, 48%
ADEQUATE, AND 1% SURPLUS.
IN WYOMING, TOPSOIL MOISTURE WAS 2% VERY SHORT, 26% SHORT, 66%
ADEQUATE, AND 6% SURPLUS. SUBSOIL MOISTURE SUPPLIES RATED 4% VERY
SHORT, 30% SHORT, 62% ADEQUATE, AND 4% SURPLUS.
.HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS: NONE.
.FIRE HAZARDS: NONE.
.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: RAPID CITY'S ANNUAL MANDATORY WATER
CONSERVATION MEASURE CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST 31, WHILE GILLETTE'S
WATER WASTE ORDINANCE CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 1.
.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK: THE OUTLOOK FOR JUNE IS FOR THE ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE. IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT NEAR TO
ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING
AND THE BLACK HILLS. HOWEVER, IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT BELOW
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.
OVERALL, DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS
WORSENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: THIS PRODUCT IS EXPECTED TO BE UPDATED THROUGH
THE SUMMER AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.
.RELATED WEB SITES:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT
THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES:
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTPS://WWW.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/
U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL: HTTPS://DROUGHT.GOV/
WY DROUGHT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: HTTPS://DROUGHT.WYO.GOV
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC): HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER: HTTPS://HPRCC.UNL.EDU/
SOUTH DAKOTA CLIMATE AND WATER: HTTPS://CLIMATE.SDSTATE.EDU/
WYOMING WATER RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM & STATE CLIMATE OFFICE:
HTTP://WWW.WRDS.UWYO.EDU/
ADDITIONAL WATER AND RIVER INFORMATION:
NWS: HTTPS://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/
OWP: HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS): HTTPS://WATER.USGS.GOV/
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GREAT PLAINS REGION: HTTPS://WWW.USBR.GOV/GP/
.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA'S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA), STATE AND
REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGISTS, AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.
INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT WAS GATHERED FROM NWS AND FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) OBSERVATION SITES, STATE COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION SERVICES, USACE AND USGS.
.CONTACT INFORMATION:
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT
STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT:
MELISSA SMITH
SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
MELISSA.SMITH@NOAA.GOV
OR
MATTHEW BUNKERS
SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER
MATTHEW.BUNKERS@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
300 EAST SIGNAL DRIVE
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57701
605-341-9271
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