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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
317 PM CST THU DEC 1 2022
...DROUGHT REMAINS SEVERE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
SYNOPSIS...MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE FOCUSED MAINLY
EAST OF THE ALABAMA RIVER AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84.
SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE FOCUSED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM GULF SHORES ALABAMA, TO CENTURY FLORIDA, TO OPP ALABAMA. FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA, ABNORMALLY DRY TO NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS
EXIST. SOME IMPROVEMENT HAS OCCURRED WEST OF THE ALABAMA RIVER AND
NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84 DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.
THE DROUGHT MONITOR CLASSIFIES DROUGHT WITHIN ONE OF THESE FIVE
CATEGORIES:
D0...ABNORMALLY DRY
D1...MODERATE DROUGHT
D2...SEVERE DROUGHT
D3...EXTREME DROUGHT
D4...EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
CLIMATE SUMMARY...TWO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS OVER THE LAST
WEEK HAVE BROUGHT WIDESPREAD 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP 7 INCHES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE
EXCEPTION IS ACROSS THE SEVERE DROUGHT AREA THAT RECEIVED LESS THAN 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL DEFICITS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST HAVE IMPROVED,
BUT REMAIN BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS THROUGH LATE NOVEMBER. THE
RAINFALL DEFICITS ACROSS THE SEVERE DROUGHT AREA REMAIN 6 TO 10 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. ELSEWHERE, RAINFALL DEFICITS RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AGAINST
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS AND RESULTANT DEPARTURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST
TO NOVEMBER 30TH:
STATION OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE
MOBILE AL (ASOS) 10.71 13.85 -3.14
PENSACOLA FL (ASOS) 6.06 15.73 -9.67
LEAKESVILLE, MS 6WSW (COOP) 9.98 12.76 -2.78
BREWTON AL 3ENE(COOP) 5.58 15.18 -9.60
DAUPHIN ISLAND AL (COOP) 7.87 12.62 -4.75
JACKSON AL (COOP) 10.90 12.47 -1.57
CRESTVIEW FL (ASOS) 6.53 13.42 -6.89
EVERGREEN AL (ASOS) 9.78 12.12 -2.34
NICEVILLE FL (COOP) 7.61 16.54 -8.93
WAYNESBORO MS 2W (COOP) 8.67 11.86 -3.19
AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS...LOCAL DROUGHT CONTINUES TO RESULT IN A HIGH
IMPACT TO GRASSLANDS AND AGRICULTURE. PERSISTENTLY DRY CONDITIONS
ARE TAKING ITS TOLL ON WINTER CROPS WITH CROP MOISTURE INDEX VALUES
CONTINUING TO BE VERY LOW. THIS CAN RESULT IN CROP YIELDS TO BE
SEVERELY CUT OR IN SOME CASES RUINED ESPECIALLY IN SEVERE DROUGHT
AREAS. FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27TH, THE LATEST INFORMATION
FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) SHOWS A SLIGHT WORSENING
IN TOPSOIL MOISTURE IN FLORIDA AT 17% DEFICIENT. THIS IS AN INCREASE
IN DEFICIENCY BY 1% SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK. ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI
BOTH SHOW AN IMPROVEMENT IN TOPSOIL MOISTURE. THE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IN
ALABAMA IS AT 39% DEFICIENT. THIS IS A DECREASE IN DEFICIENCY BY 9%
SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IN MISSISSIPPI IS AT 16%
DEFICIENT. THIS IS A DECREASE IN DEFICIENCY BY 12% SINCE THE PREVIOUS
WEEK.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27TH, THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE US
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) SHOWS A SLIGHT WORSENING IN SUBSOIL
MOISTURE IN FLORIDA AT 20% DEFICIENT. THIS IS AN INCREASE IN DEFICIENCY
BY 1% SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THE SUBSOIL MOISTURE IN ALABAMA SHOWS
WORSENING CONDITIONS AT 53% DEFICIENT. THIS IS AN INCREASE IN DEFICIENCY
BY 6% SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOWS
IMPROVING CONDITIONS AT 20% DEFICIENT. THIS IS A DECREASE IN DEFICIENCY
BY 10% SINCE THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...OLD DOWNED TIMBER AND VERY DRY UNDERBRUSH IN AREA
FORESTS ALONG WITH DRY GRASSLANDS POSE AN INCREASED CONCERN FOR WILDFIRE.
IN THE SEVERE DROUGHT AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE, THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON DECEMBER 1ST BY THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE INDICATES THERE
IS MODERATE FIRE DANGER RISK. PLEASE SEE THESE LINKS FOR THE MOST UP TO
DATE INFORMATION FOR EACH STATE REGARDING ANY BURN BANS AND ADVISORIES:
ALABAMA: FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV
FLORIDA: FDACS.GOV/DIVISIONS-OFFICES/FLORIDA-FOREST-SERVICE
MISSISSIPPI: MFC.MS.GOV
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...AS PERSISTENT, SEVERE DROUGHT HOLDS
OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE, THERE REMAINS ONE STREAMFLOW THAT
CONTINUES TO RUN BELOW NORMAL. THE LATEST INFORMATION ON DECEMBER 1ST
BY THE USGS IS PROVIDED BELOW.
RIVER/STREAM POINT DISCHARGE(CFS) STAGE(FT) %CLASS/RATING
ELEVEN MILE CREEK 37.7 5.2 19, BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LOCAL AREA, STREAMFLOWS ARE RUNNING NEAR OR
ABOVE NORMAL.
SOCIETAL IMPACTS...WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE
FOLLOWED IN DROUGHT AREAS. INCREASE IN AIR-BORNE ALLERGENS LIKELY TO
CREATE PROBLEMS FOR RESPIRATORY SENSITIVE GROUPS.
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK...LOOKING AHEAD, THE LONGER RANGE OUTLOOK
INDICATES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST.
UPDATE STATEMENT...THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THURSDAY
DECEMBER 8TH.
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