591  
AXUS73 KAPX 101402  
DGTAPX  
MIC001-007-011-019-039-051-055-069-079-089-101-113-119-129-135-  
141-143-165-171415-  
 
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
1002 AM EDT THU APR 10 2025  
   
..SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED  
 
.SYNOPSIS: RECENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS ELIMINATED SEVERE  
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  
 
.DROUGHT INTENSITY AND EXTENT: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF  
NORTHERN MICHIGAN DROUGHT CONDITIONS IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT  
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR PUBLISHED ON APRIL 10, 2025.  
 
DROUGHT CATEGORY D1...MODERATE DROUGHT: SOME DAMAGE TO CROPS AND  
PASTURES...STREAMS OR WELLS LOW...SOME WATER SHORTAGES DEVELOPING  
OR IMMINENT. AREAS INCLUDED IN DROUGHT CATEGORY D1 INCLUDE  
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GLADWIN AND ARENAC COUNTIES.  
 
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE  
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. THIS PRODUCT WILL  
RESUME WHEN DROUGHT CATEGORY D2 (SEVERE DROUGHT) CONDITIONS RETURN  
TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN.  
 
.RELATED WEB SITES: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT  
CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES:  
 
US DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTPS://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU  
US DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM: HTTPS://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV  
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE: HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/DROUGHT  
 
ADDITIONAL WATER AND RIVER INFORMATION:  
 
NWS OFFICE OF WATER PREDICTION (OWP): HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV  
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS): HTTPS://WATER.USGS.GOV  
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE): HTTPS://WWW.USACE.ARMY.MIL  
 
.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT  
INVOLVING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CENTERS FOR  
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, 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, THE  
USDA, USACE AND USGS.  
 
.CONTACT INFORMATION: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT  
THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT:  
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  
8800 PASSENHEIM ROAD  
GAYLORD, MI 49735  
PHONE...989-731-3384  
W-APX.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV  
 
 
 
JPB  
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