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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
803 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2023
...DROUGHT CONCERNS REMAIN GIVEN RECENT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...
.SYNOPSIS:
.DROUGHT INTENSITY AND EXTENT:ACCORDING TO THE MAY 23 ISSUANCE OF
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT (D4) IS STILL BEING
SHOWN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. COUNTIES WITH D4
INCLUDE DAKOTA AND DIXON. EXTREME DROUGHT (D3) IS BEING SHOWN IN
PARTS OF DAKOTA AND DIXON COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA; AND WOODBURY
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. SEVERE DROUGHT(D2) IS BEING SHOWN
ACROSS ALL OR PARTS OF DAKOTA AND DIXON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA, WOODBURY IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) OR ABNORMALLY
DRY CONDITIONS (D0) ARE DEPICTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION.
THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FORECAST AREA IN D4 IS AT 0.65 PERCENT,
DOWN FROM 1.81 PERCENT LAST MONTH. THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FORECAST
AREA IN D3 OR WORSE IS 2.19 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 3.57 PERCENT AT
LAST MONTH. THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF THE FORECAST AREA IN D2 OR
WORSE HAS DECREASED FROM 17.96 PERCENT TO 5.33 PERCENT SINCE LAST
MONTH.
.PRECIPITATION: PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS ACROSS THE
IMMEDIATE AREA HAS GENERALLY BEEN BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER BANDS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN
THE MONTH. OUTSIDE OF THESE LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS,
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL BY AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
.TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURE AVERAGES OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS HAVE BEEN
WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF NORMAL, GENERALLY FAVORING THE WARM SIDE
OF NORMAL. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST
THE END OF THE MONTH.
.HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS: RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ON MOST
AREA RIVERS AFTER ELEVATED LEVELS AT THE END OF APRIL AND EARLY MAY
FROM SPRING SNOWMELT. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON PORTIONS OF THE
UPPER AND MIDDLE JAMES RIVER. MOST RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS CURRENTLY
FALL BETWEEN THE 25TH AND 75TH PERCENTILE OF CLIMATOLOGY.
.SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS: CURRENT SOIL MOISTURE ANOMALIES ARE
AROUND 1-2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR IN NW IOWA. GROUNDWATER SENSORS
NEAR RENNER SD SHOW FALLING GROUNDWATER LEVELS INDICATIVE OF THE
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AS OF LATE.
.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:
.AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS: REPORTS OF WINTER WHEAT STRUGGLING AND
POTENTIAL FOR ABANDONMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
.HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS: AN OVERALL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION REGIME
HAS ALLOWED FOR FALLING RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS AFTER SPRING
SNOWMELT. AREA STOCK PONDS STILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE
LEVELS.
.FIRE HAZARDS: SPRING GREEN-UP HAS ENDED THE FIRE THREAT IN THE NEAR
TERM.
.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: NONE REPORTED.
.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK: THE LATEST SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK FROM THE
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER SHOWS THAT THE DROUGHT IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BUT IMPROVE OR DROUGHT STATUS REMOVAL IS LIKELY.
THE LATEST 8-14 DAY FAVORS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN UNITED STATES WITH NO CLEAR SIGNAL ON PRECIPITATION. THE
ONE MONTH OUTLOOK FOR JUNE FAVORS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH THE
ONE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK, AS WELL AS THE THREE MONTH
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK, WITH EQUAL CHANCES FOR
ABOVE NORMAL, NORMAL, OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION.
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:
THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED BY THE END OF JUNE OR SOONER IF
DROUGHT CONDITIONS CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
.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
MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER (MRCC):
HTTPS://MRCC.ILLINOIS.EDU
HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER (HPRCC):
HTTPS://HPRCC.UNL.EDU
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST/CLIMATE AND WEATHER INFORMATION:
HTTPS://CLIMATE.SDSTATE.EDU
MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE:
HTTP://CLIMATE.UMN.EDU
IOWA CLIMATOLOGY BUREAU:
HTTPS://IOWAAGRICULTURE.GOV/CLIMATOLOGY-BUREAU
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION:
HTTPS://WWW.NWD-MR.USACE.ARMY.MIL/RCC
ADDITIONAL WATER AND RIVER INFORMATION:
NWS: HTTPS://WATER.WEATHER.GOV
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
26 WEST WEATHER LANE
SIOUX FALLS, SD 57104
PHONE: 605-330-4247
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