506  
AXUS73 KFSD 251303  
DGTFSD  
IAC021-035-041-059-093-119-141-143-149-167-193-MNC033-063-081-083-  
101-105-117-133-NEC043-051-SDC003-005-009-011-015-023-027-035-043-  
053-061-067-073-077-079-083-087-097-099-101-111-125-127-135-  
011315-  
 
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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