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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
826 AM MDT THU APR 8 2021
..DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSEN
.SYNOPSIS:
.DROUGHT INTENSITY AND EXTENT: ACCORDING TO THE APRIL 8 RELEASE OF
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, EXTREME (D3) DROUGHT COVERED PERKINS,
EASTERN HARDING, AND NORTHERN ZIEBACH COUNTIES. SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT
COVERED ALMOST ALL OF THE REST OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING, INCLUDING MOST OF CAMPBELL, CROOK, WESTON,
WESTERN HARDING, SOUTHWESTERN PERKINS, BUTTE, LAWRENCE, MEADE,
SOUTHERN ZIEBACH, NORTHERN HAAKON, AND NORTHERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES.
AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUED TO BE IN MODERATE
DROUGHT, INCLUDING SOUTHERN PENNINGTON, CUSTER, FALL RIVER, OGLALA
LAKOTA, WESTERN JACKSON, AND SOUTHERN HAAKON COUNTIES. CONDITIONS
ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WERE ABNORMALLY DRY (D0),
INCLUDING BENNETT, MELLETTE, TODD, AND TRIPP COUNTIES.
.PRECIPITATION: SO FAR THIS SPRING, PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN AROUND
AVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE BLACK HILLS, BUT
BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS NORTHESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
.HYDROLOGIC CONDITION: WHEN COMPARED WITH CLIMATOLOGY, STREAMFLOWS
REMAIN AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE BEGINNING TO LEVEL OFF, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION SEASON ENDING A
COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER THAN AVERAGE.
.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:
.AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS: SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES CONTINUE TO BE DRY,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING. PASTURE CONDITIONS ARE POOR AND SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF
CATTLE IS COMMON ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
.HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS: NUMEROUS STOCK PONDS AND DUGOUTS REMAIN DRY OR
CONTAIN WATER OF POOR QUALITY.
.FIRE HAZARDS: DEAD CURED FUELS, WHICH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IGNITIONS,
AND LACK OF SNOW COVER, COMBINED WITH LITTLE TO NO MOISTURE, IS
RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RISK OF FIRES AND FIRE SPREAD FOR THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR.
.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: NONE REPORTED.
.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK: THE OUTLOOK THROUGH MID APRIL INDICATES IT
WILL BE DRIER THAN AVERAGE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND AVERGE.
LOOKING FURTHER OUT THROUGH THE SPRING AND INTO THE SUMMER, THERE IS
A GREATER CHANCE OF ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW-AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION. THE MONTHLY AND SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOKS CALL FOR
DROUGHT PERSISTENCE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED IN MAY OR 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/
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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