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Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
804 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2021

...MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN
SANDHILLS...EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
OVER THE PAST MONTH...


.SYNOPSIS...

OVER THE PAST 90 DAYS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORTIONS OF THE
SANDHILLS AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...PRECIPITATION DEFICITS WERE RUNNING 70 TO 90 PERCENT OF
NORMAL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND THE
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...PRECIPITATION DEFICITS WERE
RUNNING 25 TO 70 PERCENT OF NORMAL.


.LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED...

AS OF SEPTEMBER 16TH...ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR...EXTREME
DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT OVER BOYD AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF HOLT COUNTY. SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT OVER THE
NORTHERN HALF OF HOLT COUNTY...AS WELL AS...SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY.
MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT OVER THE EASTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN HOLT...ROCK...SOUTHEASTERN BROWN...NORTHERN
CUSTER...EASTERN CHASE...WESTERN FRONTIER AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.


...CLIMATE SUMMARY...

SUMMARY OF RECENT MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FROM SELECTED STATIONS
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SUMMARY INCLUDES THE
PREVIOUS 12 MONTH PRECIPITATION TOTALS...SEPTEMBER 2020 TO AUGUST
2021..THE PREVIOUS 6 MONTH PRECIPITATION TOTALS...MARCH 2021 TO
AUGUST 2021...THE PREVIOUS 3 MONTH PRECIPITATION TOTALS...JUNE TO
AUGUST...AND THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS SO FAR IN SEPTEMBER...THROUGH
THE 15TH.


              12 MONTH PRECIP/INCHES       6 MONTH PRECIP/INCHES

LOCATION       SEP-AUG  NORMAL   DEP   |  MAR-AUG  NORMAL    DEP

NORTH PLATTE    21.38   21.08  +0.30   |   17.57   15.92   +1.65
VALENTINE       19.55   20.90  -1.35   |   15.64   15.83   -0.19
BROKEN BOW *    19.75   22.90  -3.15   |   16.09   17.07   -0.98
IMPERIAL *      13.75   17.47  -3.72   |   12.93   13.55   -0.62


               3 MONTH PRECIP/INCHES     THRU SEP 15 PRECIP/INCHES
LOCATION       JUN-AUG  NORMAL   DEP   |   SEP 15  NORMAL    DEP

NORTH PLATTE     7.49    9.28  -1.79   |    0.87    0.75   +0.12
VALENTINE        7.52    8.82  -1.30   |    2.96    0.79   +2.17
BROKEN BOW *     7.55    9.26  -1.71   |    0.92    1.06   -0.14
IMPERIAL *       4.24    8.05  -3.81   |    0.42    0.64   -0.22

PRIMARY LOCATION OF PRECIPITATION DATA IS FROM THE AUTOMATED SENSORS
AT THE AIRPORT.

*  PRECIPITATION DATA INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF AUTOMATED SENSORS
   AND COOPERATIVE DATA.


AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS WERE NEAR NORMAL ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN MAY AND ABOVE NORMAL IN JUNE
AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN JULY.

                           AVERAGE TEMPERATURE/DEGREE F

LOCATION      JUN  NORMAL  DEP | JUL  NORMAL  DEP | AUG  NORMAL  DEP

NORTH PLATTE  73.4  69.7  +3.7 | 76.4  75.6  +0.8 | 76.0  73.0  +3.0
VALENTINE     74.6  69.0  +5.6 | 78.7  75.7  +3.0 | 76.7  73.6  +3.1
BROKEN BOW    72.9  70.3  +2.6 | 74.5  75.3  -0.8 | 74.2  72.9  +1.3
IMPERIAL      74.4  70.9  +3.5 | 76.6  76.5  +0.1 | 76.6  74.2  +2.4


.RIVER AND RESERVOIR CONDITIONS...

RIVER LEVELS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE WERE RUNNING IN THE 25TH TO 75TH
PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. RIVER LEVELS ON THE LOUP AND
NIOBRARA RIVERS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 75TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR. RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE SYSTEM BELOW
LAKE MCCONAUGHY WERE NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. STREAMS IN
THE FRENCHMAN AND STINKING WATER BASINS IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WERE
RUNNING BELOW THE 10TH PERCENTILE.

LAKE MCCONAUGHY CURRENTLY HAS AN ELEVATION OF 3235.6 FEET OR 56.9%
OF CAPACITY. THIS COMPARES TO AN ELEVATION OF 3239.6 FEET ONE YEAR
AGO.

.FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...

FIRE PARTNERS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAVE
INDICATED THAT FUELS ARE CURED IN THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AND PARTIALLY CURRED IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. IF DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO
WORSEN ACROSS THE AREA...AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY...CURED FUELS COULD
DEVELOP INTO THE FALL MONTHS...INCREASING THE RISK FOR RANGE FIRES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH PLATTE NWS FIRE WEATHER
WEB SITE PROVIDED BELOW...OR CONTACT THE NORTH PLATTE FIRE WEATHER
FOCAL POINT /DARREN SNIVELY/ DIRECTLY.

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LBF/FIRE


.PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...

THE LATEST 6 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK...COVERING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER
21ST THROUGH THE 25TH CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE LATEST 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK...COVERING THE
PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29TH CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

THE LATEST 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES FOR
ABOVE...BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK
IS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR OCTOBER.

THE LATEST 3 MONTH TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER...NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ANTIOCH TO CALLAWAY. NORTH OF THIS LINE...THERE ARE EQUAL CHANCES
FOR ABOVE...BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. BLOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.


.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION

PLEASE CONTACT:

CHRIS BUTTLER CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE NE CHRISTOPHER.BUTTLER@NOAA.GOV


.RELATED WEB SITES...
LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE...FIRE AND WATER INFORMATION
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LBF U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV

ADDITIONAL RIVER AND RESERVOIR INFORMATION USGS -
HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV CNPPID - HTTP://CNPPID.COM

U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...

THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE
AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE DROUGHT MITIGATION
CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS
AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
SERVICES...USGS...AND THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER AND
IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

.NEXT ISSUANCE...

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ROUTINELY ISSUED ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE
MONTH. THE NEXT ISSUANCE WILL BE OCTOBER 21 2021.

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CLB
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
