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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1157 AM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...

.SYNOPSIS:
THE OCTOBER 5TH DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES EXTREME DROUGHT (D3)
CONTINUES FOR ALL OF KENOSHA COUNTY, EASTERN RACINE COUNTY AND FAR
SOUTHEAST WALWORTH COUNTY. THE SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) CONTINUES ALONG
THE WI/IL BORDER AND INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF LAFAYETTE
AND GREEN COUNTIES, MOST OF ROCK AND WALWORTH COUNTIES, WESTERN
RACINE COUNTY, SOUTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY, AND FAR SOUTHEAST
JEFFERSON COUNTY. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) IS INDICATED ACROSS
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA, SOUTHERN DODGE, NORTHERN DANE, SOUTHERN IOWA,
NORTHERN LAFAYETTE, NORTHERN GREEN, NORTHERN ROCK, SOUTHERN
WAUKESHA, AND SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTIES. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0)
CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS MOST OF SAUK, NORTHERN COLUMBIA, SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON, NORTHERN IOWA, CENTRAL DANE, MOST OF JEFFERSON,
NORTHERN WAUKESHA, AND MOST OF MILWAUKEE COUNTIES. NORTHEAST
DODGE, WASHINGTON, AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES REMAIN UNAFFECTED BY
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.

.PRECIPITATION:
PRECIPITATION IN THE WEEK ENDING ON OCT 5TH WAS 0.1 TO 1.5 INCHES
INCHES IN THE SEVERE AND EXTREME DROUGHT AREAS. HOWEVER MOST OF
THESE AREAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.75 INCHES. THE REST OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RECEIVED 0.1 TO 3.0 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
FAR MORE LOCALIZED WITH JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES SEEING THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS. SINCE SEPTEMBER 1, MUCH OF FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
HAS GOTTEN LESS THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN, AND IS ABOUT 2 TO 4
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. OUTSIDE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MUCH OF THE
REGION HAS REMAINED IN THE DRY SIDE SINCE SEPT 1ST WITH AT LEAST
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS
EXPERIENCING SHORT AND LONGER TERM DRYNESS. PRECIPITATION DEFICITS
SINCE MARCH 1 ARE 9-15 INCHES ACROSS THE D2 TO D3 DROUGHT AREAS.

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
28 DAY STREAMFLOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN ARE 10-24TH PERCENTILE. MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS IN
THE 25-75TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS THE NORMAL RANGE. THERE ARE A FEW
SPOTS THAT ARE BELOW NORMAL ELSEWHERE BUT GENERALLY STREAMFLOWS
REMAIN NORMAL.

.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:
AS OF OCT 3RD IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN 26% OF TOPSOIL IS RATED
VERY SHORT, 26% IS RATED AS SHORT, AND 47% IS RATED AS ADEQUATE.
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN 57% OF TOPSOIL IS RATED VERY SHORT, 17%
SHORT, AND 26% ADEQUATE. IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN 26% OF SUBSOIL
MOISTURE IS RATED VERY SHORT, 29% SHORT AND 44% ADEQUATE. IN
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN 30% OF SUBSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED VERY SHORT,
1% SHORT, AND 69% ADEQUATE.

.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: NONE REPORTED.

.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK:
THE PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK IS LOOKING BETTER FOR THE NEAR TERM WITH
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK IN ADDITION TO SIGNALS IN THE 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK (OCT
12-16) LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE 8-14
DAY OUTLOOK DOESN`T SHOW A SIGNAL EITHER WAY. THE OUTLOOK FOR
OCTOBER GIVEN ONGOING AND EXPECTED PRECIPITATION IS FOR ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION THOUGH THE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER TIME
FRAME SHOWS LITTLE SIGNAL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:
THE NEXT OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED OCT 14 AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE
UPDATED DROUGHT MONITOR.

&&

.RELATED WEBSITES: THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES WERE REFERENCED TO
ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT:

UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTPS://WWW.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU
UNITED STATES DROUGHT PORTAL: HTTPS://DROUGHT.GOV
USDA: HTTPS://WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WISCONSIN: HTTPS://WATER.USGS.GOV
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: HTTPS://WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL
WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, U.S. FOREST SERVICE:
HTTPS://WWW.WFAS.NET
WI DNR: HTTPS://WWW.DNR.WI.GOV
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER: HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV MIDWEST
REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER: HTTPS://MRCC.ISWS.ILLINOIS.EDU WISCONSIN
STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE: HTTPS://WWW.AOS.WISC.EDU/~SCO/

.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
INVOLVING NOAA`S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL
CENTERS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE, STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGISTS, AND THE NATIONAL
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT
INFORMATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM THE NWS, AND FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) OBSERVATION SITES, STATE COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION
SERVICES, USACE AND USGS.

.CONTACT INFORMATION:

NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
N3533 HARDSCRABBLE RD
DOUSMAN, WI 53118
PHONE: 262-965-2074
EMAIL: NWS.MILWAUKEE@NOAA.GOV

$$
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
