PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
351
PM EDT MON APR 30 2007
...THIRD DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD IN SAVANNAH...
RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT WAS ONLY 0.33 INCHES. THIS MAKES IT THE THIRD DRIEST APRIL...SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT. RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT SINCE 1870.
THE DRIEST APRIL EVER IN SAVANNAH OCCURRED IN 1892...WHEN ONLY 0.16 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED. THE SECOND DRIEST MONTH OF APRIL OCCURRED IN 1942...WHEN 0.28 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED.
SO FAR THIS YEAR ONLY 6.93 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT...WHICH IS 6.90 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 13.83 INCHES FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
BY COMPARISON...THE MOST RAINFALL EVER AT SAVANNAH DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL OCCURRED IN 1991...WHEN 10.57 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
THE FORECAST FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS FOR CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE TWO WEEK PERIOD ENDING ON MAY 13.
THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTH OUTLOOK OF PRECIPITATION...ALSO ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AND COVERING THE MONTHS OF MAY...JUNE AND JULY...IS FOR NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR SAVANNAH FOR THESE THREE MONTHS IS 15.14 INCHES.
DUE TO THE LACK OF RAINFALL...THE LATEST UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR NOW SHOWS MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CHS.
YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE DROUGHT MONITOR WEBSITE AT...
WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML.
$$
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01 May 2007
Drought in Savannah
I've mentioned the drought in several posts about the fires in Waycross. I found this public information statement from the National Weather Service today, telling us that this past April was the 3rd driest April in Savannah since 1870.
22 April 2007
Severe Drought Conditions Develop Across Georgia
This article is from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences website
Severe drought conditions develop across Georgia
Northwest, southeast Georgia getting even drier.
Severe drought conditions have developed across northwest and southeast Georgia. The remainder of the state is still in moderate to mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry for the middle of April.
By David Stooksbury
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. -- Severe drought conditions have developed across northwest and southeast Georgia. The remainder of the state is still in moderate to mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry for the middle of April.
In northwest Georgia, Polk, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Dade and Catoosa counties are in severe drought.
In southeast Georgia, severe drought conditions are east and south of a line through Thomas, Brooks, Cook, Berrien, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Toombs, Tattnall, Evans, Bryan and Chatham counties.
Moderate drought conditions are found north and west of a line through Haralson, Paulding, Bartow, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Union and Towns counties.
Grady, Colquitt, Tift, Irwin, Ben Hill, Telfair, Wheeler, Montgomery, Treutlen, Emanuel, Candler, Bulloch and Effingham counties are also in a moderate drought. The rest of the state is in mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry.
In the regions with severe drought, the soil moisture and stream flow levels are at or below the 5th percentile. That means that soil moisture and stream flow levels are greater than the current values in 95 out of 100 years.
In the regions with moderate drought, soil moisture and stream flow levels are between the 5th and 10th percentiles, so these levels are greater than the current values in 90 of 100 years.
Deep deficits
Rainfall deficits for Jan. 1 through April 16 include Athens at 4.02 inches, Augusta 4.27, Columbus 5.04, Savannah 5.67, Macon 6.03, Plains 6.44, Brunswick 6.87, Tiger 7.54, Atlanta 7.98, Alma 8.42, Tifton 9.02, Blairsville 9.64 and LaFayette 11.27.
During the past week, portions of Georgia received beneficial rain. Among the places getting more than 1 inch of rain over the past seven days are Pine Mountain at 1.02 inches, Alpharetta 1.10, Atlanta 1.14, Arlington 1.21, Athens 1.37, LaFayette 1.47, Macon 1.67, Newton 1.84, Albany 2.03, Jeffersonville 2.33, Augusta 2.44, Columbus 2.58, Elberton 2.80, Dublin 3.04 and Cordele 3.37.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports daily record-low flows for April 16 in northwest Georgia on the Coosawattee River near Pine Chapel at Carters and near Ellijay and on Cedar Creek near Cedartown.
In southeast and south-central Georgia, daily record-low flows were reported on the Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, the Altamaha at Doctortown and near Baxley, the Ogeechee near Eden, the Ochlockonee near Thomasville, the Alapaha near Alapaha and at Statenville, the Suwannee at Fargo, the Little Satilla near Offerman and the Satilla near Waycross and at Atkinson.
Over the past two weeks, Lake Lanier's water level has remained nearly constant and is 2.5 feet below full summer pool. Hartwell and Clarks Hill are 1.8 and 1.1 feet below full summer pool, respectively.
Levels are near the desired level for middle April at Allatoona and Carters. West Point and Walter F. George have levels above the guidance for middle April.
Groundwater levels have shown some improvement with recent rains across southwest Georgia. Levels across south-central and southeast Georgia continue to drop.
Little relief
Little if any relief from the drought is anticipated in the foreseeable future.
The entire state remains under the level-1 outdoor water-use schedule. Outdoor watering is allowed only from midnight to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at odd-number street addresses and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at even-number addresses. It's banned all day on Fridays.
Local water authorities may further restrict outdoor watering.
The state drought response committee will assess the dry weather and discuss outdoor water use schedules April 18 at 1 p.m. The group will meet in Suite 1252 East Tower in the Floyd State Office Towers at 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta.
The committee includes representatives of several state agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geologic Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a regional development center, the agricultural industry and the business community.
Updated weather information is at www.georgiaweather.net. This University of Georgia network has 71 automated weather stations statewide.
Updated drought information is at www.georgiadrought.org. The site includes updated climatic conditions and information on how to deal with the drought.
(David Stooksbury is the state climatologist and a professor engineering and atmospheric sciences in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)
Severe drought conditions develop across Georgia
Northwest, southeast Georgia getting even drier.
Severe drought conditions have developed across northwest and southeast Georgia. The remainder of the state is still in moderate to mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry for the middle of April.
By David Stooksbury
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. -- Severe drought conditions have developed across northwest and southeast Georgia. The remainder of the state is still in moderate to mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry for the middle of April.
In northwest Georgia, Polk, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Dade and Catoosa counties are in severe drought.
In southeast Georgia, severe drought conditions are east and south of a line through Thomas, Brooks, Cook, Berrien, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Toombs, Tattnall, Evans, Bryan and Chatham counties.
Moderate drought conditions are found north and west of a line through Haralson, Paulding, Bartow, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Union and Towns counties.
Grady, Colquitt, Tift, Irwin, Ben Hill, Telfair, Wheeler, Montgomery, Treutlen, Emanuel, Candler, Bulloch and Effingham counties are also in a moderate drought. The rest of the state is in mild drought, except the lower Flint River Valley, which is abnormally dry.
In the regions with severe drought, the soil moisture and stream flow levels are at or below the 5th percentile. That means that soil moisture and stream flow levels are greater than the current values in 95 out of 100 years.
In the regions with moderate drought, soil moisture and stream flow levels are between the 5th and 10th percentiles, so these levels are greater than the current values in 90 of 100 years.
Deep deficits
Rainfall deficits for Jan. 1 through April 16 include Athens at 4.02 inches, Augusta 4.27, Columbus 5.04, Savannah 5.67, Macon 6.03, Plains 6.44, Brunswick 6.87, Tiger 7.54, Atlanta 7.98, Alma 8.42, Tifton 9.02, Blairsville 9.64 and LaFayette 11.27.
During the past week, portions of Georgia received beneficial rain. Among the places getting more than 1 inch of rain over the past seven days are Pine Mountain at 1.02 inches, Alpharetta 1.10, Atlanta 1.14, Arlington 1.21, Athens 1.37, LaFayette 1.47, Macon 1.67, Newton 1.84, Albany 2.03, Jeffersonville 2.33, Augusta 2.44, Columbus 2.58, Elberton 2.80, Dublin 3.04 and Cordele 3.37.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports daily record-low flows for April 16 in northwest Georgia on the Coosawattee River near Pine Chapel at Carters and near Ellijay and on Cedar Creek near Cedartown.
In southeast and south-central Georgia, daily record-low flows were reported on the Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, the Altamaha at Doctortown and near Baxley, the Ogeechee near Eden, the Ochlockonee near Thomasville, the Alapaha near Alapaha and at Statenville, the Suwannee at Fargo, the Little Satilla near Offerman and the Satilla near Waycross and at Atkinson.
Over the past two weeks, Lake Lanier's water level has remained nearly constant and is 2.5 feet below full summer pool. Hartwell and Clarks Hill are 1.8 and 1.1 feet below full summer pool, respectively.
Levels are near the desired level for middle April at Allatoona and Carters. West Point and Walter F. George have levels above the guidance for middle April.
Groundwater levels have shown some improvement with recent rains across southwest Georgia. Levels across south-central and southeast Georgia continue to drop.
Little relief
Little if any relief from the drought is anticipated in the foreseeable future.
The entire state remains under the level-1 outdoor water-use schedule. Outdoor watering is allowed only from midnight to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at odd-number street addresses and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at even-number addresses. It's banned all day on Fridays.
Local water authorities may further restrict outdoor watering.
The state drought response committee will assess the dry weather and discuss outdoor water use schedules April 18 at 1 p.m. The group will meet in Suite 1252 East Tower in the Floyd State Office Towers at 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta.
The committee includes representatives of several state agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geologic Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a regional development center, the agricultural industry and the business community.
Updated weather information is at www.georgiaweather.net. This University of Georgia network has 71 automated weather stations statewide.
Updated drought information is at www.georgiadrought.org. The site includes updated climatic conditions and information on how to deal with the drought.
(David Stooksbury is the state climatologist and a professor engineering and atmospheric sciences in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)
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