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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
205 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2020

...DROUGHT PERSISTS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS...  

.OVERVIEW...

THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR ISSUED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE ON 23 JUNE SHOWS THAT THE D3 DROUGHT REMAINS UNCHANGED 
ACROSS PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN KANSAS INCLUDING 
MORTON, STANTON, HAMILTON, KEARNY, GRANT AND STEVENS COUNTIES. THE 
D1/D2 DROUGHT FARTHER EAST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN 
KANSAS HAS IMPROVED DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS.
 
.CURRENT ENSO STATE...

THE ENSO STATE IS NEUTRAL AND NCEP IS PREDICTING THIS TO PERSIST. 

.HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS...

NONE.

.FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...

SOME WILDFIRE DANGER DOES EXIST ACROSS THE D3 DROUGHT AREA IN FAR 
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. FARTHER EAST IN THE D1/D2 AREAS, RECENT RAINS 
AND GREENING SHOULD LIMIT ANY WILDFIRE POTENTIAL.

.AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS...

THE DROUGHT IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE DRY LAND WHEAT CROP. 
THE WHEAT HARVEST IS BELOW TO WELL BELOW AVERAGE. DRY LAND CORN AND 
MILO CROPS ARE BEING NEGATIVELY AFFECTED.

.OUTLOOK... 

SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT WEEK BUT THIS 
ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY NOT BE WIDEAPREAD ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY 
IMPROVE THE D3 DROUGHT AREAS.

.Related Websites...
  
US Drought Monitor          drought.unl.edu/dm 

Kansas Water Office         kwo.ks.gov

US Geological Survey        waterwatch.usgs.gov

Climate Prediction Center  cpc.ncep.noaa.gov 

.Acknowledgments...
  
The US Drought Monitor is a weekly collaborative effort between a 
number of federal agencies including NOAA/NWS...US Department of 
Agriculture...state and regional center climatologists and the 
National Drought Mitigation Center.

.Next Issuance...

This product will be updated as conditions warrant.


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