{"WFO":{"1":"ABR","38":"FSD","117":"UNR"},"DATE":{"1":"1215 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 \/1115 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021\/","38":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","117":"1050 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2021"},"DGT":{"1":"000\nAXUS73 KABR 271815\nDGTABR\nMNC011-155-SDC013-017-021-025-029-031-037-039-041-045-049-051-057-\n059-065-069-075-085-089-091-107-109-115-117-119-129-061815-\n\nDrought Information Statement\nNational Weather Service Aberdeen SD\n1215 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 \/1115 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021\/\n\n...DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENING ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...\n\n.SYNOPSIS:\n\n.Drought Intensity and Extent: According to the February 25th\nrelease of the U.S. Drought Monitor, Severe (D2) drought conditions\nnow cover portions of central South Dakota. This includes the\ncounties of Corson, Dewey, Stanley, western Jones, Campbell,\nWalworth, Potter, Sully, and western Edmunds. Moderate (D1) drought\nconditions cover south central, as well as portions of northeast\nSouth Dakota and west central Minnesota. Counties listed in D1\ndrought include Lyman, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Hand, Faulk, eastern\nEdmunds, McPherson, southern Brown, Marshall, northern Day, Roberts,\nBig Stone, and Traverse.\n\n.Precipitation: Since October 1st, which marks the beginning of the\nwater year, precipitation across the region has been below normal. In\ngeneral, 1 to 3 inches of precipitation has been reported across\ncentral and northeast South Dakota, with the lowest readings over\ncentral South Dakota. Departures have been around 0.75 to 2.25 inches\nbelow average. Over portions of central South Dakota, precipitation\nhas been only 25 to 50 percent of normal since October 1st.\n\n.Temperature: Temperatures since October 1st have mostly been above\naverage, especially during December and January. Overall, average\ntemperatures during this time period have been around 1 to as much as\n4 degrees above normal.\n\n.Hydrologic conditions: Rivers and lakes are mostly frozen across the\nregion, but before freezing, river levels were generally near or\nabove normal. Calculated soil moisture anomalies are leaning dry\nacross the region.\n\n.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:\n\n.Agricultural Impacts: According to the February 22nd release of\nSouth Dakota crop conditions from the National Agricultural\nStatistics Service, topsoil moisture supplies rated 19% very short\nand 43% short. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 17% very short and 45%\nshort. Winter wheat condition rated 1% very poor, 15% poor, and 43%\nfair. Comments are surfacing of winter pastures looking overgrazed\nover portions of western and central South Dakota. Some ranchers are\nalso bringing in supplemental feed.\n\n.Hydrologic Impacts: Stock ponds and dugouts are dry or contain poor\nwater quality over parts of western and central South Dakota.\n\n.Fire Hazards: Cured fuels and lack of snow cover across central\nSouth Dakota has led to increased fire danger during the late winter\nseason. This is somewhat unusual for this time of year. The Grassland\nFire Danger has reached HIGH to VERY HIGH levels several times during\nthe latter part of February, with a few grass fires reported as well.\n\n.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: None reported.\n\n.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK: The February 26th release of the 6 to 10-day,\nas well as the 8 to 14-day outlooks both show high probability for\nabove normal temperatures across the region. The current 6 to 10-day\nprecipitation outlook shows increased probability for below normal.\nThe current monthly and seasonal drought outlook calls for drought\nconditions to persist across central South Dakota.\n\n.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: This product will be updated around March 27th,\nor sooner if drought conditions change significantly.\n\n.RELATED WEB SITES: Additional information on current drought\nconditions may be found at the following websites...\n\nUS Drought Monitor: https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\nUS Drought Information System: https:\/\/www.drought.gov\nClimate Prediction Center: https:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\nHigh Plains Regional Climate Center...https:\/\/www.hprcc.unl.edu\nLocal Weather Information...https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/abr\nUSDA Crop Information...https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/index.asp\nSouth Dakota State Climate Office...https:\/\/climate.sdstate.edu\nSDSU Extension...https:\/\/extension.sdstate.edu\nDrought Impact Reporter...https:\/\/droughtreporter.unl.edu\/map\n\nAdditional water and river information:\n\nNWS: https:\/\/water.weather.gov\nOWP: https:\/\/water.noaa.gov\nUS Geological Survey (USGS): https:\/\/water.usgs.gov\nUS Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): https:\/\/www.usace.army.mil\n\n.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort\ninvolving the National Weather Service and National Centers for\nEnvironmental Information, the USDA, state and regional center\nclimatologists and the National Drought Mitigation Center.\nInformation for this statement has been gathered from NWS and FAA\nobservation sites, state cooperative extension services, the USDA,\nUSACE and USGS.\n\n.CONTACT INFORMATION: If you have questions or comments about this\nDrought Information Statement, please contact:\n\nNational Weather Service\nTravis Tarver - Drought Focal Point\n824 391st Ave S.\nAberdeen SD 57401\nPhone...605-225-0519\ntravis.tarver@noaa.gov\n\n$$\nTMT","38":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","117":"000\nAXUS73 KUNR 181651\nDGTUNR\n\nDROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD\n1050 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2021\n\n...RECENT SNOWFALL HELPS TO IMPROVE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...\n\n.SYNOPSIS:\n\n.Drought Intensity and Extent: According to the March 18 release of\nthe U.S. Drought Monitor, Severe (D2) Drought covered almost all of\nNortheast Wyoming and Northwestern South Dakota, including most of\nCampbell, Crook, Weston, Harding, Perkins, Butte, Lawrence, Meade,\nZiebach, northern and northern Haakon Counties. Areas of\nsouthwestern South Dakota improved to D1 or Moderate Drought,\nincluding southern Pennington, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota,\nwestern Jackson and southern Haakon Counties. Conditions across\nsouth central South Dakota improved to D0 or abnormally dry\nincluding Bennett, Mellette, Todd, and Tripp Counties.\n\n.Precipitation: Precipitation so far this water year, since October\n1, 2020, has been below average. Between 2.0 and 3.0 inches of\nprecipitation has been reported over the plains, with amounts of 4\nto 6.5 inches in the higher hills. Overall, this is one to three\ninches below average for most locations.\n\n.Hydrologic Condition: When compared with climatology, streamflows\nremain around normal to slightly above normal for this time of the\nyear. Snow accumulations continue at higher elevations in the Black\nHills, with melting snow at the lower elevations going into the\nground.\n\n.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:\n\n.Agricultural Impacts: Soil moisture profiles continue to be dry,\nespecially across northwestern South Dakota and northeastern\nWyoming. Pasture conditions are poor and supplemental feeding of\ncattle is common across the entire area.\n\n.Hydrologic Impacts: Stock ponds and dugouts remain dry or contain\nwater of poor quality.\n\n.Fire Hazards: Dead cured fuels, which are susceptible to ignitions,\nand lack of snow cover in severe drought areas, is resulting in an\nincreased risk of fires and fire spread for this time of the year.\n\n.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS: None reported.\n\n.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK: The outlook through the end of March looks\nto be dryer with temperatures around average. There will be chances\nfor precipitation this weekend, early next week, and the following\nweekend; however, significant precipitation is not expected at this\ntime.\n\nLooking further out through the spring and into the summer, there is\na greater chance of above average temperatures and below average\nprecipitation. The monthly and seasonal drought outlooks call for\ndrought persistence across the entire area through the end of June.\n\n.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: This product will be updated in April or as\nconditions change.\n\n&&\n\n.RELATED WEB SITES:\n\nAdditional information on current drought conditions may be found at\nthe following web addresses:\n\nU.S. Drought Monitor: https:\/\/www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\nU.S. Drought Portal: https:\/\/drought.gov\/\nClimate Prediction Center (CPC): https:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/\nHigh Plains Regional Climate Center: https:\/\/hprcc.unl.edu\/\nSouth Dakota Climate and Water: https:\/\/climate.sdstate.edu\/\nWyoming Water Resources Data System & State Climate Office:\nhttp:\/\/www.wrds.uwyo.edu\/\n\nAdditional water and river information:\n\nNWS: https:\/\/water.weather.gov\/\nOWP: https:\/\/water.noaa.gov\/\nU.S. Geological Survey (USGS): https:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/\nBureau of Reclamation Great Plains Region: https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/gp\/\n\n.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:\n\nThe U.S. Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving NOAA`s\nNational Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental\nInformation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), state and\nregional climatologists, and the National Drought Mitigation Center.\nInformation for this statement was gathered from NWS and Federal\nAviation Administration (FAA) observation sites, state cooperative\nextension services, USACE and USGS.\n\n.CONTACT INFORMATION:\n\nShould you have any questions or comments about this drought\nstatement, please contact:\n\nMelissa Smith\nService Hydrologist\nmelissa.smith@noaa.gov\n\nor\n\nMatthew Bunkers\nScience and Operations Officer\nmatthew.bunkers@noaa.gov\n\nNational Weather Service\n300 East Signal Drive\nRapid City, South Dakota 57701\n605-341-9271\n\n$$"}}