000 AXUS72 KGSP 191321 DGTGSP GAC105-147-119-257-137-241-NCC075-173-113-099-087-175- 115-021-089-149-161-111-199-121-011-023-045-071-109- 035-003-097-119-097-179-025-159-059-SCC001-047-007- 073-077-045-059-083-087-023-021-091-201321- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 821 AM EST THU NOV 19 2009 ..HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OUT OF THE DROUGHT... ..RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS HAVE LEAD TO AN ELIMINATION OF THE DROUGHT AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2009. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... A FEW AREAS HAVE CONTINUED VOLUNTARY WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THEIR WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOIL MOISTURE... CROP MOISTURE INDEX ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAIN IN THE ABNORMALLY MOIST TO EXCESSIVELY WET CATEGORIES. HERE ARE THE CURRENT WELL WATER LEVELS (FEET BELOW SURFACE)..... LOCATION CURRENT RECORD DATE OF LEVEL LEVEL OCCURRENCE AVERY CNTY NR LINVILLE NC 1.02 FT 2.83 8/25/2008 DAVIE CNTY MOCKSVILLE NC 20.05 FT 23.32 8/25/2002 HAYWOOD CNTY NR CRUSO NC 3.86 FT 6.96 9/13/2002 ROWAN CNTY BARBER NC 7.76 FT 11.15 9/15/2002 TRANSYLVANIA CNTY BLANTYRE NC 32.90 FT 42.19 12/12/2008 OCONEE CNTY TAMASSEE SC 28.89 FT 32.08 1/03/2009 ANDERSON CNTY WILLIAMSTON SC 3.16 FT 5.68 9/12/2002 SPARTANBURG CNTY CROFT SP SC 48.73 FT 47.77 1/19/2009 RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS... IN NORTH CAROLINA...OF THE 41 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES IN WESTERN PART OF THE STATE...ALL WERE IN THE 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL RANGE. IN SOUTH CAROLINA...OF THE 14 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES IN THE UPSTATE... 6 SITES WERE IN THE 25 TO 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE. 7 SITES WERE BETWEEN 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OF THE 4 REAL-TIME REPORTING SITES...4 SITES ARE IN THE 75 TO 100 PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW RANGE. CURRENT LAKE LEVELS.... LOCATION CURRENT LEVEL NORMAL LEVEL HARTWELL DAM M FT 658.87 FT. RUSSELL DAM 472.73 FT 473.95 FT. JOCASSEE DAM 97.71 FT 99.50 FT. KEOWEE DAM 98.40 FT 99.00 FT. MOST OF THE LAKES ON THE CATAWBA RIVER WERE AT NORMAL LEVELS OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...LAKE LEVELS ALONG THE TALLULAH RIVER ARE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FULL POOL. AGRICULTURE IMPACTS... MOST FIELDS WERE TOO WET TO HARVEST THE CROPS. FIRE DANGER HAZARDS... OBSERVED FIRE DANGER LEVELS RANGE FROM LOW TO MODERATE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... 30 DAY OUTLOOK...FOR NOVEMBER INDICATES EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. 90 DAY OUTLOOK...NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY ... THE OUTLOOK INDICATES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... THE EL NINO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND WILL LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE WINTER OF 2009 - 2010. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE AREA. RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ U. S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML NOAA DROUGHT PAGE.......HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV NORTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE...HTTP://WWW.NCWATER.ORG/DROUGHT/ SOUTH CAROLINA DROUGHT PAGE... HTTP://WWW.DNR.SC.GOV/CLIMATE/SCO/DROUGHT/DROUGHT_CURRENT_INFO.PHP ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION NWS...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/ USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/WATERWATCH CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGIST AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...USDA...USFS...USCE ... DUKE ENERGY...GA POWER AND STATE CLIMATE OFFICES. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT STATEMENT... PLEASE CONTACT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 1549 GSP DRIVE GREER SC 29651 PHONE 864-848-3859 GSP.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV$$