878 AXUS72 KGSP 181318 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- 073-077-045-059-083-087-023-021-091-021318- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 918 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS DECREASES AS SPRING RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SYNOPSIS... SPRING RAINS HAVE HELPED IMPROVE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOSTLY ABNORMALLY DRY DROUGHT CONDITIONS REMAINED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS BY COUNTY... --IN THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WERE IN... ABNORMALLY DRY CATEGORY...EXTREME SOUTHERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD ...UNION...CHESTER AND YORK COUNTIES. --IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WERE IN... THE ABNORMALLY DRY CATEGORY...UNION COUNTY. ---IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA NO COUNTIES WERE IN DROUGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DROUGHT STATUS SEE THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/ SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN... STREAMS AND LAKE LEVELS CONTINUE TO CLIMB WHILE REMAINING IN LEVEL 2 DROUGHT. WELL LEVELS ACROSS UP STATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREAS HAVE SHOWN SOME IMPROVEMENTS. CROP MOISTURE AS APR 13 INDICATED: ABNORMALLY MOIST CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SLIGHTLY DRY TO FAVORABLY MOIST CONDITIONS ARE ACROSS UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 7 DAY AVERAGE STREAMFLOW CONDITIONS... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...OF THE 41 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 9TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...1 SITE WAS WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 40 SITES WERE WITHIN THE 25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...OF THE 14 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 10TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...2 SITES WERE WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 12 SITES WERE WITHIN THE 25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE. IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OF THE 7 RANKED REPORTING SITES...NO SITES WERE RANKED WITHIN THE 9TH PERCENTILE OR LOWER...NO SITE WAS WITHIN THE 10TH TO 24TH PERCENTILE...AND 7 SITES WERE WITHIN THE 25TH TO 90TH PERCENTILE. GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS... HERE ARE THE CURRENT WELL WATER LEVELS (FEET BELOW SURFACE)..... LOCATION CURRENT RECORD DATE OF LEVEL LEVEL RECORD DAVIE CNTY MOCKSVILLE NC 20.47 FT 23.15 8/30/2002 BURKE CNTY GLENN ALPINE NC 7.71 FT 10.66 8/04/2008 GASTON CNTY PASOUR MTN NC 46.51 FT 50.26 1/22/2013 HAYWOOD CNTY NR CRUSO NC 3.86 FT 6.96 9/12/2002 MCDOWELL CNTY PLEASANT GARDENS NC 27.79 FT 31.88 11/29/2010 ROWAN CNTY BARBER NC 7.44 FT 11.01 10/02/2002 TRANSYLVANIA CNTY BLANTYRE NC 26.49 FT 42.19 12/12/2008 UNION CNTY MINERAL SPRINGS NC 33.69 FT 42.70 1/10/2013 OCONEE CNTY TAMASSEE SC 29.31 FT 32.08 12/31/2008 SPARTANBURG CNTY CROFT SP SC 51.63 FT 51.57 1/18/2013 YORK CNTY ROCKHILL SC 25.18 FT 29.62 12/22/2012 CHESTER CNTY LEEDS FIRE TOWER 93.84 FT 97.27 12/09/2002 CURRENT LAKE LEVELS.... FULL CURRENT NAME POOL STAGE HARTWELL DAM 658.9: 656.95 RUSSELL DAM 473.9: 474.47 JOCASSEE DAM 99.5: 84.23 KEOWEE DAM 99.0: 97.90 BRIDGEWATER 100: 98.61 RHODHISS DAM 100: 97.21 OXFORD DAM 100: 97.57 LOOKOUT SHOALS 100: 97.16 COWANS FORD 100: 98.48 MOUNTAIN ISLAND 100: 98.18 LAKE WYLIE 100: 97.00 FISHING CREEK 100: 98.98 GREAT FALLS 100: 97.31 CEDAR CREEK 100: 98.32 EAST FORK 100: 96.64 WEST FORK 100: 96.64 BEAR CREEK 100: 97.80 CEDAR CLIFT 100: 98.02 THORPE 100: 97.53 NATAHALA 100: 98.26 IRE DANGER HAZARDS...ON APRIL 13 THE FIRE DANGER CATEGORY RANGED FROM MODERATE ACROSS NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LOW ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. CLIMATE SUMMARY... FOR THE LAST 30 DAYS... THE PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL RANGED FROM 50 TO 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINA'S AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... 6 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK APRIL 23 TO APRIL 27 2013... SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINA'S AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 30 DAY OUTLOOK...MAY EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. 90 DAY OUTLOOK FOR MAY THROUGH JULY INDICATES: EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. 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.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/ 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 $$