000 AXUS74 KMRX 211549 DGTMRX DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA REMAINS DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE YEAR... SYNOPSIS... A PERSISTENT UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION THIS SUMMER HAS PRODUCED FREQUENT RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...YEARLY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL. CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY OVER 5 1/2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL IS BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY...NO AREAS ARE UNDER DROUGHT STATUS AT THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD. THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... NO FURTHER DROUGHT STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED UNLESS A D2 CATEGORY RETURNS. HOWEVER, FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE WEB PAGES BELOW OR CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STATEMENT. RELATED WEB SITES... FOR ONE-STOP SHOPPING ON THE DROUGHT IN THE REGION GO TO HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX/HYDRO/DROUGHT07/MAIN.PHP OR YOU CAN GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV THEN CLICK ON THE EAST TENNESSEE REGION, AND THEN CLICK ON THE DROUGHT INFORMATION LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE HOME PAGE. YOU MAY ALSO VISIT WWW.TVA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LAKES LEVELS, STREAMFLOWS, AND RAINFALL IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY SYSTEM. STREAMFLOW DATA CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AT HTTP://WATERDATA.USGS.GOV/NWIS/RT AND THEN CLICKING ON YOUR STATE OF INTEREST. ADDITIONAL LONG TERM STREAMFLOW FORECASTS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE NWS MORRISTOWN "ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICES" WEBSITE AT HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=MRX THE TENNESSEE DIVISION OF FORESTRY HAS FIRE INFORMATION AT HTTP://BURNSAFETN.ORG THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY HAS FIRE INFORMATION AT WWW.DOF.VIRGINIA.GOV THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF FOREST RESOURCES IS LOCATED AT WWW.DFR.STATE.NC.US FOR SPECIFIC DATA, DROUGHT INDICES, AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT PICTURE WITH CLICKABLE ZOOMING, GO TO HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... APPRECIATION FOR THE DATA IN THIS DOCUMENT GOES TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS), THE STATES OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), THE TENNESSEE DIVISION OF FORESTRY, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF FOREST RESOURCES, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS), THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE (NFS), THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN FOR HOSTING THE DROUGHT MONITOR WEBSITE, AND NUMEROUS COUNTY, CITY, AND UTILITY OFFICIALS. ALSO, THANKS TO VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS, FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS THE DRIVE THE GATHERING OF DATA AND INFORMATION ON DROUGHT IMPACTS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS PLEASE CONTACT: BRIAN BOYD SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST/METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 5974 COMMERCE BLVD. MORRISTOWN, TN 37814 423-586-1964 (MEDIA ONLY; FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE) 423-586-2296 (ALL OTHER CALLS; MAY GET VOICE MAIL) 423-586-6429 (FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, NON-MEDIA CALLS) EMAIL: BRIAN.BOYD@NOAA.GOV WEBSITE: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX NOTE: IN THE EVENT THE ABOVE PERSON IS NOT AVAILABLE, OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.