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825 AXUS73 KMKX 211520 DGTMKX DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1020 AM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...THE DROUGHT HAS ENDED OVER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .SYNOPSIS...A VERY WET AND SNOWY WINTER WHICH HAS CONTINUED INTO MARCH HAS GIVEN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF MOISTURE TO END THE DROUGHT. SUFFICIENT SOIL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE GROWING SEASON ONCE IT BEGINS. .LOCAL AREA AFFECTED...A DROUGHT IS NO LONGER OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...OR EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .CLIMATE SUMMARY...WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN THIS WINTER INTO EARLY SPRING WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION. THIS IS 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL OR 150 TO 185 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM DECEMBER 1 2012 THROUGH MARCH 20 2013... CITY COUNTY PCPN SURPLUS/DEFICIT NWS SULLIVAN JEFFERSON 11.34 4.89 MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE 11.69 4.91 MADISON DANE 10.24 4.55 RACINE RACINE 9.56 4.28 KENOSHA KENOSHA 9.10 3.41 .SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS...SOIL MOISTURE HAS IMPROVED GREATLY DUE TO A WET WINTER. SUFFICIENT SOIL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR THE START OF THE GROWING SEASON. .GROUND WATER IMPACTS...WELL WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN THIS WINTER AND WILL RISE MORE ONCE THE SNOW MELTS AND THE GROUND THAWS. .RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS...WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN THIS WINTER ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW MELTS AND RAIN EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL FLOWS ON AREA RIVERS. .AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS...SUFFICIENT SOIL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR THE START OF THE GROWING SEASON. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS...PLEASE REFER TO THE USDA WISCONSIN CROP PROGRESS REPORT AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE ADDRESS... WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV/STATISTICS_BY_STATE/WISCONSIN/PUBLICATIONS/ CROP_PROGRESS_&_CONDITION/2012/CWCURR.PDF .FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS CLASSIFIED AS LOW FIRE DANGER BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES...DUE TO THE SNOW COVER AND OVERALL WINTER CONDITIONS. .PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS SPRING ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO NEAR NORMAL OR POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE APRIL OR MAY. THERE ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROBABILITIES OF ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THIS SPRING. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER AND WINTER...PLEASE VISIT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV .QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT... MARK GEHRING CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WISCONSIN MARK.G.GEHRING@NOAA.GOV /ALL LOWER CASE/ .RELATED WEB SITES...THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES WERE REFERENCED TO ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT. NOTE ALL LINKS SHOULD BE IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... UNITED STATES DROUGHT PORTAL... HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV/PORTAL/SERVER.PT/COMMUNITY/DROUGHT_GOV/202 LOCAL WEATHER...CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=MKX UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WISCONSIN... HTTP://WI.WATER.USGS.GOV MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER... HTTP://MCC.SWS.UIUC.EDU U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR... HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER... HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV_INDEX.HTML WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE... HTTP://WWW.WFAS.NET WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES... HTTP://DNR.WI.GOV HTTP://READYWISCONSIN.WI.GOV/DROUGHT/ NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE WISCONSIN... HTTP://WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV/WI .ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS...AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WISCONSIN... NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER...WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM...NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER... MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...UNTIED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS...WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES...AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE WISCONSIN. .NEXT ISSUANCE...DUE TO THE END OF THE DROUGHT...THIS IS THE LAST DROUGHT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS DROUGHT. $$ GEHRING/WOOD NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WISCONSIN