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Drought Makes an End of Month Appearance in Central Through Northeastern Parts of Oklahoma
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:55:31 CDT
Drought has slipped into parts of central and northeastern Oklahoma in the last week- but the moderate drought rating could be short lived for at least a portion of that area. As you can see in the Drought Monitor graphic above, almost six percent of Oklahoma is now in moderate drought, the lowest rating for drought, while over 22% of the state now is abnormally dry and/or in the moderate drought category.
Three months ago, there was major concerns about a developing drought situation with almost twenty percent of the state in D1 drought, while the combination of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions was pushing sixty percent.
However, the rains came in April and especially in May- and drought had been held at bay even with the areas now showing dryness having a drier than normal spring.
As this latest Drought Monitor was released Thursday morning, storms were on their way to parts of the drier areas of Oklahoma. It's likely that by the first Drought Monitor of July- some or all of the area showing drought will be wetter. Heaviest amounts of rain are forecast through the Fourth of July holiday and early next week in the north central and northeastern parts of Oklahoma- including thunderstorms happening on Thursday afternoon north of Interstate 40.
Check out the graphic below to get a feel for the national rainfall outlook through July fifth.
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