073 AXUS75 KREV 172307 DGTREV DGTREV NVZ001>041-CAZ070>073-CAZ519>527-250000- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 405 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013 ...DROUGHT STATEMENT FOR NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA... ...MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN MOST OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA... ...ALL NEVADA COUNTIES...AND ALL CALIFORNIA COUNTIES BORDERING NEVADA HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED NATURAL DROUGHT DISASTER AREAS BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE... 1/ NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA DROUGHT DISASTER DESIGNATIONS... AS OF MAY 15 2013...ALL COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND ALL CALIFORNIA COUNTIES ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER HAD BEEN DESIGNATED NATURAL DROUGHT DISASTER AREAS...EITHER AS PRIMARY COUNTIES OR CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES...BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. PRIMARY DROUGHT DISASTER COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER INCLUDE MODOC...LASSEN...MONO...INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO. ALL NEVADA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED PRIMARY DROUGHT DISASTER COUNTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EUREKA COUNTY. SEE WWW.USDA.GOV/DROUGHT /IN LOWER CASE/ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATIONS AND ASSISTANCE. 2/ CURRENT DROUGHT INTENSITY IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA... THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR /DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/ IS UPDATED WEEKLY BY THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. IT IS A SYNTHESIS OF MULTIPLE DROUGHT INDICES AND IMPACTS THAT REPRESENTS A CONSENSUS OF SCIENTISTS IN MANY FEDERAL...STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES...AS WELL AS THOSE IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY. THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS USED NATIONWIDE BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO DETERMINE DROUGHT SEVERITY...TO DECLARE DROUGHT DISASTER AND IS THE MECHANISM USED TO PROVIDE AID TO THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. IT IS ALSO THE PRIMARY TOOL USED BY NEVADA DEPARTMENTS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WATER RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT AND MITIGATE DROUGHT IMPACTS THROUGH ITS DROUGHT RESPONSE PLAN. AS OF MAY 14 2013...THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR CLASSIFIED PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEVADA AS IN EXTREME DROUGHT /LEVEL 3 OF 4 LEVELS OF DROUGHT/. IN NEVADA...THE AREAS OF EXTREME DROUGHT INCLUDED SOUTHWEST HUMBOLDT... EAST CENTRAL WASHOE...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PERSHING...ALL OF CHURCHILL...EASTERN LYON...NORTHERN MINERAL...AND SOUTHEAST ELKO COUNTIES. ALL OF THE REST OF NEVADA WAS IN MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT /LEVELS 1 AND 2/...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOST OF NORTHEAST CLARK AND NORTHERN ELKO COUNTIES...WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS ABNORMALLY DRY. FOR CALIFORNIA COUNTIES BORDERING NEVADA...MODOC SOUTH TO ALPINE COUNTY WERE IN MODERATE DROUGHT /LEVEL 1/...WHILE MONO SOUTH TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WERE CLASSIFIED AS IN SEVERE DROUGHT. CURRENTLY... NO EXTREME DROUGHT /LEVEL 3/ IS DESIGNATED IN CALIFORNIA. 3/ SYNOPSIS... PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL /LESS THAN 80 PERCENT OF NORMAL/ TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL /LESS THAN 50 PERCENT/ SINCE LAST OCTOBER THROUGHOUT ALMOST ALL OF NEVADA AND MOST OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA. THE EXCEPTIONS...AREAS WHICH HAD NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE LAST FALL...INCLUDED EASTERN MODOC...EASTERN LASSEN...NORTHERN PLUMAS...SOUTHEAST ALPINE...AND NORTHERN MONO COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA...AND NORTHERN WASHOE...NORTHERN WHITE PINE...SOUTHEAST ELKO AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES IN NEVADA. AS A CONSEQUENCE...WATER SUPPLIES THIS SPRING AND SUMMER...IN AREAS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WHICH DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE RESERVOIR STORAGE OR CHARGED GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS WILL FACE VARYING DEGREES OF SHORTAGES. HOWEVER...WATER SUPPLIES WILL BE ADEQUATE IN ALL URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA... ALTHOUGH NORMAL WATERING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN FORCE. THE FARMING AND RANCHING COMMUNITY OF THE REGION WILL FEEL THE BRUNT OF THESE SHORTAGES. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE CURRENT DROUGHT IN THE REGION IS THE EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER WHICH WILL DEVELOP AS THE WEATHER WARMS...AS WELL AS IMPACTS TO WILDLIFE AND VEGETATION. 4/ DROUGHT IMPACTS... THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS ARE OCCURRING OR ARE LIKELY IN AREAS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA THIS SPRING AND SUMMER DUE TO CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS... A/ RANCHING... MANY RANCHERS IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WILL STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE CATTLE WITH WATER...FEED AND OTHER NUTRIENTS. SOME MAY NEED TO HAUL WATER AND FEED TO LIVESTOCK FOR BETTER DISTRIBUTION. THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT WATER SHORTAGES IN SOME AREAS AS SURFACE WATER SOURCES DISAPPEAR. RANCHERS MAY NEED TO MANAGE HERD SIZE DUE TO THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN AND CARSON CITY DISTRICTS OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ARE DOING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE HEALTH OF RANGELANDS IN MOST OF NORTHERN NEVADA TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK THAT THE RANGE CAN HANDLE. A BILL TO ALLOW NEVADA LIVESTOCK OWNERS IN DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS EMERGENCY ACCESS TO WATER IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE. IT CREATES AN EMERGENCY PERMITTING PROCESS WHICH WOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICIALS DECLARE A DROUGHT EMERGENCY. DUE TO THE RECENT DROUGHT DISASTER DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT ALL COUNTIES IN THE REGION...RANCHERS MAY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN VARIOUS FINANCIAL AND TAX RELIEF THROUGH USDA. SEE THE USDA FARM SERVICES AGENCY WEBSITE FOR DETAILS /WWW.FSA.USDA.GOV/ B/ AGRICULTURE... MOST FARMERS THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WILL NOT RECEIVE A FULL ALLOCATION OF WATER THIS YEAR. FARMERS IN AREAS WITHOUT ADEQUATE UPSTREAM RESERVOIR STORAGE WILL HAVE SEVERE RESTRICTIONS IN WATER ALLOCATIONS. THIS CUT IN ALLOCATIONS MAY LEAD TO DRASTIC REDUCTIONS IN CROP YIELDS AND RESULTING LOSS OF INCOME. SOME FARMERS MAY CHOOSE NOT TO PLANT CROPS FOR THIS OR NEXT SEASON. HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN... THE NEVADA DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES IN ELKO NEVADA REPORTS THAT MOST IRRIGATORS ALONG THE HUMBOLDT RIVER ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR WERE NOT SERVED ANY WATER DURING THE 2012 IRRIGATION SEASON...AND 2013 IS LOOKING EVEN DRIER. ABOVE RYE PATCH...IT APPEARS THAT THIS YEAR THE HIGHEST WATER RIGHT PRIORITY THAT WILL BE SERVED IS 1872. AS MOST WATER RIGHTS ON THE HUMBOLDT ARE MUCH LATER THAN 1872...MOST FARMERS ON THE HUMBOLDT ABOVE RYE PATCH WILL NOT GET ANY WATER THIS YEAR. IRRIGATORS ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER BELOW RYE PATCH DAM IN PERSHING COUNTY WILL RECEIVE ONLY ABOUT 8 PERCENT OF THEIR NORMAL ALLOTMENT THIS SEASON. WALKER RIVER BASIN... DUE TO BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWPACK ON THE WALKER BASIN...EAST WALKER RIVER IRRIGATORS WILL RECEIVE 23 PERCENT OF THEIR NORMAL ALLOTMENT. ON THE WEST WALKER THEY WILL RECEIVE 9 PERCENT OR NORMAL...AND ON THE MAINSTEM WALKER THEY WILL RECEIVE ABOUT 12 PERCENT. CARSON RIVER BASIN... THE UPPER CARSON RIVER BASIN...ABOVE LAHONTAN DAM...WILL HAVE VERY LOW FLOWS THIS SEASON. MOST IRRIGATORS WILL ONLY HAVE WATER AVAILABLE DURING SPRING RUNOFF...THROUGH ABOUT MID JUNE. BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR... IRRIGATORS WILL RECEIVE 75 PERCENT OF THEIR NORMAL ALLOTMENT. TRUCKEE RIVER BASIN... NO RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR IRRIGATORS OR ANY OTHER USES ON THE MAINSTEM TRUCKEE RIVER THIS YEAR...OTHER THAN NORMAL URBAN WATERING RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER...IRRIGATORS WHICH RELY ON FLOWS ON TRUCKEE RIVER TRIBUTARIES WITHOUT RESERVOIR STORAGE...SUCH AS ON THE STEAMBOAT CREEK-WASHOE LAKE BASIN...WILL ONLY HAVE WATER AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD DURING SPRING RUNOFF...THROUGH EARLY TO MID JUNE. DUE TO THE DROUGHT DISASTER DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT ALL COUNTIES IN THE REGION...FARMERS MAY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN VARIOUS FINANCIAL AND TAX RELIEF THROUGH USDA. SEE THE USDA FARM SERVICES AGENCY WEBSITE FOR DETAILS /WWW.FSA.USDA.GOV/ C/ FIRE DANGER... AS OF MAY 16TH 2013...FIRE DANGER WAS RATED HIGH TO EXTREME IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NEVADA AND IN SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF MONO COUNTY. THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEVADA AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA HAD LOW TO MODERATE FIRE DANGER. AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND FUELS DRY THIS SPRING AND SUMMER...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FIRE DANGER WILL BE EXPECIALLY HIGH IN TIMBERED AREAS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CASCADES IN CALIFORNIA AND WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...AND ALSO IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NEVADA...WHERE FUELS HAVE BEEN DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS FOR OUTBREAKS OF DRY LIGHTNING CAUSED BY SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD TRIGGER FIRES. SEE U.S. FOREST SERVICE WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WEBSITE FOR DETAILS... HTTP://WFAS.NET/IMAGES/FIREDANGER/FD_CLASS.PNG/. D/ FISHERIES... LOW FLOWS AND HIGH WATER TEMPERATURES IN AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES. E/ VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE... IN FORESTED AREAS...DROUGHT MAY CAUSE TREES TO BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE TO INSECT INFESTATIONS WHICH COULD INCREASE MORTALITY AND FIRE DANGER. LESS VEGETATION AND WATER MAY STRESS WILDLIFE CAUSING DEHYDRATION... HUNGER...ILLNESS AND DEATH. F/ GROUND WATER... HIGH EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON GROUND WATER SUPPLIES IN SOME AREAS AS SURFACE WATER DWINDLES THIS SUMMER. INCREASED GROUND WATER PUMPING MAY CAUSE WATER TABLES TO DECLINE...WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME WELLS MAY GO DRY AND WILL NEED TO BE DEEPENED. G/ URBAN AREA DROUGHT IMPACTS... RENO/SPARKS... THE TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY /TMWA/ SERVING THE RENO AND SPARKS NV AREA...WILL HAVE ADEQUATE SURFACE AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES TO MEET ALL CONSUMER DEMANDS THIS SUMMER. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THEIR OUTDOOR WATERING SCHEDULE AS IN PAST YEARS. EVEN NUMBERED ADDRESSES MAY WATER ON TUESDAYS...THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS...WHILE ODD NUMBERED ADDRESSES MAY WATER ON WEDNESDAYS...FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS. NO WATERING IS ALLOWED ON MONDAYS...OR ANY DAY BETWEEN NOON AND 6PM BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY. SEE WWW.TMH2O.COM/CONSERVATION FOR DETAILS. LAS VEGAS... THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY /SNWA/ AND THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT /LVVWD/ HAVE ADOPTED MANDATORY CONSERVATION MEASURES. MANDATORY WATERING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBIT SPRINKLER IRRIGATION BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11 A.M. AND 7 P.M. FROM MAY 1 UNTIL OCTOBER 1. HOWEVER...WATERING IS PERMITTED ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. SNWA AND LVVWD WILL HAVE ADEQUATE SURFACE AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES TO MEET ALL CONSUMER DEMANDS THIS SUMMER. SEE WWW.SNWA.COM OR WWW.LVVWD.COM FOR DETAILS. 5/ HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AS OF MAY 17 2013... STREAMFLOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE THIS SPRING AND SUMMER REGION WIDE DUE TO BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. A/ SUSAN RIVER... ON MAY 17TH...FLOWS ON THE SUSAN RIVER AT SUSANVILLE WERE ABOUT 130 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND /CFS/...OR ABOUT 63 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 205 CFS FOR THIS DATE. B/ PIT RIVER... ON MAY 17TH...FLOWS NEAR CANBY CALIFORNIA...WERE ABOUT 24 CFS...OR ABOUT 7 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 328 CFS FOR THIS DATE. C/ UPPER FEATHER RIVER... ON MAY 17TH...FLOWS ON THE MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER NEAR PORTOLA WERE ABOUT 28 CFS OR 8 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 358 CFS FOR THIS DATE. D/ LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE RIVER BASINS... MAY 17TH STORAGE ON LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE BASIN RESERVOIRS WAS AS FOLLOWS... /NOTE...AF IS ABBREVIATION FOR ACRE FEET/. LAKE TAHOE......405100 AF...54 PCT OF CAPACITY... 91 PCT OF MAY 31 AVG. PROSSER RSVR.....12942 AF...45 PCT OF CAPACITY... 74 PCT OF MAY 31 AVG. STAMPEDE RSVR...156714 AF...69 PCT OF CAPACITY...107 PCT OF MAY 31 AVG. BOCA RSVR........29909 AF...73 PCT OF CAPACITY... 91 PCT OF MAY 31 AVG. MAY 17TH FLOWS AND PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS... /NOTE...CFS IS ABBREVIATION FOR CUBIC FEET PER SECOND/. TAHOE CITY... 70 CFS... 46 PCT OF 153 CFS AVERAGE TRUCKEE......177 CFS... 33 PCT OF 535 CFS AVERAGE FARAD........818 CFS... 46 PCT OF 1770 CFS AVERAGE RENO.........614 CFS... 41 PCT OF 1500 CFS AVERAGE VISTA........727 CFS... 41 PCT OF 1760 CFS AVERAGE WADSWORTH....391 CFS... 24 PCT OF 1600 CFS AVERAGE NIXON........416 CFS... 32 PCT OF 1320 CFS AVERAGE STEAMBOAT CREEK... MAY 17TH FLOWS ON STEAMBOAT CREEK WERE AS FOLLOWS... AT STEAMBOAT.......... 12 CFS... 40 PCT OF 30 CFS AVERAGE AT RENO /SHORT LANE/.. 13 CFS... 62 PCT OF 21 CFS AVERAGE E/ CARSON RIVER BASIN ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR... MAY 17TH FLOWS AND PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE ON THE CARSON RIVER ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WERE AS FOLLOWS... EAST FK CARSON NR MARKLEEVILLE.... 647 CFS.. 53 PCT OF 1220 CFS AVERAGE EAST FK CARSON R NR GARDNERVILLE.. 613 CFS.. 47 PCT OF 1300 CFS AVERAGE WEST FK CARSON R AT WOODFORDS..... 180 CFS.. 46 PCT OF 389 CFS AVERAGE CARSON RVR NR CARSON CITY......... 455 CFS.. 36 PCT OF 1260 CFS AVERAGE CARSON RVR AT DAYTON.............. 488 CFS.. 30 PCT OF 1630 CFS AVERAGE CARSON RVR NR FT CHURCHILL........ 518 CFS.. 44 PCT OF 1180 CFS AVERAGE CARSON RIVER BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR... MAY 17TH STORAGE ON LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WAS 121873 AF...41 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...OR 51 PERCENT OF THE MAY 31 AVERAGE. RELEASE FROM LAHONTAN WAS 819 CFS...87 PCT OF THE 941 CFS AVERAGE. TRUCKEE CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT EXPECTS AGRICULTURAL DELIVERIES BELOW LAHONTAN DAM TO REMAIN AT ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF AVERAGE THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. F/ WALKER RIVER BASIN... AS OF MAY 17TH...STORAGE ON BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR WAS 15580 ACRE FEET... 37 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 60 PCT OF THE MAY 31 AVERAGE. STORAGE ON TOPAZ WAS 17650 AF...30 PCT OF CAPACITY...44 PCT OF THE MAY 31 AVERAGE. WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT REPORTS THAT AGRICULTURAL DELIVERIES THIS SEASON WILL BE AT ABOUT 9 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR IRRIGATORS HAVING WEST WALKER RIVER WATER RIGHTS...23 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THOSE HAVING EAST WALKER RIVER WATER RIGHTS...AND ABOUT 12 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THOSE HAVING MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER RIGHTS. MAY 17TH FLOWS AND PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE ON THE WALKER RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS... E WALKER RVR BLW BRIDGEPORT RSVR..117 CFS.. 46 PCT OF 256 CFS AVERAGE W WALKER RVR ABV TOPAZ RSVR...... 572 CFS.. 66 PCT OF 872 CFS AVERAGE W WALKER RVR BLW TOPAZ RSVR...... 482 CFS.. 74 PCT OF 647 CFS AVERAGE WALKER RIVER NEAR MASON.......... 298 CFS.. 69 PCT OF 433 CFS AVERAGE WALKER RVR NR WABUSKA............ 42 CFS.. 18 PCT OF 230 CFS AVERAGE WALKER RVR BLW WEBER DAM NR SCHURZ 5 CFS... 2 PCT OF 319 CFS AVERAGE G/ HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN... NEVADA DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES OFFICIALS REPORT THAT ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR...THE HIGHEST WATER RIGHT PRIORITY THAT WILL BE SERVED IS 1872. AS MOST WATER RIGHTS ON THE HUMBOLDT ARE MUCH LATER THAN 1872...MOST FARMERS ON THE HUMBOLDT ABOVE RYE PATCH WILL NOT GET ANY WATER THIS YEAR. AS OF MAY 11TH...STORAGE ON RYE PATCH RESERVOIR WAS 17600 ACRE FEET... 9 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...OR 15 PCT OF THE MAY 31 AVERAGE. PERSHING COUNTY IRRIGATION DISTRICT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT AGRICULTURAL DELIVERIES THIS SEASON WILL BE AT ABOUT 8 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR IRRIGATORS BELOW RYE PATCH DAM. MAY 17TH FLOWS AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN WERE AS FOLLOWS... MARYS RVR NR DEETH......... 116 CFS... 43 PCT OF THE 268 CFS AVERAGE LAMOILLE CK NR LAMOILLE.... 129 CFS... 84 PCT OF THE 154 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR NR ELKO....... 10 CFS... 1 PCT OF THE 690 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR NR CARLIN..... 178 CFS... 18 PCT OF THE 1000 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR AT PALISADE... 194 CFS... 19 PCT OF THE 1000 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR AT BATTLE MTN 62 CFS... 7 PCT OF THE 918 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR AT COMUS...... 36 CFS... 5 PCT OF THE 738 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT RVR AT IMLAY...... 2 CFS... 0 PCT OF THE 605 CFS AVERAGE HUMBOLDT BLW RYE PATCH DAM. 180 CFS... 27 PCT OF THE 669 CFS AVERAGE H/ JARBIDGE RIVER... ON MAY 17TH...FLOWS ON THE JARBIDGE RIVER AT JARBIDGE NEVADA WERE 162 CFS...OR 86 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 189 CFS FOR THIS DATE. I/ OWYHEE RIVER... ON MAY 17TH...STORAGE ON WILDHORSE RESERVOIR WAS 30540 AF... 43 PERCENT OF CAPACITY AND 52 PERCENT OF THE MAY 31ST AVERAGE. FLOWS ON THE OWYHEE RIVER BELOW WILDHORSE DAM WERE 82 CFS...OR 68 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 120 CFS FOR THIS DATE. AT MOUNTAIN CITY...THE FLOW ON THE OWYHEE WAS 130 CFS...34 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE FLOW OF 379 CFS FOR THIS DATE. J/ SOUTHERN NEVADA... NO UNUSUAL DROUGHT IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AS OF MID MAY. MAY 17TH STORAGE ON LAKE MEAD WAS 12719 KAF...49 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 59 PERCENT OF THE MAY 31ST AVERAGE. ON MAY 17TH THE FLOW ON THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR GRAND CANYON ARIZONA ABOVE LAKE MEAD WAS 13200 CFS...47 PCT OF THE AVERAGE OF 28000 CFS FOR THIS DATE. THE FLOW ON THE VIRGIN RIVER ABOVE LAKE MEAD NEAR OVERTON NEVADA WAS 9 CFS...4 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE OF 256 CFS FOR THIS DATE. THE MUDDY RIVER NEAR GLENDALE NEVADA WAS AT 36 CFS...97 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE OF 37 CFS FOR THIS DATE. 6/ LONG RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA... FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER... THE REMAINDER OF MAY IS EXPECTED TO BE COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGHOUT MOST OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE REST OF MAY...THE EXCEPTION IS NORTHEAST NEVADA WHERE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL. THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST IS FOR WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA...WHERE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS DROUGHT STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED IN MID JUNE. && RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR......................... DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...WHICH INCLUDES DROUGHT MONITOR...... DROUGHT.GOV CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER..................... WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV NWS ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE... WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS USGS HYDROLOGIC MONITORING..................... WATERWATCH.USGS.GOV NWS CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER...... WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV NWS NORTHWEST RIVER FORECAST CENTER........... WWW.NWRFC.NOAA.GOV/WS/ NWS COLORADO BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER........ WWW.CBRFC.NOAA.GOV/ NEVADA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE... WWW.NV.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/ NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER LONG RANGE OUTLOOK MAPS... WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FORECASTS/ NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE... HTTP://WWW.NV.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/INDEX.HTML CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES............ CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/ CALIFORNIA WATER CONDITIONS..... WWW.WATER.CA.GOV/WATERCONDITIONS/ ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES........... WWW.ACWA.COM NEVADA DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES.................. WATER.NV.GOV/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO................... WEATHER.GOV/RENO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO.................. WEATHER.GOV/ELKO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS......... WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER AUTHORITY........................ TMWA.COM SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY........................ SNWA.COM LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT........................ LVVWD.COM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE......... WWW.USDA.GOV/DROUGHT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERVICES AGENCY... WWW.FSA.USDA.GOV U.S. FOREST SERVICE WILDFIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FIRE DANGER CLASS.... HTTP://WWW.WFAS.NET/IMAGES/FIREDANGER/FD_CLASS.PNG NATIONAL SIGNIFICANT WILDLAND FIRE POTENTIAL OUTLOOK... HTTP://WWW.PREDICTIVESERVICES.NIFC.GOV/OUTLOOKS/MONTHLY_SEASONAL_OUTLOOK.PDF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A SYNTHESIS OF MULTIPLE DROUGHT INDICES AND IMPACTS THAT REPRESENTS A CONSENSUS OF SCIENTISTS IN MANY FEDERAL...STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES...AS WELL AS PRIVATE FIRMS. THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS USED NATIONWIDE BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO DETERMINE DROUGHT SEVERITY...TO DECLARE DROUGHT AND IS THE MECHANISM USED TO PROVIDE AID TO THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OBSERVATION SITES...CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA DIVISIONS OF WATER RESOURCES AND STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS...NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...PERSHING COUNTY WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT...WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT...WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE...FEDERAL WATER MASTERS...TRUCKEE/CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT...AND NWS OFFICES IN RENO...ELKO AND LAS VEGAS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT PLEASE CONTACT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2350 RAGGIO PKWY RENO NV 89512 PHONE...775-673-8100 WEATHER.GOV/RENO REV.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV $$ |