440 NOUS44 KLCH 110005 PNSLCH LAZ027>033-041>045-051>054-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-011800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 700 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...NEW RECORD EVENT REPORT (RER) PRODUCTS... TO USERS OF FORECASTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA FROM STEVE RINARD METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE SUBJECT ADDITIONAL RECORD EVENT REPORT PRODUCTS CURRENTLY...RECORD EVENTS FOR EACH CLIMATE CITY IN THE WFO LAKE CHARLES AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY ARE DISSEMINATED UNDER ONE PRODUCT (NEWRERLCH). EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5 2005...FOUR ADDITIONAL RECORD EVENT REPORT PRODUCTS WILL BE INTRODUCED...ALLOWING FOR THE RECORD EVENTS OF EACH CLIMATE CITY TO BE DISSEMINATED IN A UNIQUE PRODUCT. THE TABLE BELOW DESCRIBES THE CHANGES: CLIMATE CITY NODE AWIPS ID WMO HEADER ------------ ---- -------- ---------- LAKE CHARLES,LA NEW RERLCH SXUS74 KLCH ** NEW IBERIA, LA NEW RERARA SXUS74 KLCH ALEXANDRIA, LA NEW RERAEX SXUS74 KLCH LAFAYETTE, LA NEW RERLFT SXUS74 KLCH BEAUMONT, TX SAT RERBPT SXUS74 KLCH ** RECORD EVENT REPORTS FOR ALL CLIMATE CITIES ARE CURRENTLY DISSEMINATED IN THIS PRODUCT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT: STEVE RINARD METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 500 AIRPORT BLVD #115 LAKE CHARLES, LA 70607 337-477-5285 $$ 13  223 NOUS44 KMOB 110107 PNSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 810 PM CDT WED AUG 11 2005 THE MOBILE ALABAMA NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER KEC-61 BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ IS DOWN DUE TO A POSSIBLE TELEPHONE CIRCUIT FAILURE. BELLSOUTH TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND A TICKET HAS BEEN OPENED. REPAIR TIME IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. &&  683 NOUS43 KMKX 110245 PNSMKX LMZ643>646-665-WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111700- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 945 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO STATION WXJ-87 OFF THE AIR... NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO STATION WXJ-87 (162.550 MHZ)...WHICH SERVES THE MADISON METROPOLITAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS...WILL BE OFF THE AIR INDEFINITELY. SURROUNDING NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO STATIONS: WWG-90 JANESVILLE (162.425 MHZ) KHA-47 BARABOO (162.450 MHZ) KEC-60 MILWAUKEE (162.400 MHZ) A FOLLOW-UP PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WXJ-87 IS BACK ON THE AIR. $$ WOOD  939 NOUS43 KGRR 110323 PNSGRR MICHIGAN PRECIPITATION REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI 1120 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 WFO GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN - COUNTY WARNING AREA..................... RAIN RAIN AUG 10 2200Z KENT COUNTY - BELMONT MI 0.12 WFO GAYLORD MICHIGAN - COUNTY WARNING AREA.......................... RAIN RAIN AUG 10 2330Z CHARLEVOIX COUNTY - EAST JORDAN MI 0.27 AUG 10 2200Z CHIPPEWA COUNTY - KELDEN MI 0.24 AUG 10 ----Z CHIPPEWA COUNTY - KINCHILOE MI 0.92 WFO DETROIT MICHIGAN - COUNTY WARNING AREA.......................... RAIN RAIN AUG 10 2200Z MACOMB COUNTY - CLINTON TWP MI 0.03 AUG 10 2330Z WAYNE COUNTY - DEARBORN MI 0.09 AUG 10 2330Z WAYNE COUNTY - GARDEN CITY MI 0.03 AUG 10 2330Z WAYNE COUNTY - TRENTON MI 0.27 $$ ALL REPORTS INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WHICH HAS FALLEN IN THE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE TIME OF OBSERVATION. IN THE CASE OF SNOWFALL A SECOND SET OF FIGURES INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN NET, Q.M.N. AND U.S. ARMY M.A.R.S. FOR THEIR OBSERVATIONS. Q-NET INFORMATION AVAILABLE VIA E-MAIL TO WB8SIW@ARRL.NET.  167 NOAK49 PAFG 110357 PNSAFG AKZ220>226-111600- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 757 PM ADT WED AUG 10 2005 ...RECORD LATE SEASON HEAT IN THE ALASKAN INTERIOR... AN UNUSUALLY STRONG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS PRODUCING THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SUMMER IN PORTIONS OF THE ALASKA INTERIOR. HIGH TEMPERATURES AT MANY SITES WERE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. SEVERAL REMOTED SITES REPORTED TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. AT STATIONS WHERE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE...THE FOLLOWING DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN: R INDICATES NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE. T MEANS RECORD TIED. EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE 88 R PREV HIGH 83 SET IN 1990 FORT WAINWRIGHT 88 R HEALY 86 R PREV HIGH 79 SET IN 2004 DENALI PARK HQ 86 R PREV HIGH 81 SET IN 1957. UNOFFICIAL FAIRBANKS INTL AIRPORT 83 T SEVERAL REMOTED AUTOMATIC STATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES OF 90 OR ABOVE...WITH THE HIGHEST READING BEING 92 AT MCKINLEY RIVER. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S WERE REPORTED IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. THE UPPER RIDGE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES IS OF RECORD PROPORTIONS AND IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 85 TO 90 WILL OCCUR AGAIN TOMORROW AT MANY INTERIOR LOCATIONS...AND HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 80 OR ABOVE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO THE WEEKEND. RF AUG 05 $$  265 NOUS43 KLBF 110410 PNSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-111400- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1109 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY EVENING... A STALLED FRONT NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT...PRODUCED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THE STORMS REACHED SEVERE LEVELS...HOWEVER ONLY ISOLATED DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. THESE REPORTS WERE CAUSED BY BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND NO REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WERE RECEIVED. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS WAS ULTIMATELY HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES OF GREATER THAN ONE INCH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN TWO INCHES. ACTUAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL. AS OF 11 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME. ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0500 PM TSTM WND GST 5 N SPRINGVIEW 42.90N 99.75W 08/10/2005 70 MPH KEYA PAHA NE PUBLIC PUBLIC ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS CAUSING TREE DAMAGE AND 2 ANCHORED SHEDS TO BE MOVED OFF FOUNDATION. ONE SHED BLOWN OVER 100 YARDS INTO A PASTURE. 0625 PM DOWNBURST 7 W OSHKOSH 41.41N 102.48W 08/10/2005 GARDEN NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE A DOWNBURST 7 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH FROM A DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORM CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF 40 EMPTY TRAIN CARS, THE UPROOTING OF A COTTONWOOD TREE, AND REPORTED DOWNING OF SOME POWER LINES. && $$ JWS  303 NOUS45 KFGZ 110430 PNSFGZ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 930 PM MST WED AUG 10 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY. IN GENERAL...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE HALF AN INCH OR LESS BUT A FEW STORMS PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. STRONG STORMS NEAR PRESCOTT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON RESULTED IN A WIDE AREA OF 1 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. THIS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE PRESCOTT AREA. STORMS OVER FAR NORTHEAST ARIZONA NEAR DENNEHOTSO CAUSED LAGUNA CREEK TO RISE. A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING FOR THE DENNEHOTSO AREA. MORE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. $$ MCCOLLUM  292 NOUS43 KARX 110700 PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LA CROSSE IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN FORECAST PRODUCTS BEING LATE OR UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.  602 NOUS43 KMKX 110717 PNSMKX LMZ643>646-665-WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 217 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN FORECAST PRODUCTS BEING LATE OR UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$  878 NOUS43 KARX 110717 CCA PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LA CROSSE IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN FORECAST PRODUCTS BEING LATE OR UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$  056 NOUS43 KGRB 110726 PNSGRB PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 227 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREEN BAY IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN FORECAST PRODUCTS BEING LATE OR UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY  425 NOUS43 KLOT 110803 PNSLOT PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL ISSUED BY NWS QUAD CITIES IA IL 303 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHICAGO IS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN CERTAIN FORECAST PRODUCTS BEING LATE OR UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$ JAZ  826 NOUS45 KGJT 110831 CCA PNSGJT PUBLIC INFORMATIONS STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 230 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM AROUND THE REGION... THE FOLLOWING ARE 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS, ENDING AT 9 PM, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. IN SOUTHEAST UTAH. LA SAL, 1 SOUTHWEST, .78 INCHES. MONTICELLO, 2 EAST, .45 INCHES. VALLEY OF THE GODS, .54 INCHES. IN WESTERN COLORADO. ALTENBERN, .29 INCHES. GATEWAY, .25 INCHES. OAK CREEK, 7 WEST SOUTHWEST, .33 INCHES. FRUITA, 2 WEST, .72 INCHES. MACK, 6 NORTHWEST, .72 INCHES. $$  767 NOUS45 KBOU 110859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-112300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 259 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY... 11 IN 1927...AN APPARENT DRY MICROBURST PRODUCED ONLY A TRACE OF RAIN AND BRIEF NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 34 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 44 MPH. IN 1939...THE AURORA BOREALIS WAS SIGHTED FROM THE CITY. IN 1980...HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE CAUSED SOME ROOF AND CAR DAMAGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF AURORA. IN 1990...LIGHTNING IGNITED A STORAGE TANK FILLED WITH 10 THOUSAND GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL IN A FARMER'S FIELD NEAR DACONO...25 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. FLAMES SHOT TO 40 FEET HIGH FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS BEFORE BEING EXTINGUISHED. A LIGHTNING BOLT ALSO STRUCK 21 MILES NORTH OF DENVER AT AN ERIE FIRE STATION...CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE GAS METER AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE SUDDEN POWER SURGE BLEW OUT THE STATION'S TELEVISION SET...A REFRIGERATOR...AND A POP MACHINE. SMALL FIRES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE... TOTALLY DESTROYING THE BUILDINGS ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE FIRES WERE QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY THE IN-RESIDENT FIRE FIGHTERS. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DENVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SANTA FE DRIVE AND I-25. IN 1992...DIME SIZE HAIL FELL IN WESTMINSTER. IN 1994...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH METRO DENVER. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN BRIGHTON WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN WESTMINSTER AND AT INDIAN HILLS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE IN ARVADA. THE RESULTING FIRE DESTROYED ONE THIRD OF THE HOUSE. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED OVER WESTMINSTER. IN 1997...LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS HAMMERED PORTIONS OF LAKEWOOD AND SOUTH DENVER. NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL IN THE SPAN OF 10 MINUTES IN SOUTH DENVER WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 1.81 INCHES. STREET FLOODING WAS EXTENSIVE AS GUTTERS AND OTHER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN THE AREA WERE CLOGGED BY HAIL...PILED SEVERAL INCHES DEEP...AND OTHER DEBRIS. STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO CARS...HOMES...AND BUSINESSES. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND TREES WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR LEAVES BY HAIL. A WATER LILY EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT THE DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. FINAL ESTIMATES OF THE DAMAGE INCLUDED 60 MILLION DOLLARS TO AUTOMOBILES AND AN ADDITIONAL 68 MILLION DOLLARS TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL IN SOUTH DENVER WITH 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL IN LAKEWOOD. A MAN RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES IN AURORA...WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE. IN 2003...HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS MEASURED IN AURORA NEAR CHERRY CREEK. $$  297 NOUS43 KMKX 110955 PNSMKX LMZ643>646-665-WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 500 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ACQUIRED SOME BACK-UP COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES. OUR WEATHER TEXT PRODUCTS SHOULD BE CURRENT. $$ DAVIS  640 NOUS42 KTBW 111037 PNSTBW PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 630 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...NOAA WEATHER RADIO KHB-32 TAMPA/RIVERVIEW OFF THE AIR... NOAA WEATHER RADIO KHB-32 TAMPA/RIVERVIEW THAT BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ IS CURRENTLY OFF THE AIR. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM... HOWEVER IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MUCH LONGER THE OUTAGE WILL PERSIST. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.  034 NOUS43 KICT 111101 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 601 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... IN 1944, BURLINGTON VERMONT HIT 101 DEGREES. THIS SET THEIR ALL TIME RECORD HIGH. IN 1980, CLOUDS AND RAIN FROM HURRICANE ALLEN PROVIDED A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE INCREDIBLE HEAT WAVE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY IN THE 70S TO LOWER 90S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IN 1936, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN WICHITA FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 89.0 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE HOTTEST AUGUST EVER OBSERVED IN WICHITA. $$ AUTO  147 NOUS43 KDVN 111134 PNSDVN IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-111730- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 635 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES...PRODUCTS ARE NOT UPDATING ON THE QUAD CITIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE. IN ADDITION...STORM REPORTS WILL NOT BE RECEIVED FROM THE WEB SITE. WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$  178 NOUS43 KGLD 111202 PNSGLD PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... IN 1956...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TEA CUPS WAS OBSERVED IN A THUNDERSTORM IN CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS. $$  758 NOUS43 KARX 111217 CCA PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 715 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE RESOLVED... THE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS WHICH HAD PLAGUED OUR OFFICE THROUGH THE NIGHT NOW APPEAR TO BE RESOLVED. ALL INFORMATION SHOULD NOW BE AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS SOME INFORMATION MISSING FROM OUR PRODUCTS OR INTERNET WEBSITE...PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS OUTAGE MAY HAVE CAUSED. $$ MW  008 NOUS44 KBRO 111329 PNSBRO TXZ248>257-112100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE RADAR WILL BE DOWN FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AFTER 800 AM THIS MORNING. THE RADAR WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. $$  450 NOUS41 KWBC 111339 PNSWSH TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 05-59 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 940 AM EDT THU AUGUST 11 2005 TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ CUSTOMERS FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES FROM: KEVIN L. JOHNSTON CHIEF...AVIATION SERVICES BRANCH SUBJECT: CHANGE OF LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... KALISPELL... MONTANA FROM KFCA TO KGPI: EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25 2005 ATTENTION: USERS OF NWS PRODUCTS FOR MONTANA...IN PARTICULAR KALISPELL. EFFECTIVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 25 2005 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WILL CHANGE THE IDENTIFIER USED FOR KALISPELL IN BULLETINS FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THIS CHANGE WILL RE- ALIGN THE SITE IDENTIFIER FOR THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...KALISPELL WITH THE LOCATION IDENTIFIER USED BY THE FAA. ON SEPTEMBER 1 2005 THE FAA WILL REDESIGNATE THE IDENTIFIER FOR THE GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM KFCA TO KGPI. THE FAA WILL RETAIN KFCA AS A NAVIGATION AID NEAR KALISPELL. A TABLE OF PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE MAY BE FOUND ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: WEATHER.GOV/OS/AVIATION/PDFS/KFCA_KGPI_IDENTIFIER_CHANGES.PDF THE TABLE LISTS THE WMO HEADING...AWIPS IDENTIFIER...AND AWIPS NODE FOR EACH TEXT PRODUCT. EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS CHANGING HEADERS ARE THE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST /TAF/...THE SURFACE METAR OBSERVATION...AND MODEL OUTPUT STATISTIC /MOS/ PRODUCTS. USERS WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE KALISPELL LOCATION IDENTIFIER FROM KFCA /OR FCA/ TO KGPI /OR GPI/...DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PRODUCT...TO CONTINUE RECEIVING NWS PRODUCTS FOR KALISPELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SITE IDENTIFIER CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT: BETH MCNULTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY SILVER SPRING MD 20910 PHONE: 301-713-1726 X116 EMAIL: BETH.MCNULTY@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ NNNN  925 NOUS43 KSGF 111348 PNSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111545- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 950 AM THU AUG 11 2005 NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXJ-61 WHICH SERVES THE JOPLIN AREA WILL BE OFF THE AIR FOR 60 TO 90 MINUTES DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING TODAY...OR APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 1000 AM AND 1130 AM. SERVICE WILL RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/SPRINGFIELD. $$ JLT  509 NOUS43 KOAX 111350 PNSOAX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY 850 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE NEBRASKA AMATUER RADIO NETS AS OF 800 AM CDT 24 HOUR 24 HOUR LOCATION PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL SNOWDEPTH /MELTED/ BLAIR 0.36 BURWELL 2.74 LEXINGTON 0.13 MINDEN 0.10 NELIGH 1.10 NORFOLK 1.50 OMAHA 1.50 OSHKOSH 1.04 SAINT PAUL 0.53 WELLFLEET 1.95 YUTAN 1.25 $$ KLEMM  385 NOUS43 KDMX 111359 PNSDMX IAZALL-121430- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 859 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 IOWA POLLEN COUNTS...PER CUBIC METER AREA RAGWEED TOTAL POLLEN PROVIDED BY NORTHWEST 6 7 SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT. SIOUX CITY IA SOUTHWEST 4 17 MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPT. COUNCIL BLUFFS IA CENTRAL 29 62 UNIVERSITY HYGIENIC LAB ANKENY IA EAST CENTRAL 30 37 LINN COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. CEDAR RAPIDS IA NOTE...THE TOTAL POLLEN COUNT IS ALL POLLEN INCLUDING RAGWEED. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD SPORES. $$ ST  492 NOUS41 KRNK 111359 PNSRNK NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ 042>045-120400- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1000 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN BLUEFIELD... THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT THE AIRPORT IN BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA WAS 68. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 67 SET IN 1961. $$ TW  260 NOUS43 KARX 111405 PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 904 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...LIGHTNING IS A SERIOUS DANGER... LIGHTNING IS AN UNDERRATED KILLER. ALREADY IN 2005 THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM LIGHTNING DOING VARIOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. HERE IS AN ACTUAL LIST OF RELATIVELY COMMON ACTIVITIES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING STRIKES THIS YEAR... * WORKING IN THE YARD * HIKING * CAMPING * FISHING IN A BOAT * PLAYING IN THE YARD * CHASING A BALL IN THE YARD * GOLFING * PLAYING SOFTBALL * RIDING A MOTORCYCLE * WORKING IN A FIELD * RIDING A HORSE * ROUNDING UP HORSES * STANDING UNDER A TREE * RUNNING NEAR A LAKE * UNLOADING A TRUCK OUTDOORS DO YOU CONSIDER THE RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHEN OUTDOORS OR DOING ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES? THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES YOU TO RESPECT LIGHTNING AND MOVE INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. DO NOT TAKE CHANCES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LIGHTNING SAFETY...VISIT OUR DEDICATED WEB SITE AT WWW.LIGHTNINGSAFETY.NOAA.GOV. $$ SHEA  414 NOUS43 KOAX 111408 PNSOAX OMAHA METRO PRECIPITATION REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY 0908 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 MEASUREMENTS TAKEN BETWEEN 6 AM And 8 AM BY STORM SPOTTERS AND NWS PERSONNEL .B OMA 0811 C DH07/PP/SF/SD :LOCATION 24HR PRECIP 24HR SNOWFALL SNOW DEPTH [OMAHA MID CITY] BEMIS PARK 1.85 / 0 / 0.00 [OMAHA NORTH] BENNINGTON 1.01 / 0 / 0.00 DODGE PARK 1.59 / 0 / 0.00 FLORENCE 2.15 / 0 / 0.00 [OMAHA SOUTH] GRETNA 0.91 / 0 / 0.00 PAPILLION 1.34 / 0 / 0.00 [OMAHA WEST] NWS OFFICE VALLEY 0.68 / / ELKHORN 2.35 / 0 / 0.00 .END $$  166 NOUS43 KLBF 111418 PNSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-120002- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 915 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...MUCH NEEDED RAIN FALLS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS BROUGHT SOAKING RAINS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SELECT CITIES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND AN INDICATION OF THE OVERALL RAINFALL DISPERSION PATTERN. CITY COUNTY RAINFALL AMOUNT ANSELMO CUSTER 3.22 STAPLETON LOGAN 2.63 ARNOLD CUSTER 2.39 PAXTON KEITH 1.52 BROKEN BOW CUSTER 1.29 CHAMBERS HOLT 1.23 KINGSLEY DAM KEITH 0.85 O'NEILL HOLT 0.77 THEDFORD THOMAS 0.68 NORTH PLATTE LINCOLN 0.66 AINSWORTH BROWN 0.56 KILGORE CHERRY 0.45 ELLSWORTH 15NE SHERIDAN 0.44 VALENTINE CHERRY 0.33 BUTTE BOYD 0.25 HAYES CENTER HAYES 0.17 $$ JS  207 NOUS43 KBIS 111427 PNSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-111800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 930 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE MINOT AFB WEATHER RADAR -KMBX- WILL BE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL AROUND 1 PM CDT. $$ TSW  197 NOUS43 KMQT 111431 PNSMQT ARBPNSMQT COOP OBSERVER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1026 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 NOTE: THESE REPORTS WERE TAKEN AROUND 8 AM AND RECEIVED THROUGH 10 AM. 24HR 24HR 24HR LOCATION PRECIP MAX MIN TEMP TEMP WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA AHMEEK 0.00 74 57 ATLANTIC MINE 0.00 M M BARAGA 7NW M 81 49 BRUCE CROSSING 0.00 M M FORTUNE LAKE 0.00 80 53 HOUGHTON COUNTY ARPT 0.00 77 49 IRONWOOD 0.00 74 55 PHOENIX FARMS 0.00 76 46 CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA BIG BAY 1W 0.00 77 48 CHAMPION/CLARKSBURG 0.00 81 44 COOKS 0.00 M M CORNELL 0.00 85 54 DAGGETT 0.00 M M GLADSTONE 0.00 M M IRON MTN/FORD ARPT 0.00 82 56 MARQUETTE NWS 0.00 75 50 MARQUETTE WEST 0.00 M M SPALDING 0.00 83 55 EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA MCMILLAN M 82 52 .END $$  885 NOUS43 KSGF 111433 PNSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121431- VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVATION REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 931 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 MAX MIN COUNTY LOCATION TEMP TEMP PRECIP SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BENTON COLE CAMP 3WNW 102 74 0.17 BENTON EDWARDS 6W 99 75 0.00 BARTON MINDENMINES 99 75 0.00 CHRISTIAN OZARK 92 72 0.00 CHRISTIAN 2 SSW HIGHLANDVILLE 98 68 0.00 DALLAS FAIR GROVE 3NE 99 72 0.00 DOUGLAS AVA 95 67 0.00 GREENE ASH GROVE 4S 96 78 0.00 HICKORY CROSS TIMBERS 2N 101 72 0.00 HOWELL WILLOW SPRINGS 2S 83 68 0.00 JASPER SARCOXIE 1W 98 72 0.00 LAWRENCE MILLER 97 73 0.00 NEWTON NEOSHO 5W 98 74 0.00 NEWTON NEOSHO 3S 95 74 0.00 PHELPS ROLLA 3NW 101 70 0.00 PULASKI DIXON 9SE 0.23 SHANNON WINONA 3SW 94 66 0.07 STONE CRANE 4N 98 69 0.00 TANEY FORSYTH 97 71 0.00 TANEY FORSYTH 1NW 93 72 T TANEY RIDGEDALE 4W 99 75 T TANEY PROTEM 4NE 97 70 0.00 TEXAS CABOOL 2NW 91 73 T WEBSTER NIANGUA 94 74 0.00 WRIGHT MOUNTAIN GROVE E SIDE 89 71 0.00  882 NOUS42 KGSP 111434 PNSGSP GAZ010-NCZ051-058-059-062-063-120245- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1034 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...WWG-82...ON JOANNA BALD IN GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN OFF THE AIR SINCE ABOUT 930 AM EDT. THE TROUBLE IS LINKED TO A POWER SUPPLY PROBLEM AT CLINGMANS DOME. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM...BUT AN ESTIMATED TIME OF RETURN TO BROADCAST SERVICE IS NOT KNOWN. $$ JONES  781 NOUS44 KSHV 111600 CCA PNSSHV ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-120000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 PRESS RELEASE GORUM FIRE TOWER OF THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RECEIVED A 25 YEAR INSTITUTIONAL AWARD AS A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VOLUNTEER OBSERVER AT NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA YESTERDAY AT 1 PM CDT. PAM FISHER OF THE GORUM FIRE TOWER RECEIVED A CITATION FOR SERVICE AND A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WAS PRESENTED BY CHRISTIAN STAPLETON, HYDROMETEROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN, FROM SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. GORUM FIRE TOWER HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION AT NATCHITOCHES...WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S. STANDARD RAIN GAUGE. REPORTS OF THE PRECIPITATION ARE ENTERED DAILY...WHILE A SUMMARY OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE COMPUTER AT THE SHREVEPORT OFFICE EACH MONTH. THERE THE DATA IS PROCESSED AND SENT ON TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC CENTER IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE IT IS COMPUTER PROCESSED, ARCHIVED AND PUBLISHED IN THE ARKANSAS CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR NATCHITOCHES. THE WORK DONE BY GORUM FIRE TOWER AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE NATION MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO MAKE IN-DEPTH STUDIES OF WEATHER TRENDS AND TO FORECAST FLOODING DURING VIOLENT STORM PERIODS. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONGRATULATE GORUM FIRE TOWER ON A JOB WELL DONE. $$  870 NOUS43 KFSD 111609 PNSFSD IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090- 097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-112109- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1109 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...SIOUX FALLS CLIMATE DATA... HIGH TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY.... 71 LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY..... 64 PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT..... 0.33 INCHES ...HURON CLIMATE DATA... HIGH TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY.... 76 LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY..... 66 PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT..... 0.01 INCHES ...SIOUX CITY CLIMATE DATA... HIGH TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY.... 74 LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY..... 70 PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT..... 0.83 INCHES MISSOURI RIVER STAGE............. 14.03 FEET $$  044 NOUS42 KTBW 111619 PNSTBW PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1220 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...NOAA WEATHER RADIO KHB-32 TAMPA/RIVERVIEW BACK ON THE AIR... NOAA WEATHER RADIO KHB-32 TAMPA/RIVERVIEW THAT BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ IS NOW BACK IN SERVICE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.  329 NOUS43 KMKX 111624 PNSMKX WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-112300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1125 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...HEAT-RELATED CHILDREN FATALITIES IN CLOSED VEHICLES... RECENT MEDICAL RESEARCH RESULTS INDICATED THAT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 29 CHILDREN DIE IN THE U.S. FROM HEAT STROKE EACH YEAR AFTER BEING LEFT UNATTENDED IN MOTOR VEHICLE. THIS IS BASED ON 1998-2002 NUMBERS. IN 2003 THE YEARLY TOTAL INCREASED TO 42. IN AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY...IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE INCREASE OF A VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 40 DEGREES IN FULL SUNSHINE...WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 72 TO 96 DEGREES F. EVEN LEAVING THE WINDOWS OPEN A CRACK /ABOUT 1.5 INCHES/ DID NOT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. MOST OF THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE RISE OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES. EVEN ON RELATIVELY COOL DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...THE TEMPERATURE RISE INSIDE VEHICLES IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH ON CLEAR AND SUNNY DAYS /INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 112 DEGREES ON A DAY WITH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF 72/. CONSEQUENTLY...INFANTS AND CHILDREN ARE AT RISK FOR HYPERTHERMIA. PLEASE...DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES...OR FOR THAT MATTER...ANY PETS. ------------------------------------- IN ADDITION...EXCESSIVE HEAT IS THE NUMBER-ONE WEATHER-RELATED KILLER IN THE U.S. ON AVERAGE...OVER 200 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM IN THE U.S. FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE DEATHS RELATED TO CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES... WHICH CAN OCCUR WHEN EXCESSIVE HEAT IS ABSENT /OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXCESSIVE/. $$ KAPELA  068 NOUS45 KPUB 111647 PNSPUB COZ058>089-093>099-120500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1047 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME THUNDERSTORM SAFETY RULES THAT CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO SOUTHERN COLORADO. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...GET INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE STORM...WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING AND WHERE YOU MAY BE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A LIGHTNING STORM...FIND A LOW SPOT. IF YOU ARE ABOVE TIMBERLINE...TRY TO FIND A SAFER SPOT AMONG LARGE BOULDERS OR UNDER AN OVERHANG. BELOW TIMBERLINE... SHELTER YOURSELF UNDER SHORTER TREES. AVOID ISOLATED...TALL TREES. STAY AWAY FROM WATER...POWER POLES AND METAL OBJECTS... SUCH AS A FENCE ROW OR GOLF CLUBS. IF IN A GROUP...STAY APART. IF SOMEONE IS STRUCK...OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE VICTIM. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END... LIGHTNING MAY BE ABOUT TO STRIKE YOU. CROUCH LOW TO THE GROUND WITH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER...MAKING CONTACT ONLY WITH THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET. PUT YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR EARS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED DURING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON AND SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING ON PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS. YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO WAIT OUT THE STORM BY EXITING OR PULLING ALL THE WAY OFF THE ROADWAY. TURN YOUR FLASHERS ON SO YOU CAN BE EASILY SEEN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO $$  654 NOUS45 KPUB 111648 PNSPUB COZ058>089-093>099-120500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1048 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF FLASH FLOOD SAFETY RULES THAT CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO SOUTHERN COLORADO. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. THE ROADWAY OR PATHWAY MAY BE WASHED OUT...AND WATER COULD BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. FAST FLOWING WATER ONE AND A HALF FEET DEEP CAN EASILY FLIP A VEHICLE OVER OR CARRY IT DOWN A CREEK OR RIVER. WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE...FIND HIGHER GROUND DURING HIGH WATER SITUATIONS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...IT MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. WHETHER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS YOUR PATH. NEVER TRY TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER ON FOOT...BECAUSE YOU COULD BE SWEPT AWAY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...IT MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. AT NIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOOD SITUATIONS DEVELOPING. THE FLOODING RAIN MAY BE MANY MILES AWAY FROM YOU...AND YOU COULD FACE QUICKLY RISING WATER WHILE LITTLE OR NO RAIN IS FALLING IN YOUR AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO CREEKS OR RIVERS...WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS. IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT...IT MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. THE ROAD OR A BRIDGE MAY BE WASHED OUT AND THE FAST FLOWING WATER COULD BE SEVERAL FEET DEEP. DRIVING INTO THIS SITUATION COULD BE FATAL. DO NOT STAY IN LOW AREAS WHICH CAN FLOOD QUICKLY WHEN WATER IS ON THE RISE. GO TO HIGHER GROUND. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO $$  608 NOUS43 KSGF 111649 PNSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111545- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1150 AM THU AUG 11 2005 NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXJ-61 WHICH SERVES THE JOPLIN AREA IS BACK UP AND RUNNING. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. $$ JLT  848 NOUS41 KALY 111659 PNSALY CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ053-054-060-061-VTZ013>015-260000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 100 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 NOAA WEATHER RADIO...K S C 43...TRANSMITTING FROM GORE MOUNTAIN NEW YORK AT 162.450 MEGAHERTZ...SERVING THE ADIRONDACKS AND LAKE GEORGE REGIONS...WILL BE OFF THE AIR FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS FOR REPAIRS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$  650 NOUS45 KGJT 111700 CCA PNSGJT PUBLIC INFORMATIONS STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1100 AM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 FOLLOWING ARE 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS, FROM AROUND EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. THESE REPORTS ARE FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AROUND 8:00 THURSDAY MORNING. FROM AROUND WESTERN COLORADO, RIDGWAY, 1.68 INCHES. FRUITA, 0.66 INCHES. FRUITA 1NW, 0.62 INCHES. GRAND JUNCTION 3SW, 0.58 INCHES. PARADOX 2N, 0.44 INCHES. GRAND JUNCTION, WALKER FIELD, 0.39 INCHES. GUNNISON 3SW, 0.37 INCHES. GRAND JUNCTION 6NNW, 0.36 INCHES. GRAND JUNCTION 6ESE, 0.35 INCHES. NEW CASTLE, 0.34 INCHES. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, 0.34 INCHES. MEEKER AIRPORT, 0.32 INCHES. PALISADE, 0.32 INCHES. GUNNISON, 0.30 INCHES. BLUE MESA LAKE 0.29 INCHES. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1SE, 0.28 INCHES. COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT, 0.27 INCHES. COLLBRAN 0.26 INCHES. COLLBRAN 2SW, 0.26 INCHES. CRAWFORD 4NNE, 0.26 INCHES. FRUITA 4ENE, 0.26 INCHES. MESA 6S, 0.24 INCHES. BLACK CANYON NATIONAL PARK, 0.21 INCHES. CRAIG AIRPORT, 0.20 INCHES. RIFLE AIRPORT, 0.19 INCHES. BATTLEMENT MESA, 0.18 INCHES. DOYLEVILLE 2E, 0.17 INCHES. SHOSHONE POWER PLANT IN GLENWOOD CANYON, 0.17 INCHES. MONTROSE 15W, 0.15 INCHES. SILT 1E, 0.13 INCHES. CRESTED BUTTE, 0.12 INCHES. DELTA 3E, 0.12 INCHES. MONTROSE, 0.11 INCHES. COLONA 4NW, 0.10 INCHES. GOTHIC, 0.10 INCHES. HOTCHKISS 4NW, 0.10 INCHES. MONTROSE AIRPORT, 0.10 INCHES. PLACERVILLE, 0.10 INCHES. FROM AROUND EASTERN UTAH, CANYONLANDS, NEEDLES OUTPOST, 1.40 INCHES. CANYONLANDS AIRPORT, 0.45 INCHES. CANYONLANDS, THE NEEDLES, 0.27 INCHES. ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, 0.22 INCHES. CANYONLANDS, ISLAND IN THE SKY, 0.21 INCHES. MANILA, 0.17 INCHES. CEDAR POINT, 0.10 INCHES. NATURAL BRIDGES NATL MONUMENT 0.10 INCHES. $$ DLC  124 NOUS43 KSGF 111743 PNSSGF PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1243 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE SLIGHTLY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI BUT THE REST OF THE REGION REMAINS DROUGHT STRICKEN... .SYNOPSIS...A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE OZARKS OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA IN QUITE SOME TIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE FRONTS MAY BE FAIRLY LIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AFTER THIS WEEKEND THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR RAIN INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BECOMES MORE CONDUCIVE TO BRINGING PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA. IN THE NEAR TERM...DEFICITS WILL REMAIN AS MUCH AS 3-6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AT MOST LOCATIONS. LOCATIONS ON THE OZARK PLATEAU AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY DRY. MANY SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE CONTINUING DRY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP WATER TABLE LEVELS BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE SUMMER AT MOST LOCATIONS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ACROSS THE OZARKS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR RANGE FROM 10 PERCENT BELOW NORMAL IN THE ROLLA AND GAINSEVILLE AREAS TO NEAR 30 PERCENT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE DRIEST AREAS AROUND SPRINGFIELD AND WARSAW. SINCE APRIL 1ST MANY AREAS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI ARE AS MUCH AS 50 PERCENT BELOW NORMAL. SOME OF THE MOST IMPACTED COUNTIES INCLUDE DENT...BENTON...MORGAN...GREENE...DALLAS ...CAMDEN AND TEXAS COUNTIES WHICH HAVE ONLY RECEIVED 30-50 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR. .LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED...CURRENTLY ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING ALL OR PORTIONS OF 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FIFTEEN COUNTIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND 1 IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAIN IN A MODERATE DROUGHT. EIGHTEEN COUNTIES ARE IN A SEVERE DROUGHT AND 1 COUNTY REMAINS IN AN EXTREME DROUGHT. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE CURRENT...JAMES...NORTH FORK...ELEVEN POINT...SAC...LITTLE SAC...POMME DE TERRE...BIG PINEY AND GASCONADE RIVER BASINS. FOR THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE DROUGHT MONITOR GO TO: HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) - CONTINUES TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE ABNORMALLY DRY REGION... IN KANSAS: CRAWFORD...BOURBON. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) - MODERATE DROUGHT CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE DROUGHT REGION... IN MISSOURI: CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...OREGON...OZARK...HOWELL...TANEY...BARRY... LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...SHANNON...STONE...VERNON...BARTON... JASPER. IN KANSAS: CHEROKEE. SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) - SEVERE DROUGHT CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE DROUGHT REGION... IN MISSOURI: BENTON...CEDAR...DENT...DADE...GREENE...LACLEDE...DALLAS...CAMDEN... MILLER...MARIES...HICKORY...POLK...PULASKI...PHELPS...SAINT CLAIR... TEXAS...WEBSTER...WRIGHT. SEVERE DROUGHT (D3) - EXTREME DROUGHT CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE EXTREME DROUGHT REGION... IN MISSOURI: MORGAN. .STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS...THE STATE OF MISSOURI HAS ACTIVATED ITS DROUGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR. IN ADDITION THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A DROUGHT ADVISORY FOR 40 COUNTIES A DROUGHT ALERT FOR 35 COUNTIES AND DROUGHT CONSERVATION FOR 30 COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THE MISSOURI GOVERNOR HAS ALSO REQUESTED THAT PORTIONS OF THE STATE BE DECLARED A NATURAL DISASTER AREA. .CLIMATE SUMMARY...THE MISSOURI OZARKS CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS ONLY ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVED ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN. GENERALLY...LITTLE TO NO RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE PAST WEEK. THE MEDIUM RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE 8-14 DAY TIME FRAME INDICATES A CHANCE OF SOME RELIEF AS A WETTER PATTERN MAY EVOLVE. THIS MAY PROVIDE THE OZARKS WITH SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL THOUGH THIS IS STILL RATHER FAR IN THE FUTURE TO TELL FOR SURE. BELOW ARE SOME STATIONS ACROSS MISSOURI INDICATING THE EXTENT OF THE DRY CONDITIONS NOW OCCURRING. CURRENTLY LOCATIONS HARDEST HIT ARE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION LOCATION SINCE JAN 1 NORMAL DEP SINCE JUN 1 NORMAL DEP SPRINGFIELD 20.53" 26.60" -6.07" 5.04" 9.51" -4.47" JOPLIN 21.53" 27.12" -5.59" 5.91" 10.02" -4.11" WEST PLAINS 21.76" 27.73" -5.97" 8.28" 8.36" -0.08" VICHY/ROLLA 22.46" 24.22" -1.76" 5.70" 8.75" -3.05" COLUMBIA 20.61" 25.22" -4.61" 5.47" 9.05" -3.58" ST. LOUIS 22.93" 24.52" -1.59" 7.66" 8.70" -1.04" KANSAS CITY 25.27" 23.77" +1.50" 11.52" 10.10" +1.42" ST. JOSEPH 26.50" 21.97" +4.53" 10.16" 9.42" +0.74" .SURFACE MOISTURE CONDITIONS...SOIL MOISTURE FOR MOST OF THE OZARKS PORTION OF MISSOURI REMAIN VERY DRY AS MOISTURE DEFICITS HAVE REMAINED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AT 20 TO 60MM BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS (CPC) WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/SOILMST/W.SHTML .RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUE TO REMAIN BELOW TO WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE LITTLE SAC...GASCONADE AND ELK RIVERS AND TURNBACK AND PEARSON CREEKS CONTINUE TO RUN VERY LOW WITH BOTH THE PEARSON AND PORTIONS OF TURNBACK CREEK RUNNING NEAR RECORD LOW FLOWS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR AREA CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE USGS'S "WATER WATCH" WEB SITE WHICH INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CURRENT FLOW AND HOW IT RELATES TO NORMAL. IT CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/WATERWATCH/ .AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS...MISSOURI CROPS CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT AND DRY WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK...AS MOST AREAS RECEIVED LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL TO RELIEVE THE DROUGHT. CROP CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE THE POOREST ACROSS THE NORTH-EAST...CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL DISTRICTS...WHILE PASTURE FEED IS BECOMING DEFICIENT OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE. TOPSOIL MOISTURE RATINGS OVER THE STATE AVERAGED 63 PERCENT VERY SHORT...28 PERCENT SHORT...AND 9 PERCENT ADEQUATE. SUBSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AS 45 PERCENT VERY SHORT...36 PERCENT SHORT AND 19 PERCENT ADEQUATE. FARMERS AVERAGED 6.7 DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK. PASTURE IS REPORTED AS 52 PERCENT VERY SHORT...30 PERCENT SHORT AND 14 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 4 PERCENT GOOD...A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT DECLINE A WEEK EARLIER. MANY FARMERS ARE FEEDING HAY TO SUPPLEMENT THE POOR PASTURE FEED AND SOME ARE MAKING PLANS TO BUY MORE HAY OR MARKET MORE CATTLE THAN USUAL BEFORE THE WINTER FEEDING SEASON. STOCK WATER SUPPLIES ARE RATED AS 28 PERCENT VERY SHORT...40 PERCENT SHORT AND 32 PERCENT ADEQUATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE USDA WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV/WEATHER/CPCURR/MO-CROP-WEATHER .FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...10 AND 100 HOUR FUEL STICK MOISTURE ACROSS THE OZARKS REMAIN VERY DRY. 10-H FUEL STICKS IN SOME LOCATIONS ARE AS LOW AS 5-6 PERCENT IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE OZARKS AROUND 7-10 PERCENT. 100-H FUEL STICKS CONTINUE TO DRIED OUT WITH THE ENTIRE STATE AT 6-15 PERCENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR OTHER PARTS OF MISSOURI CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (WFAS) WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.FS.FED.US/LAND/WFAS/WELCOME.HTM .PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK INDICATES EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE, BELOW OR NORMAL RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE. THE 90 DAY PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER INDICATES EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE...BELOW AND NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE REGION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS (CPC) OUTLOOK WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/PREDICTIONS/30DAY/ .ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...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 CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...COOPERATIVE AND VOLUNTEER OBSERVATIONS...USDAFS...THE USDA AND USGS. .QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: GENE HATCH CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI GENE.HATCH@NOAA.GOV $$ HATCH  870 NOUS43 KBIS 111814 PNSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 115 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 UV INDEX FORECAST VALID THURSDAY AUGUST 11 2005 AT SOLAR NOON /APPROXIMATELY NOON LOCAL STANDARD TIME OR 100 PM LOCAL DAYLIGHT TIME/ UVI EXPOSURE LEVEL 0 1 2 LOW 3 4 5 MODERATE 6 7 HIGH 8 9 10 VERY HIGH 11 AND GREATER EXTREME FOR HEALTH RELATED ISSUES...CONTACT EPA AT 1-800-296-1996 OR CDC 404-488-4347. FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON HOW UVI VALUES ARE GENERATED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 301-713-0622. THE UVI INDEX FORECAST... BISMARCK....5 (MODERATE) $$ TSW  243 NOUS43 KGRR 111854 PNSGRR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 253 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... .SYNOPSIS... DRY CONDITIONS HAVE PERSISTED THROUGH THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE SUMMER...AS A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS GENERALLY SITUATED OVER THE ENTIRE GREAT LAKES REGION. LATE JULY FEATURED A SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MASON...LAKE...OCEANA...OSCEOLA...AND NORTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTIES. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST ALONG THE LAKE SHORE MISSED THE PRECIPITATION ALMOST ALL TOGETHER. BOTH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS HAVE BEEN RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL. THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST FEATURED SEVERAL DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S FOR NUMEROUS SITES ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...COUPLED WITH DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AVERAGED ONLY 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THESE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALLOWED EXCESSIVE EVAPORATION TO OCCUR AT THE SURFACE WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO VERY DRY SOILS. WHILE SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY AND EARLY AUGUST...PRECIPITATION HAS NOT BEEN ON A BROAD SCALE ENCOMPASSING LARGE AREAS OF LAND. THE LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO BE THE DRIEST...AFTER SEEING A SHORT RELIEF TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN EARLY AND MID JULY...ARE EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. ...PRECIP DATA... THE FOLLOWING DATA IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL WEATHER NETWORK AND CONTAINS A CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION SUMMARY ENDING ON AUGUST 9TH 2005. PRECIPITATION TOTALS SINCE 08/03/2005 07/27/2005 07/13/2005 04/01/05 (LAST WEEK) (LAST 2 WEEKS) (LAST 4 WEEKS) (SINCE APR.1) BALDWIN WCL 1.18 1.19 -0.30 3.44 0.71 7.31 -5.05 FREMONT WCL 0.31 0.31 -1.18 2.38 -0.35 6.08 -6.28 HART WCL 2.15 2.17 0.68 5.24 2.51 10.16 -2.20 LUDINGTON WCL 2.44 2.48 0.99 4.88 2.15 10.52 -1.84 MUSKEGON WCL 0.17 0.17 -1.32 1.68 -1.05 5.78 -6.58 ALMA CL 0.24 0.32 -1.29 2.41 -0.65 7.22 -6.12 BIGRAPIDS CL 0.00 0.00 -1.61 4.12 1.06 8.61 -4.73 ALLEGAN SWL 0.20 0.21 -1.25 2.07 -0.87 5.64 -8.41 ALLENDALE SWL 0.00 0.11 -1.35 0.84 -2.10 5.37 -8.68 BHARBOR SWL 0.16 0.16 -1.30 2.36 -0.58 5.42 -8.63 FENNVILLE SWL 0.00 0.00 -1.46 1.16 -1.78 4.79 -9.26 GLENDORA SWL 0.56 0.56 -0.90 4.72 1.78 10.19 -3.86 GRANDJUNC SWL 0.21 0.22 -1.24 1.69 -1.25 8.34 -5.71 GRAPIDS SWL 0.03 0.03 -1.43 4.69 1.75 14.90 0.85 GULLLAKE SWL 0.19 0.19 -1.27 1.64 -1.30 2.44 -11.61 HOLLAND SWL 0.09 0.09 -1.37 0.57 -2.37 2.67 -11.38 HUDSNVLLE SWL 0.03 0.03 -1.43 2.03 -0.91 7.14 -6.91 KENTCITY SWL 0.20 0.21 -1.25 2.61 -0.33 8.80 -5.25 NILES SWL 0.65 0.65 -0.81 4.96 2.02 10.86 -3.19 NUNICA SWL 0.07 0.07 -1.39 1.76 -1.18 4.64 -9.41 SOUTHBEND SWL 0.40 0.40 -1.06 2.97 0.03 7.86 -6.19 SPARTA SWL 0.09 0.09 -1.37 3.45 0.51 8.48 -5.57 WATERVLIET SWL 0.20 0.21 -1.25 2.61 -0.33 7.66 -6.39 WESTOLIVE SWL 0.06 0.06 -1.40 1.62 -1.32 6.32 -7.73 EATNRAPIDS SCL 0.13 0.22 -1.33 3.25 0.19 9.20 -4.72 ELANSING SCL 0.03 0.12 -1.43 1.75 -1.31 8.86 -5.06 HASTINGS SCL 0.00 0.00 -1.55 3.52 0.46 13.82 -0.10 BATH SCL 0.79 1.26 -0.29 3.78 0.72 8.26 -5.66 BELDING SCL 0.05 0.05 -1.50 2.43 -0.63 11.94 -1.98 BROOKLYN SCL 0.13 0.22 -1.33 5.52 2.46 13.04 -0.88 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY ACCESSING: HTTP://WWW.AGWEATHER.GEO.MSU.EDU/ ...DROUGHT DEFINITIONS... ABNORMALLY DRY - RELATES TO SHORT TERM DRYNESS...SLOWING THE GROWTH OF CROPS...FIRE RISK ABOVE AVERAGE. MODERATE DROUGHT - RELATES TO SOME DAMAGE OR STRESS TO AGRICULTURE... FIRE RISK HIGH...STREAMS AND RESERVOIRS RUNNING LOW...SHORTAGES DEVELOPING OR IMMINENT...WATER RESTRICTIONS. SEVERE DROUGHT - RELATES TO AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE...FIRE RISK VERY HIGH...WATER SHORTAGES COMMON...WATER RESTRICTIONS MORE WIDESPREAD. ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 131 INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF: LAKE...NEWAYGO...KENT...BARRY...AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES. MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO AFFECT COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 131. THOSE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY ARE: MASON...OCEANA...MUSKEGON...OTTAWA...ALLEGAN...AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED...AFTER A SHORT RELIEF...ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF: OTTAWA...ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. FOR THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE DROUGHT MONITOR GO TO: HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML .RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS...RIVERS AND CREEKS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN HAVE SLOWLY DWINDLED TO BELOW NORMAL CONDITIONS AT NUMEROUS SITES. AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL IN LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST...STREAMS IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTERIOR CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN HAVE MAINTAINED A NEAR NORMAL STATUS. AT BEAR CREEK THE LATEST STAGE AS OF THIS WRITING WAS 10.13 FEET. THE NORMAL AUGUST STREAMFLOW IS 7.65 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND...WITH OBSERVED STREAMFLOW AT 1.4 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THIS PLACES BEAR CREEK BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT OF ITS NORMAL STREAMFLOW. ELSEWHERE THE WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL CONTINUES TO RUN BELOW NORMAL...WITH THE LATEST STAGE READING OF 0.96 FEET. ON THE RABBIT RIVER NEAR HOPKINS THE LATEST STAGE WAS 2.21 FEET...WITH A FLOW OF 11 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND AND A NORMAL FLOW AT 30 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THIS FLOW PLACES THE RABBIT RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 PERCENT OF NORMAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR AREA CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE USGS'S "WATER WATCH" WEB SITE WHICH INCLUDES INFORMATION ON CURRENT FLOW AND HOW IT RELATES TO NORMAL. IT CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/WATERWATCH/ .PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE FOR MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE NEXT 14 DAYS. WHILE TEMPERATURES MAY STILL SPIKE BACK UP TO THE 90 DEGREE RANGE...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS PERSISTENT AS WE HAVE SEEN OF LATE. OVERALL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN CHANGE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST FOR NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY ACCESSING THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/PREDICTIONS/30DAY/ .ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NESDIS...USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES...THE USGS...AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. .QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: DAVID BEACHLER DAVID.BEACHLER@NOAA.GOV (616) 949-0643 EXT. 352 ASSISTANT CLIMATE FOCAL POINT GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN $$  582 NOUS45 KPSR 111948 PNSPSR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1248 PM MST THU AUG 11 2005 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH-CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...OR FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SAFETY RULES IF FLASH FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE...ESPECIALLY NORMALLY DRY WASHES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING WASH...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND WASHES. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A SUDDEN DOWNPOUR MAY CUT VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. WIND-DRIVEN RAIN MAY HAMPER BOTH DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN. WHEN FACED WITH SUCH WEATHER CONDITIONS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND PROCEED SLOWLY WITHIN YOUR RANGE OF SIGHT. HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CLIMB TO HIGHER GROUND WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE AREA OR WHEN FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  877 NOUS43 KARX 111951 PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 250 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...GRANT COUNTY WORSENS TO SEVERE DROUGHT... ...REMAINDER OF AREA SEES NO CHANGE... FROM AUGUST 2ND THROUGH AUGUST 9TH...BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ACROSS FLOYD...WINNESHIEK...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS IN CHARLES CITY... IOWA WHERE 1.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SAW LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION. EVEN THOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WAS WELCOME...IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY CHANGE IN THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) OR MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) CONDITIONS. THE LACK OF RAIN IN GRANT COUNTY HAS CAUSED THE MODERATE (D2) TO WORSEN TO SEVERE (D3). THIS WAS MOST NOTICEABLE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS COUNTY. IN THE AUGUST 11TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS EXISTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) CONTINUED TO EXIST ACROSS WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN; AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. FINALLY SEVERE (D2) TO EXTREME (D3) WAS LOCATED FROM EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. ...LOCAL AREA AFFECTED... SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) CONDITIONS EXISTS ACROSS GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN; BUFFALO...JACKSON...AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN; ADAMS AND JUNEAU COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN; AND CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA. MEANWHILE ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CRAWFORD...RICHLAND... AND VERNON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...HOUSTON...WABASHA...AND WINONA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND ALLAMAKEE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA. ...STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS... ON JULY 15TH...WISCONSIN GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE DECLARED A STATEWIDE DROUGHT EMERGENCY. THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO EXPEDITE FARMERS REQUESTS FOR TEMPORARY IRRIGATION PERMITS TO DIVERT STREAM OR LAKE WATER TO IRRIGATE THEIR PARCHED CROPS...WHILE ASSURING THAT FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC LIFE AND WATER USERS ARE NOT HURT BY THE REQUESTED DIVERSIONS. .CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY... SINCE MARCH 1...2005...PRECIPITATION DEFICITS RANGED FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AND MOST OF NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN; AND FROM FOUR TO TEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WISCONSIN. LA CROSSE...WISCONSIN HAD RECEIVED 14.09 INCHES PRECIPITATION FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 10TH. THIS IS 4.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OF 18.27 INCHES. .SOIL MOISTURE... AS OF AUGUST 9TH...THE MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER (MRCC) INDICATED SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .RIVER AND STREAM FLOW CONDITIONS... WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST WEEK...THE RIVER FLOWS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LOWEST FLOWS COMPARED TO CLIMATOLOGY CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ALONG THE BLACK AND TURKEY RIVERS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND BLOODY RUN CREEK AND LITTLE CEDAR CREEK IN NORTHEAST IOWA. .AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS... WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST WEEK...THE SOIL MOISTURE CONTINUED TO DECREASE. AS A RESULT...THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF VERY SHORT AND SHORT TOP AND SUB MOISTURE CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE FROM VARIOUS WISCONSIN EXTENSION AGENCIES DURING THE PAST WEEK. IN CLARK COUNTY...BOTH CORN EAR SIZE AND SOYBEAN POD SET LOOK QUITE GOOD. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL HELP FILL OUT THE KERNELS AND BEANS. QUALITY OF THIRD CUTTING FORAGE IS VERY GOOD...WHILE YIELDS ARE AVERAGE. IN GRANT COUNTY...THE OAT COMBINES ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS WEEK.YIELDS OF OATS AND STRAW ARE EXCELLENT. YIELDS OF 100 BUSHELS PER ACRE OF OATS ARE NOT UNCOMMON. (WISCONSIN CROP WEATHER - AUGUST 8...2005) .FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS... AS OF THE MORNING OF AUGUST 11TH...THERE WAS MODERATE FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA CITIZENS SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THEIR AREA BEFORE UNDERTAKING ANY OUTSIDE BURNING. CITIZENS ARE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES AND SUPPRESSION COSTS OF ANY WILDFIRE THEY MAY START. .PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES OUTLOOKS... A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN MOST PLACES...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE NEXT WEEK...BUT THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS ON HOW MUCH OF A SURPLUS WE WILL SEE TO ALLEVIATE OUR LONG TERM PRECIPITATION DEFICITS. TEMPERATURES DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL LIKELY AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL. BEYOND THIS TIME FRAME THE 8 TO 14 DAY FORECAST FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 18TH TO AUGUST 24TH CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. BOTH THE 30 AND 90 DAY OUTLOOKS CALL FOR EQUAL CHANCES FOR BELOW... ABOVE...AND CLIMATOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. .QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JEFFREY BOYNE CLIMATE SERVICES FOCAL POINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE...WI 54601-3038 TELEPHONE 608-784-8275 E-MAIL JEFF.BOYNE@NOAA.GOV .RELATED WEB SITES /ALL SMALL LETTERS/... LOCAL DROUGHT SITE... HTTP//WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE/DROUGHT.PHP ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY DROUGHT SITE... HTTP//WWW.SWS.UIUC.EDU/HILITES/DROUGHT ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION - USGS - HTTP//WATER.USGS.GOV COE - HTTP//WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR - HTTP//WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/INDEX.HTML NOAA DROUGHT PAGE - HTTP//WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER - HTTP//WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV $$ BOYNE  439 NOUS42 KRAH 111953 PNSRAH NCZ010-011-027-028-043-120800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 353 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS STATION WXL-59... BROADCASTING ON FREQUENCY 162.475 MHZ AND SERVING MUCH OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... IS OFF THE AIR. TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. $$ GIH  063 NOUS41 KALY 111958 PNSALY NYZ032>035-041>043-082>084-VTZ009-011-013-019-120000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 355 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 NOAA WEATHER RADIO...K S C 43...TRANSMITTING FROM GORE MOUNTAIN NEW YORK AT 162.450 MEGAHERTZ...SERVING THE ADIRONDACKS AND LAKE GEORGE REGIONS...IS BACK ON THE AIR AFTER BEING DOWN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS FOR REPAIRS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT RESULTED. $$  606 NOUS45 KPSR 112203 PNSPSR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 302 PM MST THU AUG 11 2005 ...24 HOUR PRECIPITATION FOR THE PHOENIX METRO AREA ENDING AT 3 PM... 6 HR PRECIPITATION (INCHES) OLDEST >>>>>>>>>>> NEWEST ID STATION NAME 3 PM 9 PM 3 AM 9 AM 24 HR -9 PM -3 AM -9 AM -3 PM TOTAL AHWATUKEE MAHA3 AHWATUKEE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.12 APACHE JUNCTION PMDA3 USERY MOUNTAIN PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 KNGA3 KINGS RANCH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 AVONDALE AVOA3 AGUA FRIA @ BUCKEYE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BUCKEYE MBUA3 BUCKEYE FRS #2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CAREFREE ZCAA3 FRAESFIELD MOUNTAIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CRFA3 CAREFREE RANCH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CAVECREEK HMBA3 HUMBOLDT MOUNTAIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.43 CBTA3 CAVE BUTTES DAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CHANDLER ZCHA3 EMF @ ARIZONA AVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 M M GILBERT ZGIA3 MESA TOWER M M M 0.16 0.16 ZCPA3 CROSSROADS PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 GLENDALE MGLA3 CITY OF GLENDALE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MMDA3 MARYLAND @ 27TH AVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MSXA3 ACDC @ 67TH AVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 GOODYEAR ZGYA3 TUTHILL @ RAY RD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 GUADALUPE ZGAA3 GUADALUPE FRS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MESA MBDA3 BROADWAY @ DOBSON 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ZBLA3 BROADWAY @ LINDSAY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MBHA3 BROWN RD. @ HORNE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MEEA3 KLEINMAN PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FALA3 THUNDER MOUNTAIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MLAA3 MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 WMSA3 QUEEN CREEK RD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ZUPA3 USURY PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NEW RIVER NEWA3 SUNUP RANCH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PARADISE VALLEY MCLA3 CAVE CREEK LANDFILL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MCCA3 E FORK CC #1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MLDA3 LOST DOG WASH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MRPA3 REATA PASS DAMSITE 0.00 0.00 M 0.00 0.00 PEORIA NRDA3 NEW RIVER DAM M M M 0.00 0.00 MBLA3 NEW RIVER @ BELL RD 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 PHOENIX MBTA3 CESAR CHAVEZ PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MMIA3 MISSOURI @ 16TH ST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MOXA3 OLD XCUT @ MCDOWELL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MPAA3 PAPAGO PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MPPA3 PERRY PARK 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ADBA3 ADOBE DAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MPHA3 SKUNK CREEK @ I-17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MPMA3 JEFFERSON @ 4TH AVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MROA3 ROESER @ 2ND ST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SOMA3 SOUTH MOUNTAIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ZSFA3 SOUTH MOUNTAIN FAN 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.08 MTHA3 THOMAS & 16TH ST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MTQA3 THOMAS @ 48TH ST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 QUEEN CREEK ZQRA3 QUEEN CR @ RITTENHO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ZQCA3 QUEEN CREEK LANDFIL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 QNCA3 EMF @ QUEEN CREEK R 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SCOTTSDALE SDLA3 INDIAN BEND WASH @ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ZMDA3 MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN P 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MPJA3 PIMA @ JOMAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SUN CITY MSWA3 SUN CITY WEST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SURPRISE MDYA3 DYSART @ BELL RD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MCFA3 MCMICKEN FLOODWAY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 TEMPE MSPA3 SALT RIVER @ PRIEST 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MTEA3 ASU SOUTH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  681 NOUS43 KMKX 112210 PNSMKX 665-WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-120200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 510 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO STATION WXJ-87 BACK ON THE AIR... NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO STATION WXJ-87 (162.550 MHZ)...WHICH SERVES THE MADISON METROPOLITAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS IS IN BACK IN SERVICE AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SPURIOUS OUTAGES MAY STILL OCCUR THIS EVENING WHILE TELEPHONE PROVIDER MCI CONTINUES TO REPAIR COMMUNICATIONS AT A FACILITY IN ILLINOIS WHICH WAS DAMAGED DUE TO A FIRE AND POWER OUTAGE LAST NIGHT. $$ MBK  649 NOUS45 KGGW 112217 PNSGGW PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 415 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...FISCHER-PORTER UPGRADE (FPU) NOW IMPLEMENTED AT COOPERATIVE STATION CONTENT, MONTANA ON AUG 11TH, 2005. THIS EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION WILL ONLY CHANGE THE WAY THE PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT IS TAKEN. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OR THE TIMELINESS OF THEIR STATIONS HOURLY PRECIPITATION DATA (HPD). DATA WILL BE REPORTED IN MONTHLY HPD PUBLICATIONS ONLY. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 5 OUT OF 71 COOPERATIVE STATIONS IN THE WFO GLASGOW COUNTY WARNING AREA (CWA) THAT WILL BE UPGRADED ON THE DATES INDICATED BELOW. COOP STN NAME.....COOP STN ID....IMPLMT DATE........DATA AVAIL DATE FT PECK...........24-3176........JUN 10 2005........SEP 2005 WESTBY............24-8777........JUN 16 2005........OCT 2005 BREDETTE..........24-1088........JUL 22 2005........NOV 2005 CONTENT...........24-1984........AUG 11 2005........DEC 2005 DODSON 11 N.......24-2441........AUG 2005...........DEC 2005 THE NEW DATA WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER (NCDC) IN THE HOURLY PRECIPITATION DATA HPD NO EARLIER THAN THE DATA AVAILABILITY DATE LISTED ABOVE. INFORMATION ON THE HPD IS AVAILABLE FROM NCDC ON THEIR WEB SITE: HTTP://OCCLUDED.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/SERIALPUBLICATIONS/ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FISCHER-PORTER UPGRADE, PLEASE CONTACT: MATT MOORMAN...COOPERATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER (CPM) NWS/WFO GGW GLASGOW MONTANA PHONE: 406-228-4042 EMAIL: MATTHEW.MOORMAN@NOAA.GOV THIS AND OTHER NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE (USING LOWER CASE LETTERS) AT: HTTP://WWWNWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$ BB  139 NOUS44 KBRO 112218 PNSBRO TXZ248>257-112100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE RADAR NOW BACK IN OPERATION. $$ SPEECE  654 NOUS44 KBRO 112218 RRA PNSBRO TXZ248>257-112300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE RADAR NOW BACK IN OPERATION. $$ SPEECE  566 NOUS43 KLSX 112223 PNSLSX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ...DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA WERE DUE TO MICROBURST PRODUCING STORMS... A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED OVER PARTS OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY AND PARTS OF ST. LOUIS METRO EAST AREAS THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE DAMAGING WINDS WERE THE RESULT OF MICROBURST PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3:00 AND 6:00 PM CDT. THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND EVENTS OCCURRED OVER THE WELDON SPRINGS AREA IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED SCATTERED TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE MAINLY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 94 AND U.S.40 AND INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 3:25 TO 3:45 PM CDT. ANOTHER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAUSED STRUCTUAL AND BOAT DAMAGE OCCURRED THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE ALTON MARINA WHILE MINOR TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE WAS NOTED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN ALTON. THIS WAS ALSO DUE TO AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 50 TO 60 MPH. MORE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE TO PARTS OF THE METRO EAST AREA. ONE AREA THAT EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE WAS LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 255 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 157 OR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILE SOUTH OF PARKS BI-STATE AIRPORT. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS AND TREES FELL ON HOMES OVER THIS AREA. WIND EQUIPMENT AT THE FALLING SPRINGS QUARRY JUST SOUTH OF THE TREE DAMGE RECORDED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 100 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 70 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. THE PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED AT 4:55 PM CDT. OTHER AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED LARGE LIMB AND TREE DAMAGE INCLUDED THE EAST SIDE OF EDWARDSVILLE AND OVER THE HIGHLAND ILLINOIS AREA. PRZYBYLINSKI/TILLY  354 NOUS45 KPUB 112249 PNSPUB COZ070-085-086-112348 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 448 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2005 PUEBLO HIGH TODAY................. 83 LOW THIS MORNING........... 63 PCPN PAST 24 HRS........... 0.06 PK WND GUST NORTH 31 MPH. COLORADO SPRGS HIGH TODAY................. 75 LOW THIS MORNING........... 60 PCPN PAST 24 HRS........... 0.17 PK WND GUST NORTHWEST 20 MPH. ALAMOSA HIGH TODAY................. 77 LOW THIS MORNING........... 57 PCPN PAST 24 HRS........... 0.52 PK WND GUST SOUTH 22 MPH. NNNN