Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 April 2006

Region has thirst for some rain [North Carolina]
http://www.reidsvillereview.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RVR/MGArticle/RVR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835096771&path=!frontpage

Snowpack levels rebound after last winter’s drought [Washington]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002906846_water03m.html?syndication=rss

Moisture makes dent in drought [Colorado]
http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news060404_6.htm

Sierra snowpack brings end to drought [Nevada]
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4723334

Colorado still facing drought
http://www.lamardaily.com/Stories/0,1413,121~7979~3283524,00.html

Drought fears grow after parched winter [North Carolina]
http://www.thestate.com/mld/charlotte/news/weather/14266112.htm?source=rss&channel=charlotte_news

April showers may bring end to drought [Illinois]
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/04/07/news/doc443698caa44cf257902287.txt

Strand in early stages of drought [North Carolina]
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/14314133.htm

Summer drought threat concerns Southeast climatologists
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=73891

Wildfire season likely to be busy across USA
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2006-04-12-wildfire-forecast_x.htm?csp=34

Rain falls, but drought lingers [Illinois]
http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=258249

Some East Coast States Have Driest March Ever, Severe Drought Continues in Southwest, Southern Plains
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2612.htm

Parts of Missouri shy 21 inches of rain
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1145370532119.xml&catref=ag1001

Drought watch calls for 5 percent reduction in water usage [Pennsylvania]
http://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2006/0418/local/stories/07local.htm

Rains Bring Needed Relief [Texas]
http://www.fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2006/04/25/news/04news.txt

Report: State now emerging from seven-year drought [Montana]
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/04/20/montana/a06042006_01.txt

Dry trend starting to worry drought trackers [North Carolina]
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/NEWS/60419053/-1/State

Rhode Island reaches early stage of drought
http://www.abc6.com/engine.pl?station=wlne&id=19701&template=breakout_story_local_news.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y

A tiny dent in drought [Mississippi]
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/14403318.htm

Covington well to help monitor drought status [Alabama]
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/articles/2006/04/21/news/earlier%20this%20month/817news.txt

Where did the rain go? [Rhode Island]
http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060421_21dry.1cf00fbe.html

‘Drought watch’ warning on hold: Local water officials say supplies plentiful here despite dry March and April [New Jersey]
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/NEWS01/604220309/1002/NEWS01

Drought in southern Louisiana worse than most realize
http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2006/04/22/news/17ladrought.txt

Weekend rain quiets fire and drought talk [New Jersey]
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/story/6157774p-6155587c.html

Despite recent rain, Arkansas’ drought isn’t over
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=4818517&nav=menu93_2

Southwest Missouri eyes water conservation as drought continues
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/14425699.htm

SLV dangerously dry [Colorado]
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1146060013/18

Rain helps, but only a bit [Virginia]
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835571738&path=!news

Rain eases drought - but not enough [Mississippi]
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060426/NEWS01/604260314/1002

ISWS: Drought is Over [Illinois]
http://www.ilfb.org/viewdocument.asp?did=11618&r=0.434643

County enters drought watch, burn ban ongoing [Pennsylvania]
http://www2.theclarionnews.com/General_News/53198.shtml

S.C. Officials: No Drought, Yet [South Carolina]
http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=37392

Forest officials urge caution [New Mexico]
http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060428/NEWS01/604280328/1081/SILVERCITY

Drought will likely close off forests [New Mexico]
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/42961.html