DROUGHT STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 759 AM EST DEC 4 1998 ...PENNSYLVANIA DEP DELARES DROUGHT IN ALL 67 COUNTIES... THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS DELCARED A DROUGHT WARNING IN 13 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES AND A DROUGHT WATCH IN THE REMAINING 54 COUNTIES. . THE DROUGHT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVAINA COUNTIES... BEDFORD... CAMBRIA... CAMERON... CENTRE... CLEARFIELD... CLINTON... FRANKLIN... LYCOMING... AND SNYDER THE DROUGHT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ADAMS... BLAIR... COLUMBIA... CUMBERLAND... DAUPHIN... ELK... FULTON... HUNTINGDON... JUNIATA... LANCASTER... LEBANON... MCKEAN... MIFFLIN... MONTOUR... NORTHUMBERLAND... PERRY... POTTER... SCHUYLKILL... SOMERSET... SULLIVAN... UNION... TIOGA... WARREN... AND YORK. A DROUGHT WARNING CALLS FOR A 10 PERCENT VOLUNTARY REDUCTION IN WATER CONSUMPTION WHILE A DROUGHT WATCH CALLS FOR A 5 PERCENT REDUCTION IN WATER CONSUMPTION. WITHIN THESE COUNTIES MANY AREAS ARE UNDER MANDATORY WATER RESTRICTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL WATER SUPPLIER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WATER RESTRICTION STATUS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS...THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DCNR) HAS IMPOSED A STATE-WIDE BURN BAN ON ALL STATE FOREST AND GAME LANDS. BELOW IS A TABLE LISTING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR DECEMBER...THE LAST 120 DAYS...AND THE YEAR THUS FAR. COUNTY MONTH LAST 120 DAYS YEAR SO FAR TOT/DEP TOT/ DEP TOT/ DEP/ % ADAMS 0 -.2 7.2 -6.7 45.1 6.8 18 BEDFORD .1 -.1 5.9 -6.4 35.1 0.1 0 BLAIR .1 -.1 8.3 -4.5 37.0 0.1 0 CAMBRIA .1 -.1 8.3 -4.5 39.6 -1.7 -3 CAMERON .1 -.1 8.6 -6.0 32.0 -7.9 -19 CENTRE .1 -.1 7.9 -5.3 36.7 -0.1 0 CLEARFIELD .1 -.1 8.1 -5.3 35.2 -3.3 -8 CLINTON .1 -.1 8.4 -5.0 34.2 -3.0 -7 COLUMBIA 0 -.1 10.9 -3.7 41.9 3.6 9 CUMBERLAND 0 -.2 7.7 -5.3 45.8 9.6 27 DAUPHIN 0 -.2 8.7 -4.9 44.4 6.6 17 ELK .1 -.1 10.3 -4.0 35.3 -5.0 -11 FRANKLIN 0 -.2 7.0 -6.7 44.2 6.2 16 FULTON 0 -.1 7.0 -5.6 40.7 5.1 14 HUNTINGDON .1 -.1 7.2 -5.1 37.7 2.7 8 JUNIATA .1 -.1 9.2 -4.0 41.8 4.8 13 LANCASTER 0 -.2 9.6 -3.9 41.7 3.8 10 LEBANON 0 -.2 11.3 -2.6 48.4 9.0 23 LYCOMING .1 -.1 8.5 -4.3 36.9 1.0 3 MCKEAN .2 0 10.6 -4.5 37.3 -3.4 -7 MIFFLIN .1 -.1 9.0 -3.8 41.3 4.9 13 MONTOUR 0 -.1 9.8 -4.1 39.5 1.7 4 NORTHUMBERLAND 0 -.2 9.7 -4.5 41.2 3.1 8 PERRY 0 -.2 8.4 -5.2 42.9 6.0 16 POTTER .2 0 8.4 -5.3 34.0 -3.6 -9 SCHUYLKILL 0 -.2 12.6 -3.3 48.1 5.3 12 SNYDER 0 -.1 10.2 -4.0 41.9 2.9 7 SOMERSET .1 -.1 7.9 -5.3 39.9 1.0 3 SULLIVAN .1 -.1 8.6 -4.5 50.1 4.7 13 TIOGA .1 -.1 6.7 -5.0 32.8 0.5 1 UNION 0 -.2 10.8 -3.5 41.6 2.7 7 WARREN .2 0 9.8 -5.8 33.8 -7.1 16 YORK 0 -.1 7.8 -5.2 42.0 5.2 14 MOST OF THE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN DURING THE LAST 120 DAYS OCCURRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PERIOD. THEREFORE THE DEFICIT NUMBERS OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER. MANY AREAS ARE UNDER MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION...HOWEVER IF YOU ARE NOT...YOU COULD BE SOON. PLEASE VOLUNTARILY OBEY THESE SIMPLE WATER CONSERVATION TIPS: 1. DO NOT WATER LAWNS OR PLANTS 2. DO NOT WASH CARS 3. DO NOT RUN WATER WHILE SHAVING...BRUSHING TEETH...OR DOING DISHES 4. CONSERVE WATER WHILE DOING LAUNDRY. WASH ONLY FULL LOADS. 5. FIX ANY LEAKS IN FAUCETS 6. INSTALL LOW FLOW SHOWER HEADS 7. PLACE A WEIGHTED PLASTIC JUG IN YOUR TOILET TANK TO DISPLACE WATER THE 6 TO 10 DAY OUTLOOK FOR PENNSYLVANIA FROM DECEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE 10TH CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WHILE THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST CALLS FOR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES. THE 90 DAY OUTLOOK FOR PENNSYLVANIA FROM DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY 1999 CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION MAPS AND DROUGHT INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE INTERNET AT HTTP://BOOKEND.MET.PSU.EDU ONDREJIK