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Residents of Spring Valley expressed concern about the falling level of Lake Mead, noting that they were conserving water and were worried about water supplies for the future. Lake Mead was losing water faster than ever, and summer was just starting. Las Vegas Now (Nev.), June 8, 2022

Northampton enacted a water use restriction until further notice that non-essential use of public water supply be prohibited between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The public water supply is regulated by the state. Restrictions are imposed when “stream flow in the Mill River drops below a certain quantity of flow (26.3 cubic feet per second) for a three-day period or when the DEP Drought Task Force declares Drought Advisory Level 1 or higher.” The stream flow has fallen below 26.3 cubic feet per second for three consecutive days. Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.), June 8, 2022

The Desert Water Agency's Board of Directors adopted water restrictions on June 7, which included a ban on sprinkler and spray irrigation during daylight hours. Another restriction on water says that restaurants must serve water to patrons only on request. Palm Springs Desert Sun (Calif.), June 7, 2022

Taylor County commissioners approved an order regulating some aerial fireworks in unincorporated parts of the county due to drought. The sale and use of “missiles with fins” and “skyrockets with sticks” are restricted. The order expires on the date the Texas Forest Service determines drought conditions no longer exist in the county or at midnight, July 4, whichever is earlier. Abilene Reporter News (Texas), June 7, 2022

Drought in the Hill Country of Texas has kept peaches small this year, but the fruit is sweeter, although yield is down a bit. San Antonio Express-News (Texas), June 8, 2022

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1047 AM CDT Wed Jun 08 2022 Valid 081700Z - 091200Z The previous forecast remains on track, with minor changes made to the isolated dry thunderstorm delineation to reflect the latest high-resolution model guidance consensus. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 06/08/2022 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0158 AM CDT Wed Jun 08 2022/ ...Synopsis... As easterly upslope flow overspreads the High Plains in conjunction with sufficient midlevel moisture, isolated high-based thunderstorms should develop over the higher terrain from southern CO south-southwestward into NM and southeast AZ. Given the presence of highly receptive fuels across these areas, isolated lightning-induced ignitions will be possible during the initial stages of development and away from any heavier precipitation cores. In addition, strong to severe outflow winds could accompany the more organized/longer-lived storms as they track eastward across southern CO and east-central NM. For details on the severe weather threat, see the Day 1 Convective Outlook. Over parts of southern CA (particularly southern Santa Barbara County), breezy/gusty offshore winds could overlap 10-20 percent RH during the evening and overnight hours. This could result in locally elevated conditions where the dry/breezy conditions develop amid pockets of dry fuels. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

MD 1088 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 331... FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST OK...SOUTHWEST AR...FAR NORTHEAST TX.
Mesoscale Discussion 1088 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1036 AM CDT Wed Jun 08 2022 Areas affected...South-Central/Southeast OK...Southwest AR...Far Northeast TX. Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 331... Valid 081536Z - 081700Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 331 continues. SUMMARY...Ongoing convective line will likely continue across southeast OK, southwest AR, and far northeast TX. An additional watch may be needed. DISCUSSION...Regional radar imagery shows a well-organized convective line moving across south-central OK. Recent storm motion on the leading edge of this line was around 40 kt, which brings it to the eastern edge of Severe Thunderstorm Watch 331 around 1630Z. Some convective inhibition currently remains within the downstream air mass across southeast OK and adjacent southwest AR/far northeast TX. However, this inhibition is expected to further erode with time. Additionally, visible satellite imagery already shows some towering cumulus over the region, suggestive of a destabilizing air mass. Given these trends, the ongoing convective line will likely persist as it moves into more of southeast OK and southwest AR. Most recent wind gusts within the line have been around 40 kt, but higher gusts will remain possible, particularly if more robust development occurs as the downstream air mass destabilizes. As such, an additional watch may be needed downstream. ..Mosier/Guyer.. 06/08/2022 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN... LAT...LON 35429622 34989392 34239356 33409438 33769782 34429746 34979694 35429622 Read more

WW 0331 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0331 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET Read more

WW 331 SEVERE TSTM OK TX 081230Z - 081800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 331 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 730 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central to southern Oklahoma Northwest Texas * Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 730 AM until 100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Southward-propagating cluster across the southern Texas Panhandle will pose the greatest near-term threat for severe wind gusts in northwest Texas. Lead supercell anchoring the cluster in west-central Oklahoma may pivot and forward propagate to the east-southeast through midday with a mix of severe wind and hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west southwest of Childress TX to 55 miles northeast of Ardmore OK. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 330... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector 31030. ...Grams Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0711 AM CDT Wed Jun 08 2022 Valid 081300Z - 091200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS TO THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE OHIO VALLEY... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are most probable across the Ohio Valley/Midwest and from the southern Great Plains across the Deep South. ...OH Valley/Midwest... A weakening MCS is ongoing across the Mid-MS Valley along a warm front. A continued weakening trend is anticipated through midday with a remnant MCV tracking east across central IL/IN. As the warm front advances northeast, a plume of 60s surface dew points combined with pockets of greater insolation to the south and in the wake of the MCV, in conjunction with steepening mid-level lapse rates given the approaching shortwave trough should result in destabilization and a pronounced gradient of MLCAPE this afternoon. Several supercells will likely develop within a belt of strong mid-level westerlies attendant to the shortwave trough and enhanced lower-level flow attendant to the MCV. Should adequate destabilization occur where low-level hodographs are enlarged, potential for a few tornadoes will exist, in addition to scattered damaging winds and large hail. Convection should subside after dusk, but adequate low to deep-layer shear may support an isolated severe threat persisting tonight. ...Southern Great Plains to the Deep South... Evening to early morning guidance has horribly simulated the bulk of ongoing convection, with the 07-09Z HRRR runs at least in the ballpark. The most substantial convection has produced widespread 50-80 mph measured wind gusts in the TX Panhandle with a west/east-oriented cluster plowing south along a cold front surge. While robust MLCIN to the south of this activity renders short-term uncertainty on how this convection will evolve, it appears plausible that some form of a cluster/small MCS may persist east-southeast along the Red River Valley into the diurnal heating cycle. Uncertainty still exists whether an organized east-southeast-moving MCS with attendant damaging wind potential will just keep propagating towards the Ark-La-Tex and Lower MS Valley, or whether it evolves into multiple less-organized clusters with some stronger semi-discrete cells that could pose both a wind and hail threat. For this reason, have deferred on upgrading to a potential cat 3-ENH risk for wind but instead have adjusted the cat 2-SLGT risk for the most probable damaging wind corridor. ...Southeast NM and Far West TX... Relatively moist easterly low-level flow and steep mid-level lapse rates will support moderate-to-large buoyancy at peak afternoon heating. Mid/upper-level flow will be rather weak, but there will be immense veering of the wind profile with height for modest effective shear of 20-30 kt. This should be adequate for a few low-end supercells initially evolving predominately slow-moving multicell clusters. Isolated severe wind gusts, hail, and a brief tornado will be possible, with activity likely to nocturnally weaken after dusk. ...Carolinas to the Lower Mid-Atlantic States... Strong diurnal heating will support widely scattered thunderstorm development this afternoon. Poor mid-level lapse rates and generally modest deep-layer flow/shear will likely limit storm organization, but steep low-level lapse rates may support a threat of localized damaging winds with the strongest storms. ..Grams/Broyles.. 06/08/2022 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0711 AM CDT Wed Jun 08 2022 Valid 081300Z - 091200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS TO THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE OHIO VALLEY... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are most probable across the Ohio Valley/Midwest and from the southern Great Plains across the Deep South. ...OH Valley/Midwest... A weakening MCS is ongoing across the Mid-MS Valley along a warm front. A continued weakening trend is anticipated through midday with a remnant MCV tracking east across central IL/IN. As the warm front advances northeast, a plume of 60s surface dew points combined with pockets of greater insolation to the south and in the wake of the MCV, in conjunction with steepening mid-level lapse rates given the approaching shortwave trough should result in destabilization and a pronounced gradient of MLCAPE this afternoon. Several supercells will likely develop within a belt of strong mid-level westerlies attendant to the shortwave trough and enhanced lower-level flow attendant to the MCV. Should adequate destabilization occur where low-level hodographs are enlarged, potential for a few tornadoes will exist, in addition to scattered damaging winds and large hail. Convection should subside after dusk, but adequate low to deep-layer shear may support an isolated severe threat persisting tonight. ...Southern Great Plains to the Deep South... Evening to early morning guidance has horribly simulated the bulk of ongoing convection, with the 07-09Z HRRR runs at least in the ballpark. The most substantial convection has produced widespread 50-80 mph measured wind gusts in the TX Panhandle with a west/east-oriented cluster plowing south along a cold front surge. While robust MLCIN to the south of this activity renders short-term uncertainty on how this convection will evolve, it appears plausible that some form of a cluster/small MCS may persist east-southeast along the Red River Valley into the diurnal heating cycle. Uncertainty still exists whether an organized east-southeast-moving MCS with attendant damaging wind potential will just keep propagating towards the Ark-La-Tex and Lower MS Valley, or whether it evolves into multiple less-organized clusters with some stronger semi-discrete cells that could pose both a wind and hail threat. For this reason, have deferred on upgrading to a potential cat 3-ENH risk for wind but instead have adjusted the cat 2-SLGT risk for the most probable damaging wind corridor. ...Southeast NM and Far West TX... Relatively moist easterly low-level flow and steep mid-level lapse rates will support moderate-to-large buoyancy at peak afternoon heating. Mid/upper-level flow will be rather weak, but there will be immense veering of the wind profile with height for modest effective shear of 20-30 kt. This should be adequate for a few low-end supercells initially evolving predominately slow-moving multicell clusters. Isolated severe wind gusts, hail, and a brief tornado will be possible, with activity likely to nocturnally weaken after dusk. ...Carolinas to the Lower Mid-Atlantic States... Strong diurnal heating will support widely scattered thunderstorm development this afternoon. Poor mid-level lapse rates and generally modest deep-layer flow/shear will likely limit storm organization, but steep low-level lapse rates may support a threat of localized damaging winds with the strongest storms. ..Grams/Broyles.. 06/08/2022 Read more

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ABPZ20 KNHC 081133
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Wed Jun 8 2022

For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:

1. Off the coast of southern Mexico:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form off the coast of
southern Mexico in a couple of days. Gradual development of this
system is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form
this weekend or early next week while it moves little or drifts
northward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.

$$
Forecaster Berg

The State Water Resources Control Board ordered 4,252 rights holders, including 212 public systems, to stop drawing from the Sacramento and San Joaquin watersheds effective June 8. Public systems, like the City of San Francisco, will have to have to turn to groundwater or other sources. San Francisco Chronicle (Calif.), June 7, 2022

The Lost Lake Fire started May 26th on the Colorado River Indian Reservation 14 miles southwest of Parker, AZ. The fire burned along both sides the Colorado River in California and Arizona within the Colorado River basin. At its peak, 150 fire personnel responded to the fire to put it out. On June 6, it was 100%

A popular hiking trail to an oasis in Joshua Tree National Park was temporarily closed beginning June 1 to allow bighorn sheep undisturbed access to water. The extreme drought in the region makes the wildlife dependent on the Fortynine Palms Oasis spring on the north side of the park for survival during the hot months. The hiking trail will reopen when enough monsoon rain has fallen to offer more water sources for the bighorn. Associated Press News (New York), June 7, 2022

Water users in Travis County Water District 10, which includes West Lake Hills, entered Stage 1 water restrictions and must conserve or risk being fined up to $500. The district is a wholesale customer of Austin Water, which started Stage 1 restrictions on June 6. Austin American-Statesman (Texas), June 7, 2022

No Mesoscale Discussions are in effect as of Tue Jun 7 15:33:06 UTC 2022.

WW 0319 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 319 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NW PRX TO 40 WNW DEQ TO 15 WNW RKR TO 20 SSE MKO. ..GLEASON..06/07/22 ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...OUN... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 319 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARC019-051-057-059-061-081-083-097-099-109-113-127-131-133-149- 071640- AR . ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CLARK GARLAND HEMPSTEAD HOT SPRING HOWARD LITTLE RIVER LOGAN MONTGOMERY NEVADA PIKE POLK SCOTT SEBASTIAN SEVIER YELL OKC023-061-079-089-071640- OK . OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CHOCTAW HASKELL LE FLORE MCCURTAIN THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES Read more

WW 0320 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 320 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..GLEASON..06/07/22 ATTN...WFO...SHV...FWD... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 320 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARC027-073-091-071640- AR . ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE COLUMBIA LAFAYETTE MILLER LAC015-017-027-119-071640- LA . LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE BOSSIER CADDO CLAIBORNE WEBSTER TXC037-063-067-119-159-203-277-315-343-387-449-459-071640- TX . TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BOWIE CAMP CASS DELTA FRANKLIN HARRISON LAMAR MARION MORRIS RED RIVER TITUS UPSHUR Read more