Drought — Cooper, Missouri

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Cooper, Missouri

Event narrative

Significant precipitation deficits continued into October with severe to extreme drought persisting through the month. Cooper County was one of the most impacted counties, as it began the month with about half the county in extreme drought (D3) with almost all of the county within D3 from October 4th through the end of the month. This drought played a role in a significant wildland fire in eastern Cooper County on October 22nd.

Wider weather episode

Significant precipitation deficits from the summer/early fall months continued into October, with severe drought (D2) continuing and even expanding into extreme drought (D3) for much of the Interstate 70/Missouri River corridor in Missouri and Kansas per the UNL US Drought Monitor. These drought conditions yielded a fairly active fire weather season in October.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1059190. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.