Drought — Rice, Kansas

2024-03-01 to 2024-03-31 · Rice, Kansas

Event narrative

Drought conditions improved some with the southeast portions of the county improving to moderate drought (D1). There remains a small areas still in severe drought (D2).

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions worsened some or remained the same, but no areas of severe drought (D2) expanded. In fact, severe drought (D2) decreased across the region. There were a number of areas that moved back into abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) but again no new areas of severe drought (D2).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1163002. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.