Drought — Southern Centre, Pennsylvania

2020-10-01 to 2020-10-31 · Southern Centre, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Portions of southern Centre County were experiencing severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor. Haines Aaronsburg Municipal Authority, Madisonburg Water Works, and Mountain Top Regional Water Authority were under mandatory water restrictions.

Wider weather episode

Severe drought conditions were observed across a wide area of central Pennsylvania through the month of October 2020. The counties impacted were: Potter, Tioga, Cameron, McKean, Clinton, Lycoming, Clearfield, Centre, Huntingdon, Blair and Union. Several public water suppliers were on mandatory and voluntary restrictions, and some agricultural impacts likely occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 926513. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.