Drought — Southern Lycoming, Pennsylvania

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

Event narrative

Portions of southern Lycoming County were experiencing severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor. Cogan Valley MHP was under voluntary water restrictions. Jersey Shore Area JT Water Authority was 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 926517. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.