All counties placed on drought watch as heat wave creeps across Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – All 105 Kansas counties have been positioned underneath at the least a drought watch as a file warmth wave makes its manner throughout the Sunflower State.

The Kansas Water Workplace says on Monday, June 27, Governor Laura Kelly signed Govt Order #22-06 which declared up to date drought emergencies for Kansas counties.

The Workplace mentioned the declaration places all 105 counties within the Sunflower State both on a watch, warning or emergency standing.

“A good portion of the state of Kansas has skilled drought or abnormally dry circumstances for the previous a number of months,” mentioned Governor Kelly. “Sadly, these circumstances are forecast to persist or worsen, so I strongly encourage Kansans to be conscious of drought circumstances whereas we work to attenuate the specter of fires throughout the state.”

The Workplace famous that the declaration put 34 counties in emergency standing, 8 in a warning and 63 right into a watch, as really helpful by Director Connie Owen – chair of the Governor’s Drought Response Staff.

Whereas a lot of the state has seen excessive precipitation all through the month of June, the Workplace mentioned a record-breaking warmth wave has made its manner throughout the realm. It mentioned most of jap Kansas is at the moment drought-free, nevertheless, the forecasted sizzling and dry circumstances will doubtless quickly result in intense drought circumstances over the subsequent few weeks.

“Now we have watched drought circumstances in components of the state proceed to worsen since this previous fall or longer in some areas, inflicting concern with groundwater provides, crop manufacturing, elevated wildfire danger and extra,” mentioned Owen. “The Governor’s Drought Response Staff will proceed to watch the scenario and make suggestions to the Governor as mandatory. As future outlooks name for decent and dry circumstances to proceed into July, the potential for a “flash drought” is probably going.”

The Workplace indicated that an interagency settlement between it, the Kansas Division of Wildlife and Parks and the Kansas Division of Emergency Administration has made it attainable for counties in a drought emergency to make use of water from sure fishing lakes. It additionally mentioned these counties can grow to be eligible le for water in some Federal reservoirs.

The Workplace mentioned Kansans and communities ought to contact it for a water provide request earlier than any withdrawals from lakes. It mentioned these requests can be referred to the suitable workplace to acquire the mandatory permits to withdraw the requested water.

Based on the Workplace, the order will stay in impact till it’s rescinded by one other Govt Order which ends or revises the drought stage standing of affected counties.

The Workplace famous that the order authorizes and directs all companies underneath the Governor’s jurisdiction to implement applicable response actions in response to the Operations Plan of the Governor’s Drought Response Staff. It mentioned the staff will proceed to look at the scenario intently and work to attenuate the results on Kansans.

The Workplace mentioned the drought stage declarations are as follows:

• Emergency –
  • Cheyenne
  • Clark
  • Comanche
  • Decatur
  • Edwards
  • Finney
  • Ford
  • Gove
  • Graham
  • Grant
  • Grey
  • Greeley
  • Hamilton
  • Haskell
  • Hodgeman
  • Kearny
  • Kiowa
  • Lane
  • Logan
  • Meade
  • Morton
  • Ness
  • Norton
  • Rawlins
  • Scott
  • Seward
  • Sheridan
  • Sherman
  • Stanton
  • Stevens
  • Thomas
  • Trego
  • Wallace
  • Wichita
• Warning –
  • Barber
  • Ellis
  • Pawnee
  • Phillips
  • Pratt
  • Rooks
  • Rush
  • Stafford
• Watch –
  • Allen
  • Anderson
  • Atchison
  • Barton
  • Bourbon
  • Brown
  • Butler
  • Chase
  • Chautauqua
  • Cherokee
  • Clay
  • Cloud
  • Coffey
  • Cowley
  • Crawford
  • Dickinson
  • Doniphan
  • Douglas
  • Elk
  • Ellsworth
  • Franklin
  • Geary
  • Greenwood
  • Harper
  • Harvey
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Jewell
  • Johnson
  • Kingman
  • Labette
  • Leavenworth
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Lyon
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • McPherson
  • Miami
  • Mitchell
  • Montgomery
  • Morris
  • Nemaha
  • Neosho
  • Osage
  • Osborne
  • Ottawa
  • Pottawatomie
  • Reno
  • Republic
  • Rice
  • Riley
  • Russell
  • Saline
  • Sedgwick
  • Shawnee
  • Smith
  • Sumner
  • Wabaunsee
  • Washington
  • Wilson
  • Woodson
  • Wyandotte

For extra details about the present drought order, click on HERE.

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