South Carolina Current Drought Status

State Climate Office                 803-734-9100
SPECIAL NEWS RELEASE          DNR News 803-667-0696
June 14, 2011

South Carolina Drought Response Committee Conference Call, June 17, at 10:00 AM

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will conduct a South Carolina Drought Response Committee Conference Call on Friday, June 17, 2011, at 10:00 AM. The purpose of the drought conference call is to evaluate the drought status statewide. The committee will review climatic data, streamflow and lake level data, and drought impacts. All counties are currently in the first stage of drought

Contact South Carolina State Climatologist Dr.Hope Mizzell in Columbia at (803) 734-9568 or e-mail at mizzellh@dnr.sc.gov for more information.

Drought Response Committee places entire State in incipient drought status

South Carolina Drought Map for June 2, 2011

For previously issued drought statements see the archived status reports.

Table of all counties and drought status.
Drought Response Committee Meeting Sign-In sheet.

Discussion:

We decided to try a conference call format for this Committee Meeting to reduce travel time and hopefully increase committee participation. I will send by email on Thursday the drought index update and related information the committee will need to evaluate whether any changes should be made to the official declaration. We will go over each slide during the call and then officially vote by Drought Management Area if any declaration changes are needed.

Directions for calling into the conference meeting are provided below.

Meeting ID: 275369

Phone Number: 8038969993

Number of ports: 65

DIRECTIONS FOR JOINING A MEETING

The following directions are necessary for the successful completion of your requested conference call reservation. Prior to joining a meeting, please forward this document to all conference call participants. Each participant joining the call will dial 803-896-9993 and enter the meeting id number (access code). Please contact the Service Center at 803-896-0001 if you experience any difficulties or have questions regarding the conference bridge.

1.Dial the following conference bridge number 803-896-9993 to join a meeting.

2.The conference bridge will state the following: "Welcome to Meeting Place".

3.To attend a meeting, please press "1".

4.The conference bridge will state the following: "enter the meeting id number followed by the # key."

5.Enter the "meeting id number" followed by the # key.

6

.The conference bridge will state the following: "you are about to attend the meeting with the ID number (xxxxx).

7.If the "meeting id number" is correct, please press "1"; otherwise press the * key.

8.The conference bridge will state the following: "at the tone please speak your name or location."

9.When finished, please press the # key.

10.You will hear an audible tone, notifying you that you have successfully entered the meeting.

Contact South Carolina State Climatologist Dr.Hope Mizzell in Columbia at (803) 734-9568, or (803) 530-5793, or e-mail at mizzellh@dnr.sc.gov for more information.

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Drought Status Table

Current Drought Status by County
Normal Incipient Moderate Severe Extreme
County
Status
County
Status
County
Status
County
Status
County
Status
ABBEVILLE
Incipient
AIKEN
Incipient
ALLENDALE
Incipient
ANDERSON
Incipient
BAMBERG
Incipient
BARNWELL
Incipient
BEAUFORT
Incipient
BERKELEY
Incipient
CALHOUN
Incipient
CHARLESTON
Incipient
CHEROKEE
Incipient
CHESTER
Incipient
CHESTERFIELD
Incipient
CLARENDON
Incipient
COLLETON
Incipient
DARLINGTON
Incipient
DILLON
Incipient
DORCHESTER
Incipient
EDGEFIELD
Incipient
FAIRFIELD
Incipient
FLORENCE
Incipient
GEORGETOWN
Incipient
GREENVILLE
Incipient
GREENWOOD
Incipient
HAMPTON
Incipient
HORRY
Incipient
JASPER
Incipient
KERSHAW
Incipient
LANCASTER
Incipient
LAURENS
Incipient
LEE
Incipient
LEXINGTON
Incipient
MARION
Incipient
MARLBORO
Incipient
MCCORMICK
Incipient
NEWBERRY
Incipient
OCONEE
Incipient
ORANGEBURG
Incipient
PICKENS
Incipient
RICHLAND
Incipient
SALUDA
Incipient
SPARTANBURG
Incipient
SUMTER
Incipient
UNION
Incipient
WILLIAMSBURG
Incipient
YORK
Incipient


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SC Drought Response Committee Meeting, June 14, 2011
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Find out more about the State Climatology Office at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ or by calling (803) 734-9100.