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Tell us how drought is impacting your community by submitting a condition monitoring report. Your submissions help us better understand how drought is affecting local conditions. Site Section. Drought in your area? Report Impacts. On This Page. Take the Survey Do not show me this again No Thanks. Current U. Drought Monitor Conditions for Mississippi. Current Last Week Last Month. D0 – Abnormally Dry.
Creek flow is low. D1 – Moderate Drought. More wildfires occur than normal Wildlife search for water. D2 – Severe Drought. Cotton is stressed; supplemental hay for cattle begins Hydroelectric power output decreases; energy cost is high Ground is cracking, causing road damage.
D3 – Extreme Drought. Soybean yields are low Burn bans are implemented Surface water levels are low; boat ramps close. D4 – Exceptional Drought. Fire danger increases. Learn more about these data.
Download screenshot of this panel. Explore Drought Conditions by City and County. View Conditions by City:. View Conditions by County:. Drought in Mississippi from —Present The U. Explore Historical Maps. Regional Drought Updates. There are currently no Regional Drought Updates for Mississippi. AP — Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin.
Some Mississippi River communities between St. Louis and New Orleans may see record low water levels in the coming days, including Caruthersville, Missouri, and Osceola, Arkansas. The National Weather Service predicts the reading at Memphis, Tennessee, will reach its second-lowest level ever by Oct. The timing is bad. Corn and soybeans harvested in the early fall need to be moved, and barges are vital in getting the commodities from one place to another.
Officials with the U. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that normally, tows are able to move 36 barges at a time. With the water level so low, shippers have voluntarily agreed to cut that to 25 barges. The U. Louis said nearly all of the Mississippi River basin, from Minnesota through Louisiana, has seen below-normal rainfall over the past 30 days. The basin from St. Louis south has been largely dry for three months, and the forecast calls for the drought to continue, along with warmer-than-normal temperatures.
Though the Mississippi River is low, there is no evidence that barges or other vessels have grounded, said Lance Engle, dredging project manager for the Corps in St. He said dredging of the river bottom continues in several spots to help keep traffic flowing. The river has not been forced to close at any locations, but Joan Stemler, the chief of water control operations in St. Louis for the Corps of Engineers, warned that the flow from the Missouri River, which feeds into the Mississippi north of St.
Louis, is expected to drop enough in December that the Mississippi could go up to 3 feet 0. The upper Mississippi River, from Minnesota to St.
Louis, operates with a series of locks and dams. The river from St.
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The low Mississippi River levels in Memphis and ongoing dry conditions are drying up profits for Mid-South farmers, whose soybeans. The missiissippi drainage basin covers roughly 40% of mainland USA. Meaning if a raindrop falls somewhere in the mainland USA, 40% chance it. It is practically impossible for the Mississippi River to “dry up”. It drains most of the country. It would have to stop raining over the entire drainage basin.
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