The UNITED STATES Drought Monitor from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that four states have droughts ranked "exceptional." As you probably know, much of California has a severe drought for quite awhile. The western portion of neighboring Nevada also has a exceptional drought. The final region with an exceptional drought is southern Oklahoma and northern Texas. To be specific, below is a list of counties in California, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Texas which are completely or partially part of an exceptional drought region.
California - at least 30 counties
Nevada - Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt (extreme southeastern part), Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye (extreme western part), Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties
Oklahoma - Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, and Tillman counties
Texas - Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay (very tiny part of western Clay), Collingsworth, Cottle, Esmeralda, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, King, Knox, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties
Related to recent severe floods, Cotton and Tillman counties in Oklahoma currently have Flood Warnings, and severe weather is possible through some of the Oklahoma and Texas counties listed above.
Link to U.S. Drought Monitor website: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ (link opens in new window or tab)
California - at least 30 counties
Nevada - Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt (extreme southeastern part), Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye (extreme western part), Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties
Oklahoma - Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, and Tillman counties
Texas - Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay (very tiny part of western Clay), Collingsworth, Cottle, Esmeralda, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, King, Knox, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties
Related to recent severe floods, Cotton and Tillman counties in Oklahoma currently have Flood Warnings, and severe weather is possible through some of the Oklahoma and Texas counties listed above.
Link to U.S. Drought Monitor website: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ (link opens in new window or tab)
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