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#06-164 June 26, 2006
Drought Response Committee to meet June 27 in Columbia
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will convene the state Drought Response Committee at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 27 in Room 335 (board room) of the Rembert Dennis Building at 1000 Assembly St. in Columbia.
State agency representatives on the State Drought Response Committee last met April 27 and decided
to delay making any drought declaration, but to increase the monitoring of drought indices and to reconsider the possibility of drought declaration in several weeks if no significant rains had begun.
Should a drought declaration need to be made, an incipient drought declaration is the first level of drought followed by moderate, severe, and extreme. During incipient drought, the DNR activates the Drought Information Center, increases monitoring and notification of the drought status.
Find out more about the State Climatology Office at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ or by calling (803) 734-9100. Contact Severe Weather Liaison Mark Malsick at the State Climate Office at (803) 734-0039.
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