KENTUCKY’S RECENT DRY SPELL HAS RESULTED IN NEARLY HALF OF THE COMMONWEATH BEING DESIGNED AS “ABNORMALLY DRY”….ACCORDING TO THE LATEST
DROUGHT MONITOR REPORT….
NEARLY HALF OF KENTUCKY…..45-POINT-66 PERCENT….IS NOW CONSIDERED “ABNORMALLY DRY”…..WHICH IS UP CONSIDERABLY FROM THE THREE-POINT-39
PERCENT REPORTED THE PREVIOUS WEEK…..
THERE ARE TWO COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEAST…..HARLAN AND LETCHER….WHICH HAVE SMALL AREAS OF “MODERATE DROUGHT”…..WITH HARLAN HAVING TWO-
POINT-23 PERCENT AND LETCHER FOUR-POINT-17 PERCENT……
IN ADDITION….. “U-S” DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TOPSOIL MOISTURE STATISTICS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ARE SHORT TO VERY SHORT ACROSS 43-
PERCENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH……