Overall Green Drought alert for USA Southwest-2019 in United States from 21 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC to 08 Mar 2019 16:17 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for USA Southwest-2019

in United States

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	USA Southwest-2019
Countries:	United States
Start Date:	End of Dec 2018
Duration:	78 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 28645 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1		0.25	08 Mar 2019 16:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 28645 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
United States

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Nevada	United States
- Medium	Utah	United States

More information

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