JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Drought Assessment Committee will convene in a virtual meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 17, to coordinate a comprehensive state and federal response to drought conditions affecting portions of the state.
Governor Mike Parson issued a Drought Alert with Executive Order 24-13 Oct. 29 at the request of MoDNR’s Climate and Weather Committee. The Drought Alert remains active until March 31, 2025. Missouri was previously under a Drought Alert from May 2023 to September 2024 as well as from July 2022 to March 2023.
The meeting will be held via Webex at: stateofmo.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/stateofmo/meeting/download/e2781295064849d5b53915a57184b2fc?siteurl=stateofmo&MTID=m2ac4c40e3cf12a5d584ccc1bfaeb0ed0.
The Drought Assessment Committee is composed of representatives from state and federal partner agencies who provide information, recommendations and coordination to mitigate impacts of the drought. Executive Order 24-13 declared a drought alert for Missouri counties that are in moderate, severe, extreme, or exceptional drought. Nearly all of Missouri has experienced at least abnormally dry conditions over the past year.
Residents are encouraged to assist local, state and national decision makers better understand drought conditions in their area by submitting a survey form via the Condition Monitoring Observer Reports service at droughtimpacts.unl.edu/Tools/ConditionMonitoringObservations.aspx.
Updated drought information, including a link to the U.S. Drought Monitor map of Missouri, is available at dnr.mo.gov/drought.