If the parameter icons are different colors than the countys declared drought status why doesn the Governor change the countys drought status?
These parameters are used only as indicators of the four stages of drought that Pennsylvania uses for drought management–normal, watch, warning and emergency. A single parameter or a combination of particular parameters does not automatically establish a stage of drought. Water managers must look at all available current information and forecasts to determine if conditions have changed enough and will continue at that level to justify a change in the county’s drought status. The current normal conditions may only be temporary.
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