Water is low in the Wabash River on Friday because of drought conditions in the area. The river may rise some as rain is in today's forecast. / Photos by Brent Drinkut/Journal & Courier
Any rainfall helps water-starved crops, soil and lawns, but Thursday evening’s storms weren’t enough to reverse the drought, which is now characterized as “extreme” by http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu.
“It won’t make up for the deficits we’re running in that area,” said Indianapolis National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Dahmer. The Lafayette area has received 11.06 inches of precipitation this year, 5.84 inches less than average.
Thunderstorms blew through the area Thursday night, dumping 1.07 inches of rain about two miles south of Lafayette, but sprinkling only 0.06 inch around Otterbein, Dahmer said, citing measurements taken by Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow volunteers.
“When you’re dealing with thunderstorms, nobody’s going to get a uniform amount” of rain, Dahmer said.
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