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Show Heavy February StOrm4 Storms StormsAllay StormAllay * Allay Utah Drouth PeyU PeriJ Pull Pulli i , , . " , Precipitation duringhas during over overUcally V 1 1Precipitation yhas has been above aOOH ' r r ormtl ormal over Pral . prtically ) tlcaUy Ucally the entire enUrf ' state reduclnc reduclllg reduclto reduclncIto reduclllgIto a larBP large extci extel extent t the threat of ofdrouth ofdrouth .drouth drouth . Ito . led tt'd ttd ted 30 3Q days it itas itaas drouth drouthhlcll \ which \\hlcll hlcll \ cxt exi ext ' qo ago agowas , \\as as aas \ reported report.ed . Monday by StaH Stat85 Sta En COCineer i- i igineer . - glneer gineer T H lit Hinipherys litnrplierys mpherys af ifter aftkf t he hehad hehad hhad had recclvtd recelvtl recelved ! 11 n f nnatlon rmatlon rotation from 32 33 32IT 33U 3U- 3U 3U8 " IT U - 8 S weattK-r weattK r wealht-r wealht weather - - b u-eau u eau treau ueau - statlOtM stations , 33cooperative 33 33cooperative cooperative < ; si st 1 I ( a . v . cours courses coursgs s and W W W.ter ti- ti titer .ter ter . - ter commissioners comml.sloner'i comml.sloneri commlsloneri . ' on the lhe principal principalstreams prinC princlpa princlpastreams pal palstreams streams streamsHe He also reported that . In three thr a of oftbe ofthe othe tbe the larger storage btorage reservoira reservoirs the thelamount theamount thiamount amount of water now In reserve rescrwIs reserveIs lamount 19 Is far In eX excess " ( ' & of need needs * for the th en en- en ensuing e&suing esuing & . - suing Irrigation , > season eason In othen others othenit othersit otherit it is slightly under me tnI the ' seaaon seaSon S re- re requirements re.quirementa requirementa - . QuJrements quirements wliile while in the reroalndeiit remanderit remainderIt remander remainder ! it Is expected expl'cU-d expl'cU explcU d ' - to be adequate adequat tf U tfthere Uthere l ; there Is norpri nonnal normal spring prclplta- prclplta prclpita- prclpita prclpltaUon prclpitation prclplta-tlon prclplta tlon - - - Uon tion Uon"The tion"The "Thie Thie "The The " " accumulated pTeC precipitation precipitationfrom prcclpitAtlOBfrom 1ta.t1on 1tat1on 1ta.t1onfrom . from October 1 I 1939 1 38 to March I 1 11MO , 1940 Mr Humphervs Humpherys Ilumphervs said "Ver- "Ver Ver "Var'h Varh "Veres "v v " . - r ' , es over the sta state te from Crom less than thai50 50 per cent of normal nonnaJ In Rich . , Ban Sail SailJuan BanJuan SaxJuan Juan and Wayne counties to above abovenormal abovenormal bov bovnormal < normal In a narrow strip down downthe downthe dowrthe the center ol of the state along alon the thetoot thefoot tn tnfoot < foot toot of the Wasatch range and in- in including including in including - - cluding Utah Juab and part of Sevier se- se - sevier Be-vier Be vier - - vier valleys and on small JIlall area areas * inWestern to in toWestern ( EWestern Western Tooele Tooelt " Washington and andeastern andeastern anceastern eastern Ulntah Uintah countiesOVer countiesOver counties countiesOver Over most mo t of the state there therehas therehas thenh has been a deficiency of from 20 2 ( . . - . t "Ifi Ifi " tfO 5 1 1to t ttente * " , -to to - _ In U the prlncJpaI principal principaledePendent principalWvM/dependent principalWvM dependent edePendent ) / de nden ' 00 on n irritation 1rrJglitlOn Irrigation the tare theSSgS . .u1 u1 . kd"I kdI t44 ; . , " W > ClplUUon xecipitation p1t&tlon p1ttlon & is apt ap appr P pr tely teJt t l Wpercent 7 : 'Per Per ' per cent of ot r i r oW omllil omial omialbafOkper W .b b . bafOkper bWi \i i .bi \ . f40APer * B6 er : oent gent nt ) ( ' less , thantthat than thant t " n tthat t t D a . 1 ' " |