This webinar, hosted by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), provided local and regional perspectives on approaches to monitoring, forecasting, and communicating flash droughts, including an overview of the 2023 Midwest flash drought.

This webinar will review how flash droughts are identified (and note regional variations), tools for monitoring and forecasting flash droughts, and provide guidance for communicating flash drought risk. In addition, this webinar will recap key takeaways from the 2nd National Flash Drought Workshop, which took place in May 2023.

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