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Lake Mead water level today: Nation's largest reservoir reaches its lowest level on record, US Bureau of Reclamation data says

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 31m ago
270 distinct posts / 48h, matching Lake 210 Bureau 64 Mead 23 Nation 12 Reclamation 1
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1h ago Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD: At 927 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 11 miles south of Durkee Lake, or 14 miles south of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph.. NWS: TORNADO WARNING in this area til… -4.0
1h ago #NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD #SDwx At 918 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles south of Durkee Lake, or 11 miles south of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph. …
1h ago NWS Alert> Confirmed Tornado 11 Miles S of Durkee Lake or 14 Miles S of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. Damaging Tornado & Large Hail. Weather Spotters Confirmed Tornado. Damage to Roofs, Windows & Vehi… -4.5
1h ago Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD: At 918 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles south of Durkee Lake, or 11 miles south of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph.. -8.0
1h ago #NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD #SDwx At 914 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles south of Durkee Lake, or 10 miles south of Fai… -7.0
1h ago NWS Alert> Confirmed Tornado 8 Miles S of Durkee Lake or 11 Miles S of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. Damaging Tornado & Large Hail. Weather Spotters Confirmed Tornado. Damage to Roofs, Windows & Vehic… ×2 -4.0
1h ago Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD: At 914 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles south of Durkee Lake, or 10 miles south of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph.. -6.0
1h ago NWS Alert> Potential Tornado 7 Miles S of Durkee Lake or 10 Miles S of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. Large Hail. Damage to Roofs, Windows & Vehicles will Occur. Locations Impacted Include Mainly Rural… -3.0
1h ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Durkee Lake or 5 Miles SW of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. This is A Destructive Storm for Faith. Large Hail, 60 MPH Wind Gusts. People & Animals Outdoors will Be Severely Inj… -8.0
1h ago #NWS #tornado Tornado Warning for Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD #SDwx At 908 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles west of Durkee Lake, or 8 miles southwest of F… -7.0
1h ago Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD: At 908 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles west of Durkee Lake, or 8 miles southwest of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph.. -6.0
1h ago NWS Alert> Potential Tornado 7 Miles W of Durkee Lake or 8 Miles SW of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. Large Hail. Damage to Roofs, Windows & Vehicles will Occur. Locations Impacted Include Mainly Rural… -3.0
1h ago NWS Alert> Potential Tornado 7 Miles W of Durkee Lake or 7 Miles W of Faith Moving SE At 35 MPH. Large Hail. Damage to Roofs, Windows & Vehicles will Occur. Locations Impacted Include Mainly Rural … -7.0
1h ago Meade, SD; Ziebach, SD: At 857 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles west of Durkee Lake, or 7 miles west of Faith, moving southeast at 35 mph.. NWS: TOR… -6.5
1h ago Camp sunset. The lake itself seems like a decent water source (cleaner than the beaver ponds I've used in the past at least 😂😂) which is good because the drought means the stream I was going to get… -1.5
2h ago Lake Mead Plummets to Historic Low, 30 Million at Risk Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has dropped to its lowest water level since it was first filled nearly 90 years ago, a… ×2 -7.0
3h ago Severe Thunderstorm 8 Miles S of Lodgepole or 30 Miles SW of Lemmon Moving SE At 35 MPH. Large Hail, 60 MPH Wind Gusts. People & Animals Outdoors will Be Injured. Locations Impacted Include Bison, … -6.0
3h ago Severe Thunderstorm 6 Miles SW of Lodgepole or 32 Miles SW of Lemmon Moving SE At 35 MPH. 2" Hail, 60 MPH Wind Gusts. People & Animals Outdoors will Be Injured. Locations Impacted Include Bison, Me… -4.5
3h ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Argos or Near Plymouth Moving SE At 30 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts, Penny Size Hail. Locations Impacted Include Plymouth, Bourbon, Argos, Mentone, Tippecanoe, Etna Green, Hoffma… -2.5
3h ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Plymouth Moving SE At 30 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts, Large Hail. Locations Impacted Include Plymouth, Bourbon, Argos, Mentone, Tippecanoe, Etna Green, Hoffman Lake, Inwood, Atw… -3.5
3h ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Warsaw Moving NE At 40 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts. Locations Impacted Include Warsaw, Nappanee, Winona Lake, Ligonier, Syracuse, Albion, Milford, Topeka, N Webster, Millersburg… -3.5
4h ago NWS Alert> Potential Tornado Near N Judson or 9 Miles SW of Knox Moving E At 20 MPH. This Tornadic Thunderstorm will Remain Over Mainly Rural Areas of N Central Pulaski & SE Starke Counties, Includ… -4.0
4h ago New study in PNAS shows human-caused warming made the 2026 Western US snow drought 4x more likely, causing a 40 km³ deficit in snow water equivalent—equal to the full capacity of Lake Mead. tinyur… ×2 -5.5
4h ago #NWS #flood #nwsflashflood #FlashFloodWarning Flash Flood Warning for Beaver, UT #UTwx FFWSLC The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... The Cott… -4.5
4h ago Severe Thunderstorm Near Parker Canyon Lake Moving W At 20 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts, Large Hail. Locations Impacted Include Sierra Vista, Hereford, Parker Canyon Lake, Fort Huachuca, Ramsey Canyon Pr… -4.0
4h ago That tiny island is not surrounded by the lake, its surrounded by a big ocean with very salty water that people can't drink. There's no desalination plants there because it had lakes that have dri… -4.0
4h ago Severe Thunderstorm 7 Miles SW of Hereford Moving W At 20 MPH. 60 MPH Wind Gusts, Large Hail. Locations Impacted Include Sierra Vista, Hereford, Parker Canyon Lake, Fort Huachuca, Ramsey Canyon Pre… -5.0
5h ago Severe Thunderstorm Over Rockerville or 9 Miles SW of Rapid City Moving E At 30 MPH. Large Hail. The Storm will Be Near Rockerville, Sheridan Lake, Hisega, Keystone Wye, Keystone & Mount Rushmore N… -3.5
5h ago Special Weather Statement issued August 10 at 5:13PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE At 513 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles northeast of Crescent Lake National Wildlif… -2.0
5h ago Severe Thunderstorm Over Silver City or 8 Miles N of Hill City Moving E At 35 MPH. Large Hail. People & Animals Outdoors will Be Injured. The Storm will Be Near Pactola Reservoir, Silver City & Mys… -5.0

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T3 Lake Mead water level today: Nation's largest reservoir reaches its lowest level on record, US Bureau of Reclamation data says weather_drought abc7chicago.com alarming, dire, parched
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T3 Lake Mead, nation's largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record weather_drought connectradio.fm parched, alarming, precarious
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T3 Lake Mead, nation's largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record weather_drought 1310kfka.com parched, alarming, urgent
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, vulnerable
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, vulnerable
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, critical
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, critical
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, precarious
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, critical
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com stark, alarming, parched
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, desperate
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, precarious, urgent
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, precarious
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
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T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, dire
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T3 Lake Mead along the Colorado River hits record-low water level weather_drought wsbradio.com parched, alarming, dire
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T3 Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles weather_drought mymotherlode.com parched, alarming, fragile
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T3 Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles weather_drought yankton.net parched, dire, urgent
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