RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The entire Commonwealth of Virginia is now under a drought watch advisory, and some counties are under a drought warning advisory.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force issued the advisories on Monday.

According to a release, the drought warning advisory covers 12 counties, including Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren, Clark, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington and Fairfax.

This indicates a significant drought is imminent

And the drought watch advisory covers 95 counties and cities, including Charlottesville, Albemarle, Nelson, Greene, Madison, Fluvanna, Louisa and Orange.

Virginians in these areas should prepare for a potential drought.

The release says precipitation deficits combined with increased temperatures have led to a rapid intensification of drought conditions throughout most of Virginia.

There are substantially below-normal observations seen in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

DEQ says stream flows across Virginia are at or below the 25th percentile of normal values for all 13 of the drought evaluation regions.

Additionally, groundwater levels in monitoring wells have shown continued declines in the northern, central and eastern parts of the Commonwealth.

However, storage at major water supply reservoirs is within normal ranges for now.

All Virginians are encouraged to minimize water use, monitor drought conditions for their area, and repair any leaky fixtures in their homes.

For the Central Virginia area, there is currently no chance for substantial rainfall in the next seven days. For the year, the area is seeing a deficit of nearly 3.5 inches, almost all of which occurred in June.

If there is no rain in the area for the rest of this month, it will be the driest June on record since the 1960s.

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