(1) provide an effective drought early warning system that
(A) is a comprehensive system that collects and integrates information on the key indicators of drought in order to make usable, reliable, and timely drought forecasts and assessments of drought, including assessments of the severity of drought conditions and impacts;
(B) communicates drought forecasts, drought conditions, and drought impacts on an ongoing basis to
(i) decisionmakers at the Federal, regional, State, tribal, and local levels of government;
(ii) the private sector; and
(iii) the public,
in order to engender better informed and more timely decisions thereby leading to reduced impacts and costs; and
(C) includes timely (where possible real-time) data, information, and products that reflect local, regional, and State differences in drought conditions;