By Clint Thompson
Other than most of central and southern Florida, the Southeast is experiencing mostly dry conditions, according to the Sept. 25 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The majority of Alabama is either abnormally dry, moderately dry or severely dry. Severe conditions are observed in the western part of the state in parts or all of Monroe, Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, Wilcox, Dallas, Perry, Hale and Greene counties. A smaller area in eastern Alabama, including Lee, Tallapoosa and Chambers counties, is severely dry as well. Southwest Alabama is moderately dry, while North and Southeast Alabama are abnormally dry.
Southwest Georgia is the driest part of the state. Severe conditions are seen in Seminole and Decatur counties and in the southern areas of Grady, Thomas and Brooks counties. Moderate conditions are observed in Miller and Early counties, stretch eastward to Cook, Berrien and Tift counties, and northward to Lee and Worth counties.
West Georgia is also moderately dry, starting as far south as Muscogee County, stretching northward to Bartow and Cherokee counties and eastward to DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.
North Florida has dry conditions ranging from abnormally dry to severely dry. The worst conditions are observed in the northern areas, including Walton, Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Gadsden, Leon and Jefferson counties.