By Clint Thompson
Recent rainfall helped alleviate much of the abnormally dry conditions being felt across the Southeast, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Georgia’s abnormally dry conditions are now mostly isolated to the northern part of the state, as far south as Heard County along the Georgia-Alabama line, across to Hart County along the Georgia-South Carolina line, and includes all of those north Georgia counties.
There is also a small portion of dry counties in southeast Georgia around Emanuel County and Candler County; as well as in southwest Georgia, from Turner County to Decatur County; and from Thomas County to Lowndes County.
Only a few north Florida counties are abnormally dry, including Levy, Dixie, Gilchrist and Alachua counties; and along the Panhandle, stretching westward from Madison County to Washington County.
Sporadic parts of Alabama remain abnormally dry. The most serious portion is isolated in southwest Alabama where a few counties are moderately dry. These include Marengo, Choctaw, Sumter, Greene and Hale counties.
South Carolina and North Carolina remain anywhere from abnormally dry to a severe drought.