Exceptional drought conditions have all but gone away in South Georgia, while they have also been drastically reduced in North Florida. This is according to the June 4 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Georgia
Exceptional drought in Georgia has been reduced to the southernmost areas in Lowndes and Echols counties. The surrounding Southeast Georgia area is still observing extreme drought conditions. They include the southernmost counties of Thomas, Brooks, Lowndes, Echols, Clinch, Ware and Charlton counties and expands northward to Wheeler, Montgomery, Toombs, Candler, Bulloch and Screven counties.
Moderate and severe drought conditions cover most of the remaining areas in Georgia, though an area in North Georgia is experiencing extreme drought. It includes all or parts of Lumpkin, Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Towns and White counties.
Florida
Exceptional drought conditions in the North Florida area include all or parts of Levy, Dixie, Taylor, Jefferson, Wakulla, Franklin, Lafayette, Madison, Hamilton, Columbia, Union, Alachua and Gilchrist counties. Extreme drought in the Florida Panhandle expands as far west as Gulf, Franklin, Liberty and Leon counties; and as far east as Nassau, Duval, Clay, Putnam and Marion counties; and southward to Monroe and Miami-Dade counties.
Severe and moderate conditions cover most of the remaining areas in the state.
Alabama
The driest part of Alabama remains in the southeastern part of the state where moderate drought is being observed. Moderate drought starts in Houston and Geneva counties, expands westward to Escambia, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox and Dallas counties; and northward to Randolph, Clay and Cleburne counties. Moderate drought is also located in counties across North Alabama, including all or parts of Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Morgan, Limestone, Madison, Cherokee, Dekalb and Jackson counties.
Abnormal drought is observed in the southwest and western parts of the state.