The latest release of the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the recent rainfall has had minimal impact on the drought conditions in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
Almost all of Alabama is experiencing some level of drought conditions; ranging from abnormally dry, starting in Mobile and Baldwin counties; all the way to extreme drought in parts of Jackson and Limestone counties in North Alabama. Moderate conditions comprise most of the drought in the eastern and western parts of Alabama.
Drought conditions in the Florida Panhandle start in Escambia County with moderate conditions extending to Jackson County. Abnormally dry conditions start in the southern portions of Santa Rose and Okaloosa counties and stretch to Leon and Jefferson counties. Abnormally dry conditions are also located in the eastern side of Brevard County along the Atlantic Coast.
Georgia’s dry conditions are mostly isolated to the central and northern regions of the state. Abnormally dry conditions start in the southwest part of the state in Decatur and Seminole counties and stretch north to Chattahoochee and Muscogee counties and across the central part of the state to Effingham, Screven, Burke, Richmond and Columbia counties.
Moderate conditions are located in the northern region of Georgia, though severe conditions remain in the northernmost region, including Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Gilmer, Fannin and Union counties.