The May 14 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor shows exceptional drought and extreme drought conditions still prevalent across areas in the Southeast.
The driest area remains in South Georgia, North Florida and Southeast Alabama.
Georgia
Exceptional drought in Georgia starts in the southwest corner of the state in Decatur County. It expands eastward to Charlton and Camden counties and northward as far as Candler, Bulloch and Screven counties. Extreme drought encompasses the remaining area in South Georgia. It shifts up the western area of the state and is observed throughout most of North Georgia.
Florida
Exceptional drought in the Florida Panhandle starts in Bay and Washington counties. It expands eastward to parts of Nassau, Bradford, Alachua and Levy counties. Extreme drought conditions are observed throughout most of North Florida, ranging from Santa Rose and Okaloosa counties in the western part of the state to Duval, Saint Johns, Flagler and Volusia counties.
Extreme conditions also stretch down the west coast to the southernmost counties like Monroe, Collier, Broward and Miami-Dade. The rest of the state is experiencing moderate or severe drought.
Alabama
Farmers in Southeast Alabama are mostly observing extreme drought conditions. They start in the southeast corner of the state in Houston and Geneva counties and expand westward to Escambia and Monroe counties and northward to parts of Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery, Bullock and Russell counties.
Severe drought conditions encompass most of Southwest Alabama and the area up the eastern border of the state; from the northern part of Russell County to Jackson County in Northeast Alabama. Moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions are seen in central Alabama.