Recent flooding has helped reduce the drought conditions throughout most of Florida, according to the Nov. 12 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Florida
All of the Florida Panhandle has sufficient moisture, while the central part of the state and the east coast is drought free as well; as are parts of western Florida.
Moderate drought in North Florida is concentrated to parts of Lafayette, Suwannee, Columbia, Union, Bradford, Clay, Alachua and Gilchrist counties. Abnormally dry conditions are observed along the west coast in Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Manatee counties, expanding southeast to Glades, Hendry and Okeechobee counties. Collier, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties in South Florida have drought conditions, ranging from abnormal drought to severe drought.
Georgia
Most of Southeast Georgia is drought free, except for an area along the coast in Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Bulloch, Screven and Burke counties. They are either abnormally dry, moderately dry or severely dry.
In other parts of the state, abnormally dry conditions start as far south as Decatur, Grady, Thomas and Brooks counties and expand northward to Whitfield, Murray, Union and Towns counties. The majority of the state is abnormally dry. Severe drought is observed in an area in Northeast Georgia that includes parts of Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Elbert, Madison, Hart and Franklin counties.
Alabama
Southeast Alabama has sufficient moisture as does most of the central part of the state. However, in Southwest Alabama, its western border and the northern part of the state, they are all observing dry conditions.
Severe drought is observed in Wilcox and Dallas counties and expands northward to include all or parts of Marengo, Perry, Hale, Greene, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Lamar and Marion counties. North Alabama is seeing moderate drought conditions, starting in Franklin, Colbert and Lauderdale counties and expanding eastward to include Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and Jackson counties.