Drought in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001

Name: Drought in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001
Start: 2001-03-01T00:00
End: 2001-03-31T23:59
Location: Georgia

March 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS GSP · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Despite beneficial rain in March, the drought worsened across the region. Water levels on some streams, creeks and lakes reached record-low levels.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Despite beneficial rain in March, the drought worsened across the region. Water levels on some streams, creeks and lakes reached record-low levels.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 9:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
936 PM EST WED FEB 28 2001

MIN TEMP FCSTS LOOK GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD THIS EVENING. SAT LOOPS
AND UPPER AIR CHARTS INDICATE A FAIR AMOUNT OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE
TO OVERSPREAD THE CWFA IN THE FAST NW FLOW ALOFT. SOME 850 MB
MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE LINGERING AS WELL WITH FOG PRODUCT INDICATING
STRATCU INCREASING...BUT NEW ETA PROGS THIS MOISTURE TO BE ADVECTED
SE OVERNIGHT. ON THE AVERAGE...A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY CWFA WIDE LOOKS
GOOD.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   38  61  40  59 /   0   0   0  20
AND   38  62  40  60 /   0   0   0  20
CLT   35  57  37  60 /   0   0   0  10
HKY   34  56  33  57 /   0   0   0  10
AVL   31  55  31  51 /   0   0  10  20

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Elbert

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Elbert forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.117, -82.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Franklin

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Habersham

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Habersham forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hart

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Hart forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.351, -82.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rabun

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Rabun forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Stephens

When: March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Stephens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, March 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5237933, 5237934, 5237935, 5237936, 5237937, 5237938.