Drought in Georgia, November 1 to 30, 2001

Name: Drought in Georgia, November 1 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-01T00:00
End: 2001-11-30T23:59
Location: Georgia

November 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS FFC · 68 events in 68 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 68 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: 68

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 FFC wrote it up.

Very dry conditions, which actually began during the late summer, continued and intensified during November. Many reporting stations in North and Central Georgia received less than 1 inch of rain during November for the second consecutive month. Rainfall during the month was confined to only two principal events, one on the 23rd and a second on the 25th, with most of this rainfall confined to the northwest corner and an area along and south of a line from Columbus to Macon. The area from Atlanta to Athens remained particularly dry during the month. Atlanta recorded its eighth driest November since 1930 with only 0.93 inch of rain falling during the month. This brought the 2-month total for October and November for Atlanta to only 1.8 inches, creating a deficit of 5.11 inches for the 61-day period and an annual deficit in excess of 10 inches for the year. There were 28 consecutive days in Atlanta between October 26th and November 22nd on which no measurable rain fell. Athens was even drier during the month, recording only 0.65 of an inch of rain, with a 2-month total of only 1.07 inch. This value represents a deficit of 5.87 inches for the 60-day period (October and November) and an annual deficit around 8.0 inches.

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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 9:31 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:31 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 PM EST WED OCT 31 2001

A RETURN FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC IS DEVELOPING. AIRMASS HAS
MOISTENED SOMEWHAT...MAINLY BELOW 8 THOUSAND FEET. A FEW
CLOUDS AROUND 6 OR 7 THOUSAND FEET HAVE BEEN DRIFTING OVER
THE STATE ON SOUTHEAST WINDS. AS THIS CONTINUES OVERNIGHT...
EXPECT LESS EFFICIENT RADIATIONAL COOLING THAN WHAT WAS
SEEN PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. LOOK FOR MIN TEMPS A FEW
DEGREES HIGHER...AS IS INDICATED IN THE CURRENT SET OF
FORECASTS. PLANNING NO CHANGES.

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

15

OUR DETAILED COUNTY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT FOUS52 KFFC.
OUR AREA FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA CITIES IS
AVAILABLE AT FLUS42 KFFC.

The radar

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

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Event by event

68 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Baldwin

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Baldwin forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.069, -83.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Banks

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Banks forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.354, -83.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Barrow

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Barrow forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.993, -83.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bartow

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Bartow forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.238, -84.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Carroll

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cherokee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.244, -84.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Clarke

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.951, -83.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Clayton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Clayton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.542, -84.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cobb

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cobb forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.942, -84.577 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Coweta

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Coweta forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dawson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Dawson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.444, -84.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, De Kalb

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.772, -84.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Douglas

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.702, -84.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Emanuel

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Emanuel forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.590, -82.302 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fannin

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Fannin forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fayette

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.414, -84.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Forsyth

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Forsyth forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.226, -84.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gilmer

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Glascock

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Glascock forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.229, -82.611 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gordon

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Gordon forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.503, -84.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Greene

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.579, -83.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gwinnett

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Gwinnett forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.962, -84.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hall

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Hall forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.317, -83.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hancock

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.270, -83.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Haralson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Haralson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.794, -85.211 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Harris

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Harris forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.736, -84.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Heard

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Heard forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.297, -85.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Henry

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.453, -84.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jackson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.134, -83.566 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jasper

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Jasper forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.316, -83.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jefferson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.055, -82.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Johnson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.702, -82.660 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jones

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Jones forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.025, -83.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lamar

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lamar forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.077, -84.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Laurens

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Laurens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.464, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Madison

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.128, -83.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Meriwether

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Meriwether forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.041, -84.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Monroe

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.014, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Montgomery

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.173, -82.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Morgan

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Morgan forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.591, -83.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Murray

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Murray forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Newton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Newton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.555, -83.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, North Fulton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: North Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Oconee

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Oconee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.835, -83.437 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Oglethorpe

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Oglethorpe forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.881, -83.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Paulding

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Paulding forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.921, -84.867 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pickens

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Pickens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.464, -84.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pike

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.092, -84.389 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Putnam

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.322, -83.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rockdale

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Rockdale forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.654, -84.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, South Fulton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: South Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Spalding

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Spalding forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Taliaferro

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Taliaferro forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.566, -82.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Telfair

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Telfair forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 31.930, -82.939 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Toombs

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Toombs forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.122, -82.331 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Towns

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Towns forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Treutlen

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Treutlen forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.404, -82.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Troup

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Troup forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.034, -85.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Twiggs

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Twiggs forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.667, -83.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Union

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Upson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Upson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.881, -84.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Walton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Walton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.782, -83.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Warren

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.409, -82.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Washington

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.970, -82.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wheeler

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Wheeler forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.117, -82.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, White

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: White forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilkes

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Wilkes forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.782, -82.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilkinson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Wilkinson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.802, -83.171 (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, November 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: 5269989, 5269990, 5269991, 5269992, 5269993, 5269994, 5269995, 5269996, 5269997, 5269998, 5269999, 5270000, 5270001, 5270002, 5270003, 5270004, 5270005, 5270006, 5270007, 5270008, 5270009, 5270010, 5270011, 5270012, 5270013, 5270014, 5270015, 5270016, 5270017, 5270018, 5270019, 5270020, 5270021, 5270022, 5270023, 5270024, 5270025, 5270026, 5270027, 5270028, and more.