Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001

Name: Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001
Start: 2001-10-01T00:00
End: 2001-10-31T23:59
Location: Georgia

October 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS CHS · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

Moderate to severe drought conditions continued over much of southeast Georgia as rainfall for the month was less than a quarter of an inch at many places.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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: 16

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 CHS wrote it up.

Moderate to severe drought conditions continued over much of southeast Georgia as rainfall for the month was less than a quarter of an inch at many places.

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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 8:15 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 8:15 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
915 PM EDT SUN SEP 30 2001

CLR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WL SET THE STAGE FOR VERY COOL TEMPS
ACRS THE RGN OVERNGT AS RADIATIONAL COOLNG GOES INTO EFFECT.
DEWPOINTS HOVERING IN THE MID 40S INLAND TO NR 50 ALONG THE CSTL
AREAS...AND TEMPS SHUD HV LITTLE PROBLEM REACHING THESE MINIMA
TONIGHT. CRNT FCST HANDLES THS WELL AND THEREFORE NO UPDATE PLANNED
ATTM.

CWF...WINDS CONT TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AS PG SLACKENS...AND WI MORE OF
AN OFFSHORE FLO THE WAVES HV COME DOWN AS WELL ACRS NEAR SHORE
WATERS. LOWEST WAVES ARE ACRS SC NEARSHORE WATERS AS THIS AREA HAS
SHORTEST FETCH LENGTH IN CRNT NRLY FLO...SO WL DROP ALL HEADLINES
FOR THIS AREA. WL KP SCEC WORDING FOR NOW OVR GA NEARSHORE WATERS AS
41008 STL AT 5 FT...THO SHUD BE DIMINISHING OVERNGT. WL KP SCA GOING
FOR OFFSHORE GA WATERS ONLY...AS LONGEST FETCH IN THE MARINE AREA
CAN BE FOUND THERE...BUT STILL ONLY CLOSE TO 6 FT AT THIS PT...AND
THS SHUD DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS WELL.

FCSTID = 14
CHS   48  75  51  82 /   0   0   0   0
SAV   47  76  50  83 /   0   0   0   0
CHL   57  74  59  80 /   0   0   0   0
NBC   48  75  51  82 /   0   0   0   0
RBW   46  75  48  83 /   0   0   0   0

.CHS...
GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ374.
SC...NONE.

WOODWORTH

The radar

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

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Event by event

16 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Bulloch

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Bulloch forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.397, -81.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Candler

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Candler forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.403, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Coastal Bryan

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Coastal Bryan forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal Chatham

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal Liberty

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Coastal Liberty forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal McIntosh

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Effingham

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Effingham forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.367, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Evans

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Evans forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.157, -81.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Inland Bryan

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Inland Bryan forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Inland Chatham

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Inland Chatham forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Inland Liberty

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Inland Liberty forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Inland McIntosh

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Inland McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Jenkins

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Jenkins forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.793, -81.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Long

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Long forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 31.753, -81.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Screven

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Screven forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.751, -81.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tattnall

When: October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tattnall forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 32.046, -82.058 (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, October 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: 5271366, 5271367, 5271368, 5271369, 5271370, 5271371, 5271372, 5271373, 5271374, 5271375, 5271376, 5271377, 5271378, 5271379, 5271380, 5271381.