Georgia, 2002

Drought in Georgia, February 1 to 28, 2002

February 1 to 28, 2002 · NWS CHS · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

Moderate drought conditions continued over southeast Georgia. Rainfall for the month of February averaged near one and a half inches below normal.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
15

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 drought conditions continued over southeast Georgia. Rainfall for the month of February averaged near one and a half inches below normal.

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 Jan 31, 8:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 8:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
857 PM EST THU JAN 31 2002

SOME LOW STRATUS/FG MOVED IN BTWN NBC AND SVN...THEN MOVED INLAND
AND NOW EXTENDS FM NRN DORCHESTER CTY SC TO CNTRL BRYAN CTY GA.
THINK THIS IS PRIMARILY LOW CLDS AS OPPOSED TO FG...AND IT APPEARS
TO HAVE MOVMT TO IT. EVEN THO 00Z CHS SNDG STL MOIST IN LOW
LVLS...WINDS HAVE PICKED UP AND ALSO HV SOME STRATOCU IN SPOTS. SO
NOT REALLY EXPCTNG THE AMNT OF FG WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS.
THNK THAT PATCHY DENSE WORDING MIGHT BE ENUF. OTRW...NOT MANY
CHANGES PLANNED.

CWF...OTR THAN MODIFYING FOR INIT CONDS...NO CHANGES PLANNED.

FCSTID = 14
CHS   60  79  50  59 /   0  10  20  10
SAV   59  79  48  60 /  10  10  20  10
CHL   61  75  51  58 /   0  10  20  10
NBC   59  79  50  59 /   0  10  20  10
RBW   57  77  44  59 /  10  20  20  10

.GA...NONE.
.SC...NONE.

WOODWORTH

The radar

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Event by event

15 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Inland Chatham

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Inland Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Inland Liberty

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Inland Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Inland McIntosh

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Inland McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Long

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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)

Drought, Bulloch

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Bryan forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal Chatham

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal Liberty

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Coastal McIntosh

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Effingham

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 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
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Inland Bryan forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

What these are

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

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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: 5282146, 5282147, 5282148, 5282149, 5282150, 5282151, 5283842, 5283843, 5283844, 5283845, 5283846, 5283847, 5283848, 5283849, 5283850.