Drought, Houston
- When
- October 11, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Houston forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 31.153, -85.302 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Alabama, October 11 to 31, 2016
D2 drought conditions first appeared in Houston county on October 11, 2016 and continued through the end of the month and into November.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 TAE wrote it up.
D2 drought conditions first appeared in Houston county on October 11, 2016 and continued through the end of the month and into November.
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 8:23 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 8:23 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 923 PM EDT Mon Oct 10 2016 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Deep layer ridging will prevail through the night with light northeasterly flow, as the calm center of the surface high remains well to our northeast. Satellite imagery shows a great deal of cirrus clouds, transported by upper-level southwesterly flow from convection in the Gulf, across the Big Bend and south- central Georgia. Further west, another area of cirrus cloud cover is moving eastward ahead of a shortwave in the Mississippi Valley. The light winds and the cloud cover will prevent temperatures from realizing their true potential and falling to minimums near the upper 40s dewpoints. Instead, expect overnight lows to range from the low 50s across southeast Alabama, to the mid 50s from Tallahassee through Valdosta, up to the upper 50s or near 60 degrees along the coast and across the southeast Big Bend. && .PREV DISCUSSION [725 PM EDT]... .SHORT TERM [Tuesday Through Wednesday Night]... A weak, upper-level short wave trough, currently over the TX Panhandle, will translate slowly eastward, passing through our forecast area on Wednesday. At the surface, much of the eastern CONUS will be dominated by a northeast-southwest oriented ridge. A few of the CAMs forecast some shower development in north FL on Wednesday, as weak Q-G forcing (associated with the passing upper trough) combines with a moistening PBL, a less stable lower troposphere, and mesoscale convergence zones. Otherwise the weather will be fair. Temperatures will be near average, with highs near 80 Tuesday, and lower to mid 80s Wednesday. Lows will be in the 50s Tuesday night, and upper 50s to lower 60s Wednesday night. .LONG TERM [Thursday Through Monday]... A deep layer ridge will become established over the Southeast for the remainder of the work week, with fair weather and gradually warming temperatures. A weak short wave trough will pass through our forecast area on Saturday, but deep layer moisture and CAPE appear to be lacking so forecast PoPs remain below 20%. The upper ridge over the Southeast will build once again Sunday and Monday. Temperatures will return to above-average levels with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the lower 60s. .AVIATION [Through 00Z Wednesday]... VFR conditions with relatively light winds will prevail through the TAF. .MARINE... Moderate to occasionally rather strong northeast winds will continue through at least Thursday as a high pressure ridge remains along the eastern U.S. Winds and seas will be highest during the overnight and morning hours. .FIRE WEATHER... Fuels are dry as evidenced in elevated KBDI values across the area and minimum RH values will dip into the mid to upper 20s across SE AL and parts of SW GA today and tomorrow. Red flag conditions are not expected to be met however with 20 ft wind speeds and RH durations shy of the criteria. By mid-week, moisture will begin to increase across the area again. .HYDROLOGY... Rain is not expected for the remainder of the work week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 54 81 59 84 61 / 0 0 0 0 0 Panama City 60 79 62 81 65 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dothan 51 79 53 83 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 Albany 51 79 53 83 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 Valdosta 53 78 57 82 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 Cross City 58 80 62 82 63 / 0 0 10 10 0 Apalachicola 63 79 64 80 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Harrigan SHORT TERM...Fournier LONG TERM...Fournier AVIATION...Harrigan MARINE...Fournier FIRE WEATHER...Moore HYDROLOGY...Fournier
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 658975.