Drought in Georgia, November 22 to 30, 2016

Name: Drought in Georgia, November 22 to 30, 2016
Start: 2016-11-22T00:00
End: 2016-11-30T23:59
Location: Georgia

November 22 to 30, 2016 · NWS TAE · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

D2 drought conditions expanded southward into additional portions of southwest Georgia during the week of November 22nd. D3 drought conditions were present in portions of Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Irwin, and Ben Hill counties by November 29th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 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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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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.

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 Nov 21, 9:43 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 9:43 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
943 PM EST Mon Nov 21 2016

.UPDATE...

No updates to the forecast were necessary this evening.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION [610 PM EST]...

.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...

Surface high pressure ridging, emanating from the high pressure
center across the midwest, will slowly shift eastward overnight.
This will cause wind directions to shift from the current
northwesterly direction to the northeast by daybreak. Another
excellent night is in store for radiational cooling to take place
with clear skies and dry conditions. Lows will fall into the lower
30s inland, with mid to upper 30s closer to the coast. A 4-6mph wind
overnight will push wind chills down into the upper 20s to mid 30s.

.SHORT TERM [Tuesday Through Wednesday Night]...

In the upper levels a ridge will remain over the Southeast until
Wednesday evening when a trough moves through. At the surface a low
will move out of The Great Plains and into the Midwest. This low
will be near The Great Lakes by Thursday morning. The associated
cold front will move through The Lower Mississippi Valley and
approach the forecast area on Wednesday night. The southern end of
the front will be decaying rapidly as it approaches the region.
Therefore only a slight chance of rain is forecast on Wednesday
night for the extreme northwestern portion of the region. Tuesday
will be dry and sunny with highs in the lower 70s. On Wednesday
afternoon clouds will increase as low level moisture increases with
the return of southerly winds. Highs on Wednesday will be in the mid
70s. Lows will be in the 40s on Tuesday night and 50s on Wednesday
night.

.LONG TERM [Thursday Through Monday]...

On Thursday remnants of the cold front will likely linger
along the Gulf Coast for a couple days. POPs will be very low but
low level moisture and cloud cover may linger. By Saturday cool dry
air associated with high pressure over the Midwest will move into
the region. On Sunday night low level moisture will return as winds
become southerly ahead of an approaching cold front. It looks like
there will be a good chance for rain early in the week as the system
could stall over the region. Highs will be in the 70s and lows will
be in the 40s and 50s.

.AVIATION [Through 00Z Wednesday]...

Unlimited cigs and vsbys will prevail through the period. Winds
will be light and variable overnight and become more easterly
Tuesday as high pressure to our north shifts eastward.

.MARINE...

Light to moderate northeasterly winds will become southerly by
Wednesday. Dry weather will continue this week.

.FIRE WEATHER...

Critically low relative humidity levels will continue on Tuesday.
Red Flag criteria will not be met across Alabama and Georgia,
however, due to light winds. In Florida, high fuel moisture indices
will combine with long durations of low relative humidities to
necessitate a Red Flag warning for much of the Florida panhandle.
Relative humidity levels will climb back above critical levels
Wednesday through the weekend.

.HYDROLOGY...

Dry weather will continue this week. It looks like there will be a
good chance for rain early next week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

Tallahassee   32  72  46  75  56 /   0   0   0   0  10
Panama City   40  71  52  74  61 /   0   0   0  10  10
Dothan        32  70  42  75  55 /   0   0   0  10  10
Albany        33  71  44  75  55 /   0   0   0   0  10
Valdosta      34  71  47  75  53 /   0   0   0   0   0
Cross City    32  73  48  76  53 /   0   0   0   0   0
Apalachicola  39  68  54  73  60 /   0   0   0  10  20

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FL...Red Flag Warning from 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ to 7 PM EST /6 PM
     CST/ Tuesday for Calhoun-Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal
     Wakulla-Gadsden-Holmes-Inland Bay-Inland Wakulla-Jackson-
     Leon-Liberty-North Walton-South Walton-Washington.

GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.

&&

UPDATE...Harrigan
NEAR TERM...Scholl
SHORT TERM...McDermott
LONG TERM...McDermott
AVIATION...Moore
MARINE...McDermott
FIRE WEATHER...Harrigan
HYDROLOGY...McDermott

The radar

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

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Event by event

12 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Seminole

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Seminole forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.939, -84.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Decatur

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Decatur forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.878, -84.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Grady

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Grady forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.875, -84.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Thomas

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Thomas forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.864, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Brooks

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Brooks forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.842, -83.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lowndes

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lowndes forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 30.834, -83.268 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cook

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Cook forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.154, -83.430 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Colquitt

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Colquitt forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.188, -83.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tift

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Tift forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.457, -83.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Irwin

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Irwin forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.602, -83.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Ben Hill

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Ben Hill forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.760, -83.220 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Berrien

When: November 22, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Berrien forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 31.276, -83.230 (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 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, November 2016

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: 662156, 662157, 662158, 662159, 662160, 662161, 662162, 662163, 662164, 662165, 662166, 662167.