Drought, Gadsden
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 23, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gadsden forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -84.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Florida, October 1 to 23, 2019
D2 drought conditions persisted across portions of Gadsden, Liberty, Wakulla, Leon, and Jefferson counties through October 22nd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 5
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 persisted across portions of Gadsden, Liberty, Wakulla, Leon, and Jefferson counties through October 22nd.
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 Sep 30, 7:23 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 7:23 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 823 PM EDT Mon Sep 30 2019 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... No major changes in the forecast this evening with a surface high to our north keeping low level flow out of the east-northeast overnight. Light winds and an increase in low level moisture during the early morning hours will increase the chance for some low clouds and fog prior to 14z for the eastern portions of the CWA. Low temperatures will dip into the lower 70's except near the coast where the water will keep temperatures a few degrees warmer. && .PREV DISCUSSION [711 PM EDT]... .SHORT TERM [Tuesday Through Wednesday Night]... Deep layer ridging will prevail through mid-week. Northeasterly flow tonight through Tuesday will advect moisture into the region from the northeast as well as force a frontal boundary down the Eastern Seaboard. Rain chances remain low, but a few showers may form along this boundary. No rain is expected on Wednesday, with record threatening high temperatures each afternoon. .LONG TERM [Thursday Through Monday]... A ribbon of +PV will advect around the southern edge of deep layer ridging through the week. Ridging will remain overhead through the end of the week, with continued dry and hot conditions. However, by the weekend the ribbon of +PV will fracture, sending an anomaly into the northern GOMEX. This wave could get scooped up by a continental trough and result in our best rain chances for quite some time over the weekend. .AVIATION... [Through 00Z Wednesday] VFR conditions at all sites expected through the TAF period except VLD which will likely go down to IFR once again after 10z. Winds will be easterly around 5-10 knots. .MARINE... Easterly nocturnal wind surges will continue for the next few days. Thereafter, light winds and low seas will prevail once again. .FIRE WEATHER... The dry pattern will continue for the remainder of the work week with low chances for rain. Red flag criteria is not expected to be met. Rain chances will increase this weekend. .HYDROLOGY... Dry conditions will continue through the end of the week, with no flooding concerns. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 72 94 71 94 70 / 0 10 0 0 0 Panama City 76 91 74 90 73 / 0 20 10 0 0 Dothan 71 94 70 94 70 / 0 20 0 0 0 Albany 73 93 70 94 70 / 0 10 0 0 0 Valdosta 71 92 70 92 68 / 0 10 0 0 0 Cross City 72 91 71 91 69 / 0 20 0 10 0 Apalachicola 76 88 74 87 74 / 0 10 10 0 0 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...LN SHORT TERM...Harrigan LONG TERM...Harrigan AVIATION...LN MARINE...Harrigan FIRE WEATHER...Wool HYDROLOGY...Harrigan
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Liberty
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 23, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
Drought, Inland Wakulla
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 23, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Wakulla forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Leon
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 23, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Leon forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 30.458, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Inland Jefferson
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 23, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 30.424, -83.900 (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
- Rip Current in New York, October 1, 2019
- Drought in Virginia, October 1 to 22, 2019
- Drought in North Carolina, October 1 to 22, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 1 to 2, 2019
- Drought in West Virginia, October 1 to 22, 2019
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 1, 2019
- Flooding in Wisconsin, October 1 to 31, 2019
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2019
- Flooding in Michigan, October 1 to 2, 2019
- Flooding in South Dakota, October 1 to 31, 2019
- Flooding in South Dakota, October 1 to 31, 2019
More
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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: 861934, 861935, 861936, 861937, 861938.