Drought, Decatur
- When
- October 3, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 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 in Georgia, October 3 to 31, 2023
D2 drought conditions developed in early October across Seminole and Decatur counties and continued into November.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 developed in early October across Seminole and Decatur counties and continued into November.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Seminole
- When
- October 3, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 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)
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 3, 2023
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, October 3, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Texas, October 3, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 3, 2023
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, October 3, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 3, 2023
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, October 3, 2023
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, October 3, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 3 to 4, 2023
- Hail in Kansas, October 3, 2023
- Hail and Sleet in Idaho, October 3, 2023
- Hail in North Dakota, October 3, 2023
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, October 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1139560, 1139561.