When will the drought stop?
- There is no real prediction when a drought will really end.
A drought normally ends when a large amount of rain starts to pour.
- The drought is not over, but we have been seeing more and more rain.
- There has been rules for all the citizens of Georgia to help save water.
- For example, we were not allowed to water our grass as much. This action was taken to conserve water.
DROUGHT STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COLUMBIA SC 405 PM EST
Posted 1/8/09
...Rainfall pattern shifts northwest with the heavy rains falling over the drought stricken areas of upstate south Carolina and northeast Georgia...
Synopsis...
Over the past 30 days ending on January 7 2009 saw the heaviest Rains shifting northwest over the drought stricken areas of Northwest South Carolina and Northeast Georgia. Far northwest South Carolina and northeast Georgia received as much as 5 to 8 inches above normal rainfall. These rains provided drought relief across that area which has suffered most from the ongoing drought.
Over the northwest half of South Carolina and the central Savannah River basin rainfall average from 0.5 inches to 3 inches above normal.
The southeast half of South Carolina and southeast Georgia Had less rain with amounts ranging from 0.5 inches to as much as 4 inches below normal. The lowest amounts occurred over areas near the coast.
Summary of impacts...
The state of South Carolina drought response committee is scheduled to meet in mid February 2009 to assess the effect of the winter rains on the drought in the state.
In the meantime there has been no change to the drought status in the state. The status of the drought in the midlands of South Carolina and the central Savannah River basin of Georgia which comprises the WFO Columbia South Carolina service area are as follows:
McCormick County was designated to be in extreme drought.
Edgefield...Saluda...Newberry...Fairfield...Kershaw and Lancaster counties were in severe drought.
Aiken...Lexington and Richland counties were in moderate drought.
Barnwell...Bamberg...Orangeburg...Calhoun...Sumter...Claremont...lee were in incipient drought.
Chesterfield County is not considered to be in drought..
Exceptional drought has now been removed from northeast Georgia. Extreme drought...however continues across northeast and the northern part of east central Georgia with less severe drought south of there. The bounding line for extreme extends across Wilkes and extreme northern Lincoln counties. The drought rapidly improves as Richmond County in east central Georgia is out of drought.
Water conservation efforts continue across the state of South Carolina. The latest information on water conservation can be found at the South Carolina department of natural resources website at:
Https://www.dnr.sc.gov/pls/drought/drought_restrict
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