Drought — Amite, Mississippi

2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Amite, Mississippi

Event narrative

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Wider weather episode

With ridging sitting over the area for the better part of September, all of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi saw significantly less rainfall than usual for September. This lead to continuation of drought conditions during the whole month of September.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1142886. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.