Drought — Glascock, Georgia

2007-11-01 to 2007-11-30 · Glascock, Georgia

Wider weather episode

Drought conditions continued to worsen across north and central Georgia during November. Rainfall deficits continued to grow, with many locations across the north and central part of the state reporting rainfall deficits of 15 to 20 inches. With the exception of the Columbus area and the far northern part of the state, most of north and central Georgia received only about 50 percent of their normal rainfall during the month. Many lake and river levels across north and central Georgia continued near all time record low levels. Above ground water supplies were severely taxed. Lake Lanier in northeast Georgia, the main water source for metropolitan Atlanta reached a new record low level of 1052.63 feet on November 20th. This was the lowest reading recorded since December 24th of 1981, when a level of 1052.66 feet was observed. Lake Allatoona in northwest Georgia and West Point Lake in west central Georgia were also nearing record levels, but fell several feet short of record values. Significant water restrictions remained in place across many counties in north Georgia. Only a minor recovery from the record low stream gage levels recorded on creeks and rivers in north and central Georgia during October was noted, mainly as a result of reduced evaporation rates attending the late fall period.

Note, the impact of the drought on crops and the estimated monetary damage was included with the September 2007 Storm Data. Additional crop losses after September should be minimal in comparison as October marks the end of the growing season.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 66943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.