PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 2002...CORRECTED

...ADDED 1878 TO 1900 TO THE PERIOD OF RECORD...

...HEADING FOR DRIEST 4 YEAR PERIOD ON RECORD IN ATLANTA...
...6TH DRIEST JUNE TO AUGUST PERIOD ON RECORD FOR ATLANTA...

SINCE 1878...THE PERIOD FROM 1999 TO 2001 WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD 
FOR ATLANTA WITH 112.80 INCHES OF RAINFALL. NORMAL WAS 150.57 FOR 
THE THREE YEAR PERIOD. THIS WAS 37.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1954 TO 1956 WHEN 113.82 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

WE ARE NOW HEADING FOR THE DRIEST 4 YEAR PERIOD ON RECORD. THE TOTAL 
SINCE THE START OF 1999 HAS BEEN 137.70 INCHES. THE 4 YEAR RECORD IS 
157.39 INCHES SET FROM 1893 TO 1896 FOLLOWED BY 162.64 INCHES SET FROM 
1924 TO 1927. ADDITIONAL 4 YEAR DRY PERIODS INCLUDE...162.69 INCHES 
FROM 1954 TO 1957 AND 163.73 INCHES FROM 1930 TO 1933. NORMAL FOR A 
4 YEAR PERIOD IS 200.76 INCHES. UNLESS WE RECEIVE ABOUT 20 MORE 
INCHES OF RAINFALL BY THE END OF THE YEAR...IT WILL BE THE DRIEST 4 
YEAR PERIOD ON RECORD IN ALTANTA.

THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR JUNE TO AUGUST OF 2002 WAS 6.17 INCHES. THIS 
TIES FOR THE 6TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE DRIEST JUNE TO AUGUST PERIOD 
OCCURRED IN 1925 WHEN 3.82 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST DROUGHT INFORMATION AT THE 
FOLLOWING WEBSITES...

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC ...SELECT LATEST DROUGHT INFORMATION 
STATEMENT... 

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SERFC ...GO TO WATER INFORMATION/WATER RESOURCES...

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NOEL
SENIOR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY GA
770-486-1133 X 228