HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
153 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2008

...DROUGHT STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...COLLETON...
DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...JASPER...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRYAN...BULLOCH...CANDLER...CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...
JENKINS...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...SCREVEN...TATTNALL...

RAINFALL DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN NEAR NORMAL. RIVERS 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE RUNNING NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL WHILE THE 
SAVANNAH RIVER AND RIVERS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA REMAIN BELOW 
NORMAL. THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN 
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH MOST AREAS NOW DECLARED D0 - ABNORMALLY 
DRY. SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA REMAINS IN D0 FOR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS 
WITH D1 - MODERATE DROUGHT FOR THE REMAINDER. 

THE THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK INDICATES PRECIPITATION MAY BE 
BELOW NORMAL FOR SOME TIME. THEREFORE...AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE 
AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDER A DROUGHT DECLARATION AT LEAST FOR 
ANOTHER MONTH. 

THE NEXT DROUGHT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ON MARCH 7 IF NECESSARY.