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Another round of medium to heavy precipitation fell across much of the region. Exceptions included northern North Carolina and much of Virginia, the latter of which saw trace amounts of precipitation (up to 0.5 inches). Areas of Tennessee, northern and southeastern Georgia, south-central Alabama and the Florida Peninsula saw 2 to 4 inches, with some localized areas seeing 4 to 6 inches – alleviating some of the dryness that has appeared in the last few weeks. A line from central Alabama northeast from northeast Georgia through eastern Tennessee into far western Virginia saw improvements, along with a small area in southeast North Carolina and western Tennessee. The Florida peninsula largely missed out on the precipitation and experienced temperatures of 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Abnormal dryness (D0) expanded north along the Atlantic coast, with moderate drought (D1) now extending across the central Florida Peninsula, where fire danger is high and dryness continues to compound. North-central Virginia saw abnormal dryness (D0) extend northward into eastern West Virginia.
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