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Drought, Live.

What the Conecuh River, the wells beneath us, and the sky above are actually doing — straight from USGS, the National Weather Service, and the U.S. Drought Monitor. No interpolation. When the nearest instrument is twenty miles away, the page says so.

Official Advisory · NWS ALC039

Wind Advisory

Moderate

Wind Advisory issued October 15 at 11:33PM CDT until October 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

Use extreme caution if you must travel or be outdoors Friday night through Saturday. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.

In effect until Sun, Oct 18, 12:00 AM Issuedjust now ByNWS Mobile AL
No. 01

Current Conditions

Fog/Mist

61° Fahrenheit
N E S W
0 mph N
Dewpoint
61°F
Humidity
100%
Pressure
30.08 inHg
Heat Index
—
NWS api.weather.gov · Evergreen, Middleton Field · 26 mi from Andalusia
Read 29 min ago
No. 02

Forecast

Five days · NWS MOB

High Low Condition
Friday 87° 52° Mostly Sunny 1%
Saturday 69° 50° Sunny
Sunday 68° 48° Sunny
Monday 72° 49° Sunny
Tuesday 76° 50° Sunny
No. 03

Drought

U.S. Drought Monitor · Week of 2026-10-13

D0

Abnormally Dry

62% of county area

11 weeks running

Current drought began Aug 2026 and peaked at Severe Drought.

3 wks Severe (D2+)

5-Year Severity Timeline

202120222023202420252026
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4

Cumulative coverage this week

D0 Abnormally Dry 62%
D1 Moderate 0%
D2 Severe 0%
D3 Extreme 0%
D4 Exceptional 0%
Recent drought episodes 8 prior
  • Sep 2025 → Jun 2026 42 wks D3
  • Jul 2025 → Aug 2025 4 wks D0
  • Apr 2025 → May 2025 4 wks D1
  • Mar 2025 → Apr 2025 5 wks D0
  • Aug 2024 → Jan 2025 23 wks D2

Since 2000, Covington has spent 53.7% of weeks in some drought; severe (D2+) only 18.5% of the time.

No. 04

Groundwater

Depth from land surface · Covington County Well 1

8.13 ft below surface

above seasonal normal

32th percentile of all readings since 2008

90-Day Trend vs Seasonal Normal

typical range (p10–p90) median current

90 days ago45dtoday
1 year ago
13.43 ft ▲ 5.30 ft
5 years ago
9.56 ft ▲ 1.43 ft
Record shallow
1.68 ft 2026-06-22
Record deep
18.36 ft 2010-11-15

5-Year Monthly Mean

Range over 5 years: 4.5–17.3 ft

USGS NWIS OGC API · Covington County Well 1 · 7.7 mi from Andalusia
Read just now
No. 05

Surface Water

Conecuh River · Live gage readings & historical percentile

Brantley

Records since 1929

22.5 mi from Andalusia

rising Up 4.43 ft in the last 3 days — runoff coming through, fish push to slack water and bank cover.

Discharge 1,530 ft³/s
Gage Height 8.70 ft
14-day stage

Record high: 2,330 ft³/s on 2026-10-14

River Falls

Records since 1998

5.4 mi from Andalusia

steady Stage holding within 0.01 ft — established patterns work.

Discharge 2,290 ft³/s
Gage Height 7.22 ft
93
low normal high

well above normal — high flow event

Typical p10
76
Median
578
Typical p90
1,827
14-day stage

Record high: 27,700 ft³/s on 2009-12-18

A Note on the Sources

Where the readings come from

  1. U.S. Geological Survey — National Water Information System (NWIS), for surface-water gages on the Conecuh River and groundwater wells in Covington County.
  2. National Weather Service — Forecast Office Mobile (MOB), for current conditions, the seven-day forecast, and active alerts on zone ALC039.
  3. U.S. Drought Monitor — the joint product of the National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA, and NOAA.

A note to the reader

This bulletin reads the nearest official monitoring stations to Andalusia. Where the nearest reporting instrument lies more than a few miles distant, the distance is shown plainly with each reading. No values are interpolated or modeled. When a station ceases reporting, the panel will say so.