First Reports of Blue Mold to the North American Blue Mold Forecast Center in 2002 (a)

County/State	Date Reported	Probable source (b)	Impact (c)
Tift County, GA	March 22	Cuba	?
Hamilton County, FL	April 2	Cuba / (southern GA?)	?
Franklin County, NC (flue-cured)	April 12	Southern GA / northern FL	?
Brunswick / Dinwiddie Counties, VA	May 6	Eastern NC? / southern GA - northern FL?	?
Lancaster / Chester Counties, PA	May 30	Eastern NC / south-central VA	?
Washington County, TN	June 7	Undetermined, possibly multiple	?
Hartford County, CT	June 26	Southeast PA and/or southern mid-Atlantic area	?
Casey / Taylor Counties, KY	June 28	undetermined	?
Hampden / Hampshire Counties, MA	July 5	Connecticut	?
Watauga / Avery Counties, NC (burley)	July 10	Neighboring areas of Southern Appalachian Mountains	?
Brant County, southern Ontario, Canada	July 30	Pennsylvania / other?	?
Brown County, OH	August 1	Kentucky	?

• (a) Occurrence confirmed by a state coordinator or other expert.
• (b) Some first occurrences could be the result of multiple sources.
• (c) We will continue to update this table as additional reports and impact information come in to the Forecast Center. Please check here periodically.