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12/20/2023
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
High Fire Danger continues
Little Satilla, St Marys Rivers still flooding, Alabaha River flooding
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - last updated 1052 am EST
National Weather Service warning statement 4 am December 20, 2023
A Fire Danger Statement is in effect through 7 PM for much of North and Central Georgia due to low relative humidity. Low relative humidity and the ongoing drought could combine to produce near critical fire weather conditions again on Thursday.
Impacting Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-Wilkinson Counties
Drinking Water Advisories
Cleveland BWA applies again today for customers connecting from the west side of Jackson St, Colonial Dr, West Jarrard St, North Bell St to West Kytle St to the intersection of West Underwood St and ABC Dr until further notice.
Streamflow situation from USGS Waterwatch gages throughout Georgia
Six gauges record flooding Wednesday. As of this update, Little Satilla River is still flooding at Offerman, St Marys's River is flooding along the GA-FL line at Folkston and MacClenny and North Prong St Marys River is still flooding at Moniac, Alabaha River is flooding near Blackshear and as of Wednesday, Satilla River breached flood stage near Waycross Tuesday late afternoon, still flooding as of this update. See black location tags on the map for details.
Real-time stream flow gauges are recording much below normal flows in the north again Wednesday, exacerbating the conditions for high fire danger due to low relative humidity the National Weather Service has extended into Thursday. Low flows are registering on Tallulah River near Clayton and Chattahoochee River above Roswell, Mill Creek at Crandall, and Flint River at Thomaston.
Drought Map USGS Waterwatch
In the Atlantic basin, Upper Savannah River escalated from below normal to moderate hydrologic drought overnight from Rabun to north Hart County. The area from Hart south including Banks, Madison and Oglethorpe, Elbert, Wilkes and Lincoln are still below normal.
In the Mississippi basin, Coosa River watershed has escalated up to moderate drought from Walker, Chattooga, Floyd and Polk County. Tallapoosa and Tennessee River watersheds are back on the map rated below normal Wednesday. Upper Chattahoochee River watershed is still rated below normal from headwaters at Union County to northwest corner of Muscogee County, while the lower end is off the drought map. Flint River and Ocmulgee River watersheds are rated below normal Wednesday with a low flow registering at Thomaston.
USGS seven-day average streamflows at each monitoring location are rated against the historic average flow volume for this day. Results appear on the drought map, showing surface area with a rating: below normal, moderate drought, severe drought or extreme drought. The drought-rated surface area most often follows watershed lines, the physical topography of drainage and direction of flow of the surface water across the state. The watershed layer on the map shows surface area impacted by streamflows in each drainage area. Turn the directional arrows on to see which way the water flows, along with hazardous spills reported in the area that could have an impact on water quality.
Hazardous Spills files released from Georgia Department of Environmental Conservation
A tractor trailer tank is reported ruptured on the highway spilling 100 gallons of diesel near Lawrence in Dekalb County. Responders applied an absorbent product to clean up the spill. A spill of 15000 gallons of sewage is reported spilled on Kenora Drive in Atlanta with no cause reported. More to follow.
HABs update from Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division Shellfish and Water Quality Unit
Two permanent beach advisories remain in effect on Jekyll Island including Jekyll Clam Creek Beach on the north end and St Andrews Beach on the south end. Lab tests on October 16 samples show the enterococcus bacteria levels below the health advisory threshold. Clam Creek Beach came in at 20 cfu per 100 ml and 7 cfu per 100 ml for St Andrews.
Public notification of the location of harmful algal blooms helps to protect pets, swimmers and waders from venturing into areas with known HABs and helps recreational water users find clear access points on state water bodies. Observations of HABs can be reported here by email, info@wtga.us for public notification on our map and through SMS alerts. The identity of the reporting party is not included in our notifications. Include a photo and location geo-tag so that the bloom can be accurately placed on the map and confirmed by local authorities.
USGS Provisional Data Statement
Data are provisional and subject to revision until they have been thoroughly reviewed and received final approval. Current condition data relayed by satellite or other telemetry are automatically screened to not display improbable values until they can be verified.
Provisional data may be inaccurate due to instrument malfunctions or physical changes at the measurement site. Subsequent review based on field inspections and measurements may result in significant revisions to the data.
Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data or concerning other hydrologic data may be obtained from the USGS.
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