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1/19/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS Wind Chill Advisory tonight
Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Satilla, St Marys Rivers still flooding
Friday, January 19, 2024 - last updated 304 pm EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook updated 1014 am January 19, 2024
A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for much of north and central GA tonight. Wind chills near zero to 9 below zero are possible. A Wind Chill Advisory will continue until 11 AM Saturday morning. A second Wind Chill Advisory will likely be needed for much of north and central GA for overnight Saturday into Sunday morning as the dangerously cold conditions continue.
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
Flood and streamflow report
USGS Streamflow gauges - see Provisional Data Statement below
Flooding continues Friday in central and south Georgia on the Atlantic side of the divide, the same 7 monitored stations as Thursday.
Two USGS streamflow gages on the Altamaha River began recording flooding in the early hours of Thursday morning Jan 18. The channel breach is recorded downstream of Mount Vernon, where the Oconee River has been flooding since midday Tuesday. Oconee River is presently on a declining trend, flowing a hair above flood stage Friday afternoon.
Satilla River continues flood flow at Atkinson, along with its upstream tributary Little Satilla River, still spilling over at Offerman. Ocmulgee River continues to flood at Abbeville, at the present declining trend, appears will be below flood stage in 24 hours.
St Marys River is still flooding this morning near MacClenny FL, just a couple of inches over and declining.
See black tags on the map for flood information updated throughout the day.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow compared with historic average
No part of Georgia is rated below normal or any degree of hydrologic drought.
HABs update from Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division Shellfish and Water Quality Unit
Permanent advisories remain in effect for bacterial contamination at Jekyll Clam Creek Beach on the north end of Jekyll Island and St Andrews Beach on the south end. Lab tests processed at Brunswick on samples collected Tuesday January 2, 2024 show the enterococcus levels below the health advisory threshold. Clam Creek Beach came in at 4 cfu per 100 ml and 9 cfu per 100 ml for St Andrews.
Drinking Water Advisories
Marietta BWA - According to the City of Marietta, finished water is purchased from the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA), a regional public utility founded in 1951. There are two water sources which supply CCMWA treatment facilities, the Chattahoochee River and Lake Allatoona. Cobb County has experienced a service outage and low pressure in the southwest. From Georgia Drinking Water Watch, Cobb County serves 695000 customers.
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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