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1/24/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Thunderstorms and heavy rain this evening
Flooding ends this morning near Charlotteville US-221, more river flooding expected tonight
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - last updated 917 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 504 am Wed Jan 24, 2024
Showers and isolated thunderstorms expected this afternoon and tonight with periods of heavy rain beginning this evening. The increased risk of flooding begins tonight across North and portions of West GA. Expecting 0.5 to to 1.5 inches of rain through Thursday morning.
Periods of heavy rain are likely to continue Thursday through Friday night. Scattered thunderstorms may also occur. Rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches are possible across northern Georgia, with lower amounts in the 1 to 3 inch range expected over central Georgia through the weekend. These rainfall totals could lead to flooding, including rises in local streams and rivers.
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
Altamaha River stopped overflowing at US-221 near Charlotteville just after 5 am this morning, currently flowing a couple inches below flood stage. Altamaha is still flooding at the downstream Baxley station, running four inches over flood stage. Satilla River continues to flood at Atkinson, running about four inches over as of this update.
See black tags on the map for flood flow details.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Streamflows in the northwest are predominantly below seasonal normal with nine stations much below normal. Mississippi basin south flows are mostly below normal. On the Atlantic side, Savannah River and tributaries are flowing normal in the northeast, mostly normal values through Central and south GA with a handful of stations below normal. There are no extreme low flows as of this update.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow compared with historic average
Upper Chattahoochee River watershed and Upper Flint River watersheds hop back on the drought map Wednesday at below normal. Also swinging for the Mississippi drainage basin, Upper Coosa River watershed's Whitfield, Murray, Gilmer and Gordon, east Chattooga and north Floyd County area rated below normal Wednesday. A small area of west central Dade County not included in the Tennessee West watershed area is still showing up rated severe drought.
On the Atlantic side of the state divide, Lower Ocmulgee River watershed area rated below normal this morning as seen yesterday, south Laurens, east Dodge, west Wheeler and north Telfair, reported incorrectly in yesterday's update as Oconee River watershed, should have read Ocmulgee watershed.
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.
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.
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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