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1/28/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Streamflows up in Central GA
Oconee River flooding at Penfield
Sunday, January 28, 2024 - last updated 1110 pm EST
Flood and streamflow report
USGS Streamflow gauges - see Provisional Data Statement below
Oconee River breached flood stage again at Penfield just before 10 pm tonight. This location was flooding on Jan 26 also. Streamflows through the central Atlantic drainage area have increased over the last six hours, Ocmulgee River had almost stopped flooding earlier today at Macon, has now picked up volume and running six inches over flood stage.
Broad River is on the decline above Carlton, peaking in action stage earlier this afternoon. The current trend is downward and at the time of this update, out of action stage.
Alcovy River is flowing 99th percentile above Covington, in action stage and on a slow rising trend. We will be watching for this station to flood overnight.
See black tags on the map for flood flow details, blue tags for flows above 99th percentile.
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 run normal to above normal Saturday. In the northeast flows are much above normal. South on the Mississippi side, streamflows are much above normal, shifting to normal levels as the rivers and tributaries flow southward.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow compared with historic average
The area rated below normal on the Mississippi side of the drainage divide expands Sunday, a larger portion of Lower Flint River watershed coming back on the drought radar, beginning at Marion-Schley-Macon down to Decatur County.
On the Atlantic side of the divide, Lower Ocmulgee River watershed remains rated below normal at south Laurens, east Dodge, west Wheeler and north Telfair.
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.
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 432 pm Jan 28, 2024
Wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph are anticipated in north and central Georgia tonight, with peak gusts near 45 mph along the mountain ridgelines in northeast Georgia. A Wind Advisory is in place for
portions of northeast Georgia where gusts may exceed 35 mph through 7 AM tomorrow morning.
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
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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