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2/23/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Ocmulgee River flooding ends at Abbeville
Showers moving across flood region today
Friday, February 23 2024 - update 1116 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 838 am Friday Feb 23
A line of showers is moving southeastward across central Georgia this morning and will exit the area by early afternoon. A couple of lightning strikes are possible. Otherwise, no hazardous
weather is expected.
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.
Streamflow situation based on provisional data from USGS streamflow gauges in the rivers and creeks of Georgia
Ocmulgee River stopped overflowing around 1030 pm last night at Abbeville, currently three inches below flood stage and continuing to recede. Around about the same time Ocmulgee River flooding ended at Abbeville, the Ohoopee River tucked back inside its channel near Reidsville. Flow is just two inches below flood stage on a steady declining trend Friday, however showers moving through this area today may cause these flows to increase once again. More to follow.
8 stations remain above flood stage Friday morning. Ocmulgee River is still flooding at Lumber City just upstream of the confluence with the Oconee River. The combined flows of Ocmulgee and Oconee are called the Altamaha River, this large body of water continues to flood near Charlotteville, Baxley, Doctortown and Everett City.
Ogeechee River is still flooding at Eden, and Savannah River is still flooding near Cylo. Satilla River is flooding at Atkinson.
Check black tags on the map for updated flood flow levels. Blue tags for action stage of 99th percentile flows.
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
Coosa River watershed is showing up on the drought map with more territory rated Friday. In addition to Gilmer, east Gordon, west Pickens Counties we now see Whitfield and Murray Counties below normal. Tennessee River watershed west section Dade, Walker and Catoosa Counties are also below normal.
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.
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.
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