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2/25/2024
WT Staff
WEEKEND WATER REPORT
NWS: Fire Danger
Low relative humidity into this evening
Sunday, February 25 2024 - 914 am EST
National Weather Service Special Weather Statement issued 310 am Sunday Feb 25
HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES..Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening . Winds will be light and variable this morning and then become southwest around 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon.
With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution.
Impacting Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-
Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-
Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs Counties.
Streamflow situation based on provisional data from USGS streamflow gauges in the rivers and creeks of Georgia
Ocmulgee River is no longer flooding at Lumber City, leaving the Altamaha River flooding at four locations, Satilla, Savannah and Ogeechee Rivers still flooding as of Sunday morning.
Now that the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers are back in their channels, the combined flow Altamaha River is down three feet and 20 thousand cubic feet per second near Charlotteville, signalling an end for the overflow within days. The last station downstream on the Altamaha is at Everett City, this location is now seeing that elevated water level, still on the rise as flood water rolls through to the Atlantic Ocean outlet.
Satilla, Ogeechee and Savannah Rivers are all on a declining flow trajectory with the flooding looking to end in another couple of days.
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
Tallapoosa River watershed hops on the drought map over the weekend with Carroll and Haralson Counties below normal. Coosa River watershed remains on the drought map Sunday from Whitfield and Murray through east Pickens to west Polk. Tennessee River watershed west section Dade, Walker and Catoosa Counties remain below normal.
In the Atlantic drainage basin, Ocmulgee River watershed Telfair, Laurens, Wheeler and Dodge Counties have areas rated below normal. In Savannah River watershed, northeast Greene, Taliaferro, south Wilkes, north McDuffie, south Lincoln and north Columbia are rated below normal Sunday.
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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