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2/28/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Heavy rain with strong wind this afternoon
Lee County BWA
Wednesday, February 28 2024 - updated 447 pm EST
Drinking Water Advisories
Lee County water has issued a boil water order for customers connecting on Margate Drive and Argyll Place following a drop in water pressure yesterday. A leak in the line has been identified as the cause of water supply and low pressure issues. The BWA applies until further notice.
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 909 am Wed Feb 28
A narrow line of showers and possibly embedded thunderstorms will accompany a strong cold front moving through this afternoon and evening. Brief, heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts are possible.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for much of north and central
Georgia today through Wednesday evening. Winds at 15-25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph are expected. Higher wind gusts are possible with rain.
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
USGS records 6 monitoring locations flooding in the USA today, three of these are in Georgia.
Altamaha River is just four inches above flood stage near Baxley, looking to end this tonight. Downstream near Everett City, water level is still ten inches above flood stage, we expect to see this flood continue Thursday.
Savannah River is down five inches today on a steep declining flow trend. This site looks to be out of flood stage by this evening. More to follow.
Check black tags on the map for updated flood flow levels.
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
Ogeechee River watershed pops on the drought map Wednesday, rated below normal from east Hancock County, Jefferson and Burke Counties, within a week of the Ogeechee River flooding ending near Eden.
Ocmulgee River watershed is expanding in area rated on the drought map midweek. Henry, Butts, Monroe and Bibb County are below normal Wednesday while Telfair, Wheeler Dodge and Laurens Counties area next to the river channel are still at moderate drought. Note Altamaha River flooding downstream near Baxley and Everett City is on the decline.
Also in the Atlantic drainage area, Savannah River watershed remains below normal from northeast Greene County through Taliaferro, including parts of Wilkes, McDuffie, Lincoln and Columbia Counties. Note Savannah River is still overflowing downstream of the below normal rated area near Cylo, this flow is declining.
In the Mississippi-bound drainage area, all of northwest GA is rated below normal on the drought map Wednesday, while current streamflows indicate below normal to much below seasonal normal levels. Rain in the forecast for late afternoon and evening may provide some relief for the dry northwest high fire danger over the past days.
Drought-rated area on the Mississippi side of the state height-of-land-divide presently includes the entirety of the Coosa, Tennessee west and Tallapoosa Rivers watersheds. Flint River watershed is tagged with more area below normal Wednesday, currently including Marion, Schley Sumter and Lee Counties below normal. Flint River watershed including south Fulton to Taylor County remains below normal. Lower Chattahoochee River remains rated below normal track starting at Clay County and running along the west side of Early and Seminole Counties in a band along the Chattahoochee River channel.
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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