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5/8/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Hazardous weather for north Georgia
NWS: Severe storms coming late tonight
Water news for Wednesday, May 8, 2024 1025 am EDT
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather outlook issued 403 am EDT May 8
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible in far north Georgia late this afternoon with chances increasing further late
tonight. A few storms could be strong to severe this evening with a threat for damaging wind gusts and hail. A more substantial severe
threat would be more likely after midnight tonight if an organized complex of storms enters north Georgia.
Periods of thunderstorm activity will continue in the region through Friday ahead of a cold front. The highest risk of severe weather is expected on Thursday shifting southward through early Friday morning. Damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a couple brief
tornadoes are all possible at this time.
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.
Current Streamflows, Drought Map provisional data from USGS streamflow gauges in Georgia
Normal to above normal streamflows register across the south Wednesday, normal streamflows predominate through the central state area with increasing prevalence of below normal flows in the north. The Atlantic drainage basin is mostly clear of the drought map overnight. Two relatively small and localized areas remain below normal, including a small area along the Ocmulgee River lower channel, south Laurens, west Wheeler, east Dodge and north Telfair Counties. The Brier Creek channel remains at the below normal rating Wednesday in Ogeechee River watershed. On the Mississippi-Gulf basin side of the state divide, a small part of Coosa River watershed remains below normal, most of Flint River watershed is rated below normal.
WT USA Flows and Flood Tracker provisional data from the network of USGS streamflow monitors
Sixty-six streamflow gauges record flooding in the USA Wednesday, up from seventy-six Tuesday. WT tracks the nation's most common natural disaster dynamics through the states of New York, Ohio, Georgia and Louisiana. As of this report, we are watching six active flooding events recorded on the network, all in Louisiana.
Watershed Region 1 continues to record flooding midweek. Bayou Dorcheat is up overnight, running more than a foot over flood stage near Springhill. Bayou Bodcau runs six feet over flood stage near Shreveport. Region 4 Calcasieu River continues to flood near Glenmora, a foot and seven inches over the channel. Sabine River continues to flood from the mid-channel station near Burkeville, six inches above flood stage, four feet above flood stage near Bon Wier, TX and two feet seven inches over the channel near Ruliff, TX.
As many drinking water facilities are supplied from surface water reservoirs, the streamflow situation is pertinent to both drinking water supply and quality. High flows can stir up sediment and cause turbidity in the reservoirs, requiring additional treatments to render the water potable. Low flow volume is linked to warmer temperatures in the reservoir and can be an issue for water quality where HABs are present. WT tracks streamflow trends with an eye to the impacts on drinking water supply and quality in each of the state's watersheds. Check the watershed layer on the map to see the direction of flow and streamflows that may be impacting drinking water today.
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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