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5/9/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Flooding in the Northwest
NWS: Tornado Watch for 59 Counties
Water news for Thursday, May 9, 2024 updated 434 pm EDT
Ellijay - River flooding may be over, residents are surveying the extensive storm damage sustained along Ellington Rd in Gilmer County, as thousands wait for the power to be restored. Current tornado concern is shifted toward for Brunswick along the coast. More to follow.
National Weather Service Tornado Watch issued 242 pm EDT May 9
Showers and thunderstorms will continue to sag south through the remainder of the area this afternoon. Storms across the extreme southern portion of the area are expected to produce damaging wind gusts, large hail, frequent lightning strikes, and locally heavy rainfall. Isolated tornadoes will also be possible. A Tornado Watch remains in effect for portions of south central Georgia until 5 PM.
Another round of thunderstorms is expected to move into the area late tonight through Friday morning. After a dry weekend, another round of thunderstorms is possible early next week as a frontal system moves into the area Monday and Tuesday.
Impacting 59 Counties across north and central Georgia, including 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
WT USA Flows and Flood Tracker provisional data from the network of USGS streamflow monitors
Eighty-eight streamflow gauges record flooding in the USA Thursday, up from sixty-six Wednesday. WT tracks the nation's most common natural disaster dynamics through the states of New York, Ohio, Georgia and Louisiana. As of this report, twelve sites record flooding on the network, 7 in Georgia, 5 in Louisiana.
North and central Georgia remain under tornado watch until 1 pm today with seven sites recording above flood stage in the northwest Tennessee and Coosa River watersheds of the Mississippi River drainage basin. Lookout Creek is flooding near New England on a steep upward flow trend in the Tennessee River watershed. In the Coosa River watershed, Coahulla Creek is flooding near Dalton, Holly Creek is flooding near Chatsworth, Talking Rock Creek is flooding near Hinton, Fausett Creek is flooding near Talking Rock and the Coosawattee and Cartecay Rivers are flooding near Ellijay. More to follow here as the storms roll through.
Louisiana Watershed Region 4 Sabine River flooding ended yesterday at the station near Burkeville, Sabine River continues to flood near Bon Wier, TX and near Ruliff, TX. Watershed Region 1 in the northwest continues to record flooding on two monitors, Bayou Dorcheat flooding near Springhill and Bayou Bodcau near Shreveport. Region 4 Calcasieu River continues to flood near Glenmora. See black tags on the map here.
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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