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10/3/2024
WT Staff
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October 3, 2024 953 am EDT
Withlacoochee River in moderate flood stage along the border of Brooks and Lowndes Counties
Streamflow Situation
from the network of monitoring stations of the USGS Georgia Water Science Center
Streamflows continue much above seasonal normal to high through north, central and south Georgia Thursday with ongoing flooding on both sides of the drainage divide. Four stations in the monitoring network continue to record flooding in the Gulf of Mexico basin including Ochlockonee River near Concord, FL, running half a foot over, we expect to see the end of this flooding tonight. Tributaries of the Suwannee River watershed, Withlachoochee and Alapaha Rivers continue to flood this hour. Withlachoochee River continues in moderate flood stage running six feet over the banks at US 84 near Quitman, the trend is a slow receding curve. Upstream at Skipper Bridge Rd near Bemiss, Withlacoochee River remains a foot over flood stage, this flooding could ne over tonight or tomorrow with no further rainfall in the basin. Alapaha River runs more than a foot over minor flood stage near the town of Alapaha in Berrien County. Two 99th percentile high flows are recorded this hour on the Flint River, the GA 26 station near Montezuma and downstream near Oakfield, these locations are not in action stage and the water levels are coming down.
Savannah River breached flood stage at Burtons Ferry Bridge Tuesday afternoon, leveling out close to two feet over at this report. Adjacent in the Atlantic drainage basin, Ogeechee River is still flooding at Midville, running a foot and a half over the channel, still flooding downstream at Rocky Ford Rd, barely an inch over this hour and looking to be back in the channel by noon. Ocmulgee River continues to flood, four plus feet over at US 341 near Hawkinsville. Ocmulgee breached the channel downstream at Abbeville yesterday late afternoon, that flow is rising rapidly now, heading for moderate flood stage. Ohoopee River peaked in major flood stage briefly yesterday, currently eight feet over the channel at Reidsville, the water level is in decline. Altamaha River continues to flood US 221 near Charlotteville, two and a half feet over. Flooding continues downstream near Baxley, Altamaha River is three and a half feet out of the channel at this station. Satilla River continues to flood at GA158 near Waycross, with tributaries Alabaha River flooding a foot and a half over the channel at GA 203 near Blackshear and Little Satilla River flooding at Offerman, according to USGS provisional data.
Watch the black tags on the map to the right for updates on flow levels, blue tags indicate action stage for flooding. More to follow.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Bryan County: Various private water service companies have issued boil water advisories yesterday including customers in the Coastal Health District. More than 25 locations in Bryan County are affected until further notice.
Fulton County: Atlanta has issued BWA for parts of the City from Martin L. King, Jr. Dr., south of I-20, to the City of Fairburn, the City of South Fulton, Chattahoochee Hills, Palmetto, and Union City. Atlanta Water System serves 1,089,893 residential customers and 98,585 wholesale customers from surface water, Chattahoochee River.
Southeast Georgia widespread BWAs due to power outages and loss of pressure in the aftermath of Helene, the following counties are under boil advisory: Camden, Chatham, Coffee, Cook, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, McIntosh, Pierce, Screven, Wayne.
Coastal counties Boil water advisories for Liberty county: Anglers Edge, Lyman Hall, - Habersham, Limerick, Woodland Lakes, Yellow Bluff, Palms West Mobile Home Park, Halfmoon Villas and Marina, Zorn Subdivision, River View Subdivision, and Lake Pamona. Long County: Crawford – Deloach Rd Northeast, Cypress Creek, Davenport Ridge, Garrison Place, Horse Creek Farms, Huntington – Timberland, Mill Pond, Murray Crossing, Parish Crossing, Persimmon Estates, Way Station.
Richmond County: Augusta is under a system-wide BWA impacting all of Augusta Richmond-County following system wide low pressure reports from impacts caused by Hurricane Helene. Augusta -Richmond County Water System serves 204,000 customers sourced from surface water, Savannah River and Augusta Canal off Savannah River.
Clinch County: Argyle Water System has issued a system-wide BWA following power outage and loss of pressure caused by Hurricane Helene. This groundwater supplied system had barely recovered from Debby, now customers are boiling water again to ensure no microbiological contamination. Argyle Water System serves 173 customers from a groundwater source in the Suwannee River watershed.
Toombs County: Vidalia Water issued a system wide BWA Saturday due to power grid and water outages in the aftermath of Helene. Vidalia serves a population of 14909 from groundwater well source in the Altamaha River watershed.
With power outages all over the state, drinking water advisories will be widespread as power is restored and service resumes. More to follow.
Hazardous Weather Outlook from NWS Peachtree City 410 am EDT Thurs Oct 3
Minor to moderate flooding will continue along the Ocmulgee,
south of Macon today and tomorrow.
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
Remain alert for flooded roads which could be compromised or littered
with debris. Avoid travel until water levels subside and roads have
been cleared. Do not drive through places where flood waters cover
the road. Turn around, don`t drown!
See black tags on the map to the right for active flooding, blue tags for locations with high flow in danger of imminent flooding.
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