1/20/2025
WT Staff
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January 20, 2025 1034 am EST
NWS: Urgent Weather Message - Cold Advisory
Urgent Weather Message issued 308 am Mon Jan 20 by NWS Peachtree City
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
Very cold wind chills as low as 6 above for portions of central, east central, north central,
northeast, southeast, and west central Georgia until 11 AM EST this morning. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. Very cold temperatures can lead
to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. Be sure all creatures have appropriate shelter, including keeping pets indoors as much as possible.
Impacting Banks-Jackson-Madison-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-
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
Including the cities of Washington, Mount Vernon, Crawfordville,
Commerce, Mcrae, Talbotton, Covington, Forsyth, Watkinsville,
Macon, Winder, Sparta, Toomsboro, Buena Vista, Vidalia, Griffin,
Warner Robins, Thomaston, Manchester, Jackson, GIbson,
Swainsboro, Monroe, Franklin, Stockbridge, Pine Mountain, Fort
Valley, Abbeville, Dublin, Barnesville, Eatonton, Sandersville,
Soperton, Lumpkin, Ellaville, Vienna, Alamo, Greensboro, Madison,
West Point, Montezuma, Columbus, Preston, Conyers, Gray,
Louisville, Butler, Monticello, Cochran, Peachtree City, Athens,
Comer, Riverdale, Cordele, Warrenton, Roberts, Fort Moore,
Crawford, Jeffersonville, Americus, Zebulon, Wrightsville,
Hawkinsville, Eastman, Milledgeville, Homer, and Newnan
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Glynn County: City of Brunswick issued a BWA following repairs made Saturday. The BWA is precautionary and applies to water customers connecting on Marshview Circle, until the lab tests confirm the water is free of contamination. City of Brunswick water system serves a population over forty thousand customers from a groundwater source in the Satilla River watershed.
DeKalb County: The boil water advisory impacting a significant area of Dekalb County is now fully rescinded, according to a staffer with Dekalb County Water contacted by WTGA.us on Monday morning. (Note Dekalb County website still shows the BWA in effect, the last update to the website being Friday, Jan 17.) The water main break on Clairmont Road last week has been linked to the cold weather. The incident caused the closure of Clairmont Rd businesses from Bragg Street to Dresden Drive until the repair work was completed and the road reopened Friday. The BWA extended into the weekend with bottled water widely distributed to residents.
Dekalb County Water serves 743,000 customers from a raw water intake on the Chattahoochee River, alternate supply is purchased from Gwinnett County and Atlanta in the Chattahoochee River watershed. Customers connected to Atlanta water system are not impacted by this event.
Walker County: Some LaFayette residences and businesses remain under BWA for turbidity, a high degree of suspended particles making the water cloudy. The Lee School Road water treatment plant has been dealing with turbidity, a prior BWA issued Jan 2 this year. Customers connected to Lee School Rd water plant, one of two treatment plants operated by Lafayette Water, are those connecting east of Highway 27 bypass, South of 136 East, including the Naomi community, Highway 151, Corinth area, Hillcrest community, Walnut grove area and customers along the Old Trion Highway.
Lafayette provides drinking water to 18177 residential customers from a surface water source, purchased from another licensed drinking water facility in the Coosa River watershed. The Lee School Road water treatment plant is one of two water treatment plants serving Lafayette area.
EPA has released new quarterly report on drinking water facilities compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. Updates are in progress, more to follow. See the prior quarterly report, how Georgia's drinking water facilities stack up against those in Ohio, New York, Louisiana and California, here.
Streamflow Situation from the network of river monitors of the USGS throughout the watersheds of Georgia
Streamflows run below normal to seasonal normal through the north and central watersheds both sides of the state divide Monday. A rating much above seasonal normal stands out in the lower Flint River watershed, a bit unusual given this area has been rated on the drought map below normal, and all other flow values in the area are lower. It may be a malfunction in the monitoring equipment in Kinchafoonee Creek at Preston, currently under a cold weather advisory. More to follow. The drought map has taken on area in the Upper Savannah River watershed from the northmost end, Rabun County down to Wilkes and Lincoln Counties. Along the north state line, Tennessee River watershed east and west sections remain below normal, from Dade, Walker, Catoosa, skipping over Fannin, with Union and Towns Counties below normal. Lower Flint River watershed remains below normal from Early County through Miller and Seminole Counties. Across the divide to the Atlantic basin, part of the Satilla River watershed is rated below normal, south Appling County is impacted. St. Mary's River watershed is no longer rated, relieving Charlton County of drought rating over the weekend. Drought ratings come from the 7-day average streamflows below the historic average for this time of year. No flooding or high flows or first percentile low flows are recorded at this time. The extreme low flow rating remains with Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, downstream of Tobesofkee Dam, an uncontrolled spillway.
It is 29 degrees at Warner Robins Air Force Base, the high just 40 degrees for MLK Day and a cold weather warning applies until 11 am. It is fair and 51 in the south, according to NWS Charleston, the outlook is sunny and 61 degrees, the weather monitored at Hunter US Army Airfield near Savannah.
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