1/21/2025
WT Staff
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January 21, 2025 1015 am EST
NWS: 5 inches of snow tonight for Central GA, Coastal areas up to 3 inches of sleet and snow
It is 30 degrees at Warner Robins Air Force Base, the high 36 today with a winter weather advisory in effect. Snow will start this afternoon, mainly after 2pm, total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches is possible. Tonight, more snow is expected before 11pm, then a slight chance of flurries between 11pm and midnight for up to two more inches of snow accumulation. The overnight low expected near 18 degrees. Savannah area is also under a winter storm warning, currently overcast 37 degrees with a daytime high of 43 degrees, followed by a 30% chance of rain in the early evening. As the temp drops below freezing, sleet and rain will come before midnight, up to three inches of sleet and snow accumulation, the low 27 degrees and north wind around 11 mph.
Urgent Weather Message issued 741 am Tues Jan 21 by NWS Peachtree City
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
Heavy snow expected, total snow accumulations up to 5 inches impacting central Georgia.
Plan on dangerous road conditions. The hazardous conditions will impact the evening and Wednesday morning commutes.
Impacts on roads are expected even before snow accumulations reach two inches and shortly after precipitation begins.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions for
the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
Impacting Greene-Taliaferro-Spalding-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-
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 Gibson, Roberts, Buena Vista, Abbeville,
Ellaville, Warner Robins, Cochran, Toomsboro, Montezuma, Eastman,
Manchester, Eatonton, Crawfordville, Swainsboro, Vienna, Lumpkin,
Mcrae, Griffin, Soperton, Alamo, Hawkinsville, Fort Valley,
Columbus, Pine Mountain, Americus, Zebulon, Fort Moore,
Sandersville, Jeffersonville, Warrenton, Thomaston, Monticello,
Macon, Jackson, Mount Vernon, Louisville, Dublin, Forsyth,
Sparta, Vidalia, Greensboro, Talbotton, Wrightsville, Gray,
Butler, Preston, Cordele, Barnesville, and Milledgeville
Urgent Weather Message issued 855 am Tues Jan 21 by NWS Charleston SC
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY...
Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to two inches and ice accumulations up to one
quarter of an inch. Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice. Travel could be nearly impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday evening and
Wednesday morning commutes.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions for
the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
Persons are urged to stay indoors until conditions improve. If you must go outside, dress in layers. Several layers of clothes will
keep you warmer than a single heavy coat. Cover exposed skin to reduce your risk of frostbite or hypothermia. Gloves, a scarf, and a
hat will keep you from losing your body heat.
Persons should consider delaying all travel. If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution. Consider taking a winter
storm kit along with you, including such items as tire chains, booster cables, flashlight, shovel, blankets and extra clothing.
Also take water, a first aid kit, and anything else that would help you survive in case you become stranded.
Impacting Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh Counties
Including the cities of Hinesville, Fort Stewart, Garden City,
Pooler, Oak Level, Savannah, Tybee Island, Darien, Ludowici,
Pembroke, Richmond Hill, Townsend, Fort Mcallister, and
Wilmington Island
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.
Walker County: LaFayette residences and businesses served by the Lee School Rd water treatment plant remain under BWA for turbidity, a high degree of suspended particles that make the water cloudy. Customers connected to Lee School Rd water plant, one of two treatment plants operated by Lafayette Water, include 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. Of the 2376 licensed and active drinking water facilities serving in Georgia, twenty-eight have significant violations in the latest quarter. 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 mostly normal statewide, the recorded observations below seasonal normal are found in the northeast and southwest. Upper Savannah River watershed and Tennessee River east section watershed remain below normal on the drought map. The below normal rated area in the northeast encompasses Union, Towns and Rabun Counties. The state height-of-land-divide runs between Towns and Rabun, separating the Mississippi River-Gulf of Mexico drainage from the Atlantic Ocean drainage area. On the Atlantic side of the divide, the Upper Savannah River watershed remains below normal from Rabun County and extends down to Oglethorpe, Wilkes and Lincoln Counties. On the Mississippi side of the divide, the Tennessee River east watershed remains below normal through Union County. The Tennessee River west watershed area is no longer rated below normal. Coosa River watershed shows up below normal in south-central Walker, Chatooga, Floyd and Polk Counties. Lower Flint River watershed remains below normal from Early County through Miller and Seminole Counties. Back to the Atlantic basin, Satilla River watershed remains below normal in south Appling and northeast Bacon County. As of this report, there are no flood events or extreme high flows. The extreme low flow rating remains with Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, downstream of Tobesofkee Dam, an uncontrolled spillway.
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