Note that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential.
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...A SEVERE DROUGHT CONTINUES OVER NORTH GEORGIA...
...ABNORMALLY DRY TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER
CENTRAL GEORGIA...
A FEW DAYS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT SOME
RELIEF TO THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH OCCURRED IN THIS AREA DURING THE
PAST 14 DAYS. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED
OVER NORTH GEORGIA FROM RINGGOLD THROUGH CHATSWORTH AND BLUE RIDGE
TO ELLIJAY. UNFORTUNATELY...THERE WERE SOME SCATTERED LOCATIONS
MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THAT RECEIVED ONE HALF INCH OR LESS.
THE RAINFALL DEFICITS WORSEN AND THE SOIL MOISTURE BEGAN TO DECLINE
ACROSS MOST AREAS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE PAST TWO
WEEKS. CONSEQUENTLY...A SEVERE DROUGHT CONTINUES OVER NORTH GEORGIA
...NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON THROUGH JONESBORO AND MADISON TO
WASHINGTON. ABNORMALLY DRY TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE
OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SOME BENEFICIAL RAINFALL...SIGNIFICANT
HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS TO WATER SUPPLY...STREAM FLOWS AND WATER TABLES
ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS
INCLUDES THE LAKE LANIER BASIN WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED
BY THE LONG TERM DROUGHT.
SEE HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC/HTML/RAINDEF.SHTML FOR THE LATEST
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IMAGE AND OTHER DROUGHT RELATED INFORMATION.
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CLIMATE IMPACTS
GENERALLY 5 TO 75 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE PAST 14 DAYS. GREATER RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE FROM 100 TO 150 PERCENT OF
NORMAL.
LOCATION TOTAL RAINFALL NORMAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
LAST 365 DAYS VALUE FROM NORMAL OF NORMAL
ATLANTA 38.77 50.26 -11.49 77%
ATHENS 32.40 47.86 -15.46 68%
COLUMBUS 48.12 48.64 -0.52 99%
MACON 43.70 45.06 -1.36 97%
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RESERVOIRS/STREAM LEVELS
CURRENT LAKE LEVELS AT USACE PROJECTS WERE MAINLY FROM AROUND ONE
FOOT ABOVE SUMMER POOL LEVELS AT CARTERS TO AROUND 13 FEET BELOW AT
LANIER. THE POOL LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OR
SLOWLY FALL DURING THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
LAKE SUMMER POOL CURRENT LEVEL DEPARTURE
IN FEET
ALLATOONA 840 839.94 -0.06
CARTERS 1074 1074.74 +0.74
HARTWELL 660 651.47 -8.53
LANIER 1071 1057.60 -13.40
THURMOND 330 320.83 -9.17
WEST POINT 635 634.74 -0.26
AVERAGE STREAM LEVELS FOR THE PAST 7 DAYS WERE GENERALLY 5 TO 50
PERCENT OF NORMAL FLOW IN MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO
AREAS OF RECENT RAINFALL.
PLEASE NOTE THAT CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY DUE TO
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN IF IT OCCURS.
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FIRE DANGER LEVELS
THE LATEST FIRE DANGER ASSESSMENT INDICATES A MODERATE RISK ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA AND A HIGH RISK ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ASSESSMENT CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY DUE TO CHANGES
IN MOISTURE LEVELS AND RAINFALL RECEIVED.
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TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK
FOR JUNE...THE OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...EQUAL
CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION ARE
EXPECTED. THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNLESS SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS RECEIVED.
90 DAY OUTLOOK...FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURE AND EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
ARE EXPECTED.
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THIS DATA WAS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...THE GEORGIA STATE
CLIMATOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA...THE GEORGIA
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION...AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS. CURRENT FIRE DANGER ASSESSMENTS WERE PROVIDED BY THE
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION.
THE NEXT DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY
...JUNE 19 2008.
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