000 FGUS72 KFFC 041934 ESFFFC GAC009-011-013-015-021-023-035-045-047-053-055-057-059-063-067- 077-079-081-083-085-089-091-093-097-107-111-113-115-117-121-123- 125-129-133-135-139-141-143-145-149-151-153-157-159-163-167-169- 171-175-187-193-195-197-199-207-209-211-213-215-217-219-221-223- 225-227-231-233-235-237-247-249-255-259-261-263-265-269-271-279- 281-283-285-289-291-293-295-297-301-303-307-309-311-313-315-317- 319-052300- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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% ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. $$ 16