National Weather Service Forecast for Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County
Georgia Drought MonitorThe Georgia Drought monitor is a subset of the United States Monitor, issued every Thursday morning, based on drought conditions the previous Tuesday. The map below shows the current drought level around the state, and the percent of Georgia land area in each drought level compared to the previous week. Read an explanation of the drought intensities and what they mean. |
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Georgia Hydrologic Information StatementThe Georgia Hydrologic Information statement is issued periodically by the Weather Service office in Peachtree City. It provides information on drought and potential flooding or excessive rain events. 000 FGUS72 KFFC 252030 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- 319-260830- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVERNIGHT. BY SUNDAY...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE STALLED FRONT OVER MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS LOW WILL SPREAD DEEP GULF MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE RAINFALL EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY. SIX HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND 5 INCHES ELSEWHERE...THUS...UNLESS THESE VALUES CHANGE...THE AREA SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE PROJECTED RAINFALL VALUES. ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING ON SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY BE POSSIBLE THOUGH. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AND URBAN AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND DURATION. AT THIS TIME...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FLOOD THREAT INFORMATION BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV AND CLICKING ON GEORGIA...OR BY STAYING TUNED TO THEIR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ |