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Action stage
Withlacoochee River at Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd), GA
- Gauge
- River gauge · VDSG1 · NWS TAE
- Observed
- Observed 133.38 ft at : action stage
- Forecast
- Forecast issued · highest 133.1 ft at : action stage
- Stages
- Action 131 ft · Flood (minor) 135 ft · Moderate 142 ft · Major 145 ft
Forecast hydrograph
Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods.
NWPS’s page for VDSG1 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Georgia
Rain and rivers in Georgia
- Expected rain: 0.01 in or more at its highest in Georgia, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 0.1 to 0.25 in at its highest in Georgia, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 2 gauges in flood in Georgia, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Satilla River at Atkinson, GA. Observed 13.68 ft at : minor flooding. Forecast issued · crest 14.3 ft at : minor flooding. And 1 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in Georgia
Two gauges in flood in Georgia, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Minor flooding 2
- Observed: minor flooding Satilla River at Atkinson, GAObserved 13.68 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · crest 14.3 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Satilla River at GA-158 above Millwood, GAObserved 14.1 ft at : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 6
Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.
- Observed: action stage Alabaha River at GA Highway 203 near Blackshear, GAObserved 8.97 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Little Satilla River at Offerman, GAObserved 8.53 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage St. Marys River at Traders Hill, GAObserved 6.69 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Withlacoochee River at Valdosta (Skipper Bridge Rd), GAObserved 133.38 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 133.1 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Withlacoochee River at Valdosta at US 41, GAObserved 124.9 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Satilla River at Waycross, GAObserved 15.41 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 15.3 ft at : action stage
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS
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