PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
105 PM EST WED DEC 01 2004

...NOVEMBER WAS A WET MONTH ACROSS NORTH AND MIDDLE GEORGIA...

NOVEMBER WILL GO DOWN AS THE 5TH WETTEST ON RECORD IN ATHENS AND 7TH 
WETTEST ON RECORD IN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS.  AFTER THE WETTEST 
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD...OCTOBER TURNED DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOUT 50 
TO 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL.  HOWEVER...THE VERY WET CONDITIONS 
RETURNED IN NOVEMBER WHICH YIELDED SOME MINOR FLOODING.

NOVEMBER RECORDS...
ATLANTA...   ATHENS...   COLUMBUS...
15.72 1948   13.72 1948  12.45 1948
10.04 1992    9.16 1957  11.63 1992
 9.05 1947    8.25 1921   9.85 1986
 8.21 1880    8.25 1992   8.62 1957
 7.46 1983    7.95 2004   6.12 1977
 7.40 1995                5.63 1976
 7.26 2004                5.61 2004

NOVEMBER STATISTICS...
CITY       OBSERVED RAINFALL  NORMAL RAINFALL   PERCENT OF NORMAL 
ATLANTA    7.26               4.10              177%
ATHENS     7.95               3.71              214%
COLUMBUS   5.61               3.97              141%
MACON      3.68               3.22              114%

SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER STATISTICS...
CITY       OBSERVED RAINFALL  NORMAL RAINFALL   PERCENT OF NORMAL 
ATLANTA    23.10              11.30             204%
ATHENS     20.77              10.71             194%
COLUMBUS   16.44              9.37              176%
MACON      18.01              8.85              204%

OUTLOOK...
THE OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 
CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME 
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

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NOEL - HYDROLOGIST