2/13/2025
WT Staff
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February 13, 2025 updated 1120 am EST
Great South Bay flooding at Lindenhurst
Streamflow Situation from the USGS New York Water Science Center network of monitors
Great South Bay may be flooding at Lindenhurst, the provisional data from USGS indicates slightly above flood stage as of 1030 am Thursday, the flow appears to have peaked just above flood stage and is trending downward.
Flow trends are up in most parts of NYS, a number of extreme low flows have recovered overnight. Continuing in extreme low flow, first percentile in the Ramapo River watershed, see the front page map for details. Mohawk River watershed recording a first percentile, record low flow for this date at East Creek in Herkimer County. The extreme low flow recorded on Massapequa Creek has broken off overnight, the flow back up to the 12th percentile, still rated below normal for this date.
Central basin's Mohawk River channel remains in moderate drought through Oneida, south Herkimer, Montgomery and Fulton Counties with the extreme low flow noted above on East Canada Creek, see front page map brown tag for details. The Lower Hudson River remains in moderate drought in Putnam and north Westchester Counties. Sullivan County in the Delaware River watershed remains in moderate drought while neighboring Delaware County has become unrated along the west branch Delaware River channel, up from a below normal rating yesterday. Oswego River-Finger Lakes watershed remains below normal, along with the Hudson River upper and lower watersheds. Black River watershed remains at below normal rating, as reported yesterday. A portion of St. Lawrence County along the lower Raquette River channel has taken on a drought rating overnight, below normal.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Broome County: Johnson City Waterworks experienced a water service disruption on Monday this week. Service has been restored with a pre-cautionary BWA in effect for customers on Oakdale Road, customers connecting north of Aetna Road, all addresses on Overbrook Road, connections west of Reynolds, all ratepayers on Nelson Road, Fernwood Ave, Ivy Place and Francis Street, until further notice. Johnson City Waterworks supplies potable water to 16,578 residents from a groundwater well source in the south-flowing Susquehanna River watershed. The facility has a perfect record of SDWA compliance, no violations identified in the last twelve reporting quarters.
The new WTNY.us Serious Violator list is here.
It is 33F in the city with a high 40 Wednesday. A slight chance of snow coming before 10am and again possibly snow after 4pm. Tonight there will be snow before 1am, as the thermometer rises the precipitation turns to rain and sleet with straight up rain after 4 am, up to half an inch possible.
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