12/7/2023
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Catskill Creek spill
Above normal streamflow and heavy rain coming
Up to the minute NY water news for Thursday, December 7 - last updated 409 pm EST
Hazardous Spills the latest reports released from NY DEC as reported to the NY Emergency Spill Hotline 1-800-457-7362
The latest spill records uploaded for our review were reported and or occurred on Sunday, December 3.
Catksill Creek was hit Sunday with a mysterious spill. The incident report indicates the location of the spill as 7700 block of state route NY-81 at Oak Hill in Greene County. No cause or sources is listed, and the incident report refers to the substance as unknown material.
Residents on Bayview Avenue in Bellport had a big mess to clean up in their home's basement as nearly a barrel of home heating oil spilled. A spill of more than a gallon of heating oil is considered a large spill that requires professional response and professional cleanup. The concentration of hydrocarbons released in a small area indoors from a spill this size present immediate health impacts. It is important to ventilate the area, evacuate the building and call the emergency spill hotline immediately in these circumstances. A dozen home heating oil spills are reported daily all over NYS, as an estimated 2 million households rely on oil as a primary heat source or backup heat source in case of electrical outage.
See the Spills button to the right of the map for more spill incidents reported in NYS over the last week.
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook 348 pm EST Thu Dec 7 2023
An update to the NWS statement issued this morning continues to warn of winter conditions and more rain coming to the east central state areas in Mohawk and Hudson River watersheds, already flowing above normal.
A strong cold front will move across the region during the late Sunday to early Monday timeframe, potentially leading to strong,gusty winds and a period of heavy rain. There is also a chance that rain may end as a period of snow Monday morning, especially for higher elevations north and west of Albany.
This weather statement impacts northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess Counties. More to follow.
Floods and streamflow update from USGS WaterWatch
Above normal streamflow values continue statewide Thursday. The northeast flows remain normal to much above normal. The Mohawk River, Susquehanna and Delaware River watersheds show up above normal Thursday. Drought rated Genesee River watershed is showing mostly normal flows with Canaseraga and Oatka Creeks having one station observing much below normal readings. Long Island flows are an even mix of normal-above normal and below normal readings. Peconic River and Massapequa Creek stations sending much below normal streamflow values into the late afternoon Thursday.
A point of interest, the USGS streamflow monitoring stations with a rating statement normal, above normal, etc., are those that have been monitored for sufficient number of years to enable a comparison between the current measured flow volume and a meaningful historic average for this day of the year. New York Water Science Center maintains and supports hundreds of monitoring stations across the 17 watersheds of NYS. Many of these have been recording water levels for over 100 years. In particular, the Sacandaga River station near Hope has been monitored for 112 years. These stations are a foundational element of the water intelligence gathering, utilized by multiple agencies in water management, drinking water reservoirs, hydro power generation and flood forecasting.
None of the monitors are registering extreme high or low readings Thursday.
See the FLOOD button to the right of the map for details on the high and low flows recorded on the USGS network of streamflow gages through the state.
Drought map from USGS WaterWatch
As of Thursday afternoon, only the lower Genesee River watershed remains on the drought map, rated below normal. Given the current streamflow readings in this watershed at seasonal normal values, we expect to see NYS with a blank drought map very soon.
Drinking Water Advisories
The Village of Whitehall has rescinded the system-wide BWA issued last Friday after a water main break and repair disrupted service.
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