12/8/2023
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Drought ends in central NYS
NWS - heavy rain, possible flooding Sunday
Up to the minute NY water news for Friday, December 8 - last updated 857 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook 312 am EST Fri Dec 8 2023
A statement issued by NWS for Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna Counties.
Periods of rain, heavy at times Sunday and Sunday evening may result in localized poor drainage and urban flooding. Gusty winds of 30-40 mph Sunday night and Monday may knock down a few trees and wires. Rain Sunday night is likely to change to a period of snow with some accumulation. Accumulating snow may lead to slick and hazardous travel conditions for the Monday morning commute.
Floods and streamflow update from USGS WaterWatch
Above normal streamflows in the northeast and central drainage basins Friday with a downturn for the northwest. Genesee River watershed is coming in with below normal to much below normal results which could be influenced Sunday with the forecast of heavy rain. Long Island flows are a real mixed bag this morning, one station rated high flow at Valley Stream and much below normal values picked up on the Peconic River and Massapequa Creek stations.
None of the monitors are registering extreme high 99th percentile or extreme low 1st percentile flow volume readings Friday.
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 Friday morning, the New York drought map is entirely blank. No surface area of NYS is rated below the seasonal normal streamflow value, based on 7-day running average current flows. With an extended period of flows above normal, there is potential for saturation and flooding with the heavy rain anticipated in central NY Sunday. More to follow.
Drinking Water Advisories
Herkimer Village Water is profiled in the Safe Drinking Water Act column Friday. Serving a population over 7600 from a surface water source in use since 1929, the facility is primarily sourced from Mill Creek has an alternate supply from groundwater wells. Reservoirs are utilized for storing raw creek water, which then runs through slow sand filters and chlorination process, pumped into a two million gallon concrete tank. Finished potable water is distributed to East Herkimer Water District, Highland Ave Water District, West German Street Water District, the Petrie Development, Manion Heights Water District and the Village of Herkimer. See the SDWA report below for more details.
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 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.
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