1/20/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS Light snow Saturday
Upstate NY seeing river ice
Water news for Saturday, January 20, 2024 - last updated 821 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook updated 624 am EST Jan 20
Northern Oneida-Yates-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming Counties in NY and Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne Counties in PA
Light snow expected today with up to an additional 1 inch of snow possible by the early evening.
Streamflow Situation from USGS WaterWatch
About a month later into the winter season than observed over the last three years, ice is impacting the flow and sensors on St Regis, Little Chazy, Great Chazy and Richelieu Rivers. Oswegatchie River, Grass River and Little Salmon River are recording ice impact with the Raquette River flow still recording much above normal volume at the outlet.
East Canada Creek monitor at East Creek is signalling an extreme low value Saturday morning, a sudden departure from the rest of this week where the Mohawk River and tributaries have been frecording above seasonal normal to much above normal flows. Presume here the East Canada Creek monitor may be ice impacted and sending erroneous signals, more to follow.
Lower Hudson River and tributaries slowed down overnight, more common is the above normal rating with four stations recording much above normal Saturday. Long Island creeks and streams are uniformly rated normal Saturday. To the west, light snow is expected today, the streams are flowing normal to above normal with two monitors indicating below normal in Genesee River watershed, as has been the case through this week. Southwest state monitors remain normal, shifting to much above normal on the Atlantic side of the state divide, Delaware and Ramapo River watersheds still show much above normal flows.
No extreme high flows or flooding is recorded on NYS flow monitors today.
Refer to USGS Provisional Data Statement at the end of this update.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
No part of the state is rated below normal.
Drinking Water Advisories
City of Plattsburgh BWA remains in effect for addresses 290 - 312 & 325 Margaret Street until further notice.
See yellow tags on the map for boil water orders in NYS.
USGS Provisional Data Statement
Data are provisional and subject to revision until they have been thoroughly reviewed and received final approval. Current condition data relayed by satellite or other telemetry are automatically screened to not display improbable values until they can be verified.
Provisional data may be inaccurate due to instrument malfunctions or physical changes at the measurement site. Subsequent review based on field inspections and measurements may result in significant revisions to the data.
Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data or concerning other hydrologic data may be obtained from the USGS.
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