3/20/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Hazardous weather for central NYS
Dangerous snow squalls this afternoon
Water news for Wednesday, March 20, 2024 updated 222 pm EDT
National Weather Serivce Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 1149 am March 20
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania.
DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...Snow squalls are expected to develop over the Finger Lakes region
of central NY and across north central PA early this afternoon. Snow squalls will move through the I-81 corridor in NY and Susquehanna County PA, the Thruway east of Syracuse and the I-88 corridor between 2 pm and 4 pm. Snow squalls will reduce visibilities to near zero at times with rapid snow accumulations and blowing snow. This will make for very dangerous travel.
If you are planning travel this afternoon on an interstate or large highway, it is best to get off on the nearest exit or avoid travel until the snow squall passes. Check out NOAA Weather Radio, your local media or social media
for the latest updates on this potentially dangerous situation. Listen for possible Snow Squall Warnings.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS.
Impacting Northern Oneida-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-
Tioga-Broome-Delaware Counties of New York
Flooding in the USA provisional data from USGS streamflow monitors
Twenty-one stream gauges record flood stage in continental USA Wednesday afternoon, down from twenty-four this morning.
WT tracks flooding and drinking water quality in four states. As of this report, no flooding is reported in the networks in New York or Ohio.
Heavy rains through north and central Georgia beginning March 6 set creeks and rivers overflowing. As of this report, four major veins are still flooding in the south, as recorded on eight USGS streamflow monitors. Ocmulgee River has fully retreated into its channel. Ohoopee River flooding has ended near Reidsville. Ogeechee and Satilla are currently three inches over flood stage and receding. Altamaha and Savannah remain well above flood stage.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated daily and a running timeline of the March 2024 flood event here: WaterToday Georgia
Louisiana added fourth river flood overnight, up from three Tuesday. Sabine River got out of the channel near Ruliff, TX between 8 and 9 pm last night, currently running a fraction of an inch over flood stage at ten thousand cubic feet per second. This latest round of flooding in LA kicked up March 17 when heavy rains hit southern Arkansas, Texas and north central Louisiana. Bayou Dorcheat is flooding near Springhill and downstream Minden, Bayou Bodcau is over near Shreveport, Pearl River is roaming out of the channel near Bogalusa and downstream station called Pearl River.
See the updated flood flow values for Louisiana at WaterToday Louisiana https://www.wtla.us
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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