3/25/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Coastal Flood Advisory 8pm to 11 pm tonight
One to one and a half feet inundation possible
Water news for Monday, March 25, 2024 124 pm
National Weather Serivce Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 550 am March 25
Coastal Flood Advisory for Manhattan, Staten Island and Brooklyn
One to one and a half feet of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline in New Jersey, Hudson, Eastern Essex and Eastern Union Counties. In New York, New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island) and Kings (Brooklyn) Counties.
WHEN...From 8 PM to 11 PM EDT this evening, minor flooding is expected in the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline. Some roads and low lying properties including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes and businesses with basements near the waterfront will experience minor flooding.
Impacting New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings(Brooklyn) in NYS and Hudson-Eastern Essex-Eastern Union Counties of New Jersey
Flood Tracker provisional data from USGS streamflow monitors
Thirty-one streamflow gauges record flood stage in continental USA Saturday, up from twenty on Saturday.
WT tracks flooding at thirteen of these locations, eight located in Georgia and five in Louisiana. As of this report, NY and OH are not seeing active flooding in the USGS network. More to follow as coastal flood advisory is in effect for New York from 8pm to 11 pm this evening.
One streamflow gauge indicates 99th percentile flow in NYS. Cazenovia Creek in the Niagara River - Lake Erie watershed appears to be running high at Ebeneezer, this provisional data to be verified. More to follow.
Flooding has picked up in Georgia overnight. Satilla River is flooding at GA-158 near Waycross, Alabaha River is flooding near Blackshear, Little Satilla River is back to flooding near Offerman and Ohoopee River is flooding again near Reidsville. Altamaha River is still flooding near Baxley and Everett City. Savannah River is still flooding at Burtons Ferry Road near Millhaven and near Cylo.
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 records flooding on five monitors Monday. In Region 1 watershed in the northwest, Bayou Dorcheat stopped flooding at Minden overnight, still flooding near Springhill. Bayou Bodcau still floods near Shreveport. In Region 4 in the southwest, Sabine River is flooding near Ruliff, TX. In the east, Region 7 Pearl River is flooding near Bogalusa and Pearl River.
See the black tags on the map for updated flood flow values 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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