3/26/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Coastal Flood Advisory 8
Expect half a foot over flood stage
Water news for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 updated 132 pm
National Weather Serivce Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 437 am March 26
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
Less than one half foot 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), Kings (Brooklyn) and Southern Queens Counties.
Brief minor flooding of the more vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline.
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-five streamflow gauges record flood stage in continental USA Tuesday afternoon, up from thirty-two this morning. WT is tracking fourteen of these locations, three in NYS, six in Georgia and five in Louisiana.
Hudson River is flooding at Piermont while Great South Bay is flooding at Lindenhurst and West Sayville. See black tags for active flooding.
Louisiana records flooding on the same five monitors as reported yesterday. In Region 1 watershed in the northwest, Bayou Dorcheat runs less than a foot and a half over flood stage near Springhill, while Bayou Bodcau is more than six and a half feet over flood stage near Shreveport and rising. In Region 4 in the southwest, Sabine River is six inches above flood stage near Ruliff, TX. In the east, Region 7 Pearl River is flooding now less than a foot over near Bogalusa and just short of two feet above flood stage at Pearl River.
Georgia has retired a second flood monitor today. Alabaha River is no longer flooding at GA-203 near Blackshear as of 1015 am EDT and Altamaha River is no longer flooding near Everett City, as of noon hour today. Satilla River is still flooding at GA-158 near Waycross, Little Satilla River is back to flooding near Offerman and the blackwater Ohoopee River is once again flowing over flood stage near Reidsville after a five day hiatus. Altamaha River is still flowing a foot over the minor flood stage level near Baxley. Savannah River is three inches over flood stage at Burtons Ferry Road near Millhaven and up to four feet out of the channel 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
As of this report, OH does not report active flooding or 99th percentile flows in the USGS network of streamflow monitors.
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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