4/10/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Excessive rainfall expected tomorrow
Possible call for weather spotters Thursday
Water news for Wednesday, April 10, 2024 updated 1026 am EDT
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 523 am April 10
for southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York
Strong gusty winds and a period of moderate to heavy rain is likely Thursday night into early Friday morning. WPC has the area in a marginal to slight risk of excessive rainfall.
Impacting Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwest Suffolk-Northeast Suffolk-Southwest Suffolk-Southeast Suffolk-
Northern Queens-Northern Nassau-Southern Queens Counties in New York.
Flood Tracker provisional data from USGS streamflow monitors
Fifty-five streamflow gauges record flooding in the USA Wednesday morning, up from thirty-eight Tuesday. WT tracks the nation's most common natural disaster dynamics through New York, Ohio, Georgia and Louisiana. As of this report we are watching 6 monitors indicating active flooding; 1 in Georgia, 3 in Louisiana and 2 in Ohio. New York has no flooding recorded as of this report.
New York State: Swan River monitor continues to signal above 99th percentile at East Patchogue on Long Island while the northeast state area in Black River, St Lawrence and Lake Champlain watersheds fall below normal status on the drought map.
In Ohio, the Muskingum River continues to run more than half a foot above the channel near Coshocton, also rated high at downstream station at McConnelsville. Stillwater Creek is less than an inch over flood stage at Uhrichsville as of the latest provisional data capture. Also in Tuscarawas River watershed, tributary Sugar Creek is high at Strasburg. In the Scioto River basin, Olentangy River runs half a foot below minor flood stage near Delaware, flow is also rated high near Worthington downstream. Alum Creek is high near Africa.
In west Louisiana the water levels are rising again. Bayou Dorcheat flood waters are up a foot overnight near Springhill, Bayou Bodcau is up seven inches overnight near Shreveport with Paw Paw Bayou, Cypress Bayou and Saline Bayou reaching 99th percentile flow levels at Greenwood, Keithville and Lucky, all in watershed Region 1. To the south in Region 4, Bayou Anococo breached flood stage around 530 am near Rosepine with Bayou San Patricio and Bayou Toro flowing high near Benson and Toro, respectively. Big Creek flows high in Region 2. More to follow.
Georgia, Day 35: Satilla River runs five inches over flood stage at Atkinson.
See black tags on the map for active flood, blue for high flow, 99th percentile or more.
As many NYS drinking water facilities are supplied from surface water reservoirs, the streamflow situation is pertinent to both drinking water supply and quality. High flows can stir up sediment and cause turbidity in the reservoirs, requiring additional treatments to render the water potable. Low flow volume is linked to warmer temperatures in the reservoir and can be an issue for water quality where HABs are present. WTNY.us tracks streamflow trends with an eye to the impacts on drinking water supply and quality in each of the state's 17 watersheds. Check the watershed layer on the map to see the direction of flow and streamflows that may be impacting drinking water today.
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 322 am April 10
Lake effect weather with possible flooding
A low pressure system moving into the Great Lakes late week. Minor flooding is possible later in the week as well as the potential for strong wind gusts Friday through Saturday.
Impacting Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan Counties.
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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