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3/4/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Strong storms, hail and wind gusts
Lawtell, St. James Parish BWAs
Water news for Monday, March 4, 2024 1040 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 611 am CST March 4
Some strong storms may be possible across the Four State Region with small hail and strong wind gusts being the main threats. Tuesday through Sunday, warmer and drier conditions are expected with periods of scattered showers and thunderstorms possible each day through much of the work week.
Impacting Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto-Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-Caldwell-La Salle Parishes
Drinking Water Advisories
St. James Parish has issued a boil water advisory after an emergency waterline repair on Sunday, March 3rd. The advisory applies to customers connecting at St. Joseph Street to Plantation Street and the entire Bourbon Subdivision in Paulina.
Lawtell Water District 1 customers are under a boil water advisory until further notice due to an electrical problem. This issue was detected Saturday, more to follow.
Check the yellow tags on the map for details.
Streamflow Situation from USGS current streamflow monitors
West state remains in below normal to much below seasonal normal current streamflows Monday with mostly normal values in the southeast. Two sites are still recording flooding in the west in spite of below normal streamflows.
No extreme high or low values are registering apart from the two flood sites.
Bayou Bodcau is still flooding near Shreveport in watershed Region 1, down to three feet above flood stage and still coming down, even where an extreme drought rating has been cast on Caddo Parish.
Region 4 Sabine River remains in flood stage near Ruliff Texas Monday. Texas-Oklahoma Water Science Center manages this streamflow gauge, which has been holding a steady flow volume four inches over minor flood stage for more than a week. The entire area is rated on the drought map and the streamflow reading is considered normal for this time of year. More to follow.
Check black tags for flood details.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
East Louisiana has come off the drought map over the weekend while the west side of the state bakes on in an ongoing dry spell. Region 3 area along the Mississippi River has shot up to severe drought Monday while the previously unrated East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes are today rated below normal. Extreme drought continues along the Tensas-Bayou Macon channels. Moderate drought rating has been applied to Jackson and Winn Parishes in Region 3. A small area in central Morehouse Parish is unrated Monday, all other area in Region 3 is at minimum rated below normal.
Region 1 Caddo Parish remains at the extreme drought rating. Right next door, west Bossier is not rated at all on the drought map. All remainining surface area of Region 1 and 2 are rated below normal.
Regions 4 and 5 are completely covered with drought rating, at minimum below normal. A swath along each of Sabine and Calcasieu River channels are rated moderate drought. Region 6, 7 and 8 are unrated with the exception of the Tangipahoa and St Tammany Parishes below normal.
Hazardous Spills
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality responds to reports made to the Emergency Spill line. A massive spill incident in November 2023 is still under investigation by the US Coast Guard, federal EPA and state DEQ authorities. A million gallons of crude oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline coming off seven oil production platforms. The platforms and pipeline were shut down immediately and remain shut down as the investigators have not determined where the leak occurred. US Coast Guard personnel told WTLA.us that there is no update on the case, it remains under investigation. A recent report investigated by LDEQ involved an unknown amount of diesel fuel spilled at a boat launch in Amelia in the month of February. Spills are tagged in pink by location on the maps and listed under the spill button to the right of the map.
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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