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9/26/2024
WT Staff
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September 26, 2024 updated 2 pm CDT
Church Point system-wide BWA, Carencro BWA
Clear and sunny in New Orleans this hour as Florida braces for impact by Hurricane Helene tonight.
As of the latest local statement issued for Florida Gulf Coast, Hurricane Helene was located around 250 miles southwest of Tampa, across the southeast Gulf of Mexico as of 11 AM. Helene will continue to strengthen while moving north-northeast across the Gulf of Mexico today and is forecast to make landfall as a major hurricane along the Florida Big Bend coast late this evening.
No impacts expected for Louisiana Gulf coast, more to follow.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Acadia Parish: Church Point experienced a system-wide water outage followed by a Boil Water Advisory impacting the whole town on Tuesday. The BWA came about as the necessary precaution that must follow any service disruption or loss of pressure in the water lines, construction activities have been ongoing.
Lafayette Parish: Carencro water customers connected on Catholique Rd between Equipment Lane and St. Esprit Road came under a Boil Water Advisory following a waterline break on Tuesday. This BWA will remain until further notice.
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS streamflow gauges in Louisiana
Current streamflows are an even mix of below seasonal normal, normal and above normal water levels statewide. A low flow level persists in Bayou Macon coming out of Arkansas, this feeding low water into Region 3 watershed propping up the extreme drought rating along Bayou Macon and Tensas River channel. No change to the Louisiana drought map over the last couple of days, we still have a below normal rating in Region 5 watershed at Evangeline and Acadia Parishes. Region 3 watershed area rated below normal includes East Union, a corner of west Morehouse, Ouachita, Jackson, Winn, Caldwell and north Catahoula Parishes. The southeast Louisiana surface area remains unrated, no flooding or high flows as of this report.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
The latest image of Lake Pontchartrain and the southeast water bodies is dated Sep 25, taken at wind speed 7.1 mph. This image is mostly clear, Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas well visible with no HAB activity observed. Lakes Verret and Palourde widespread HABs in the south end 800 to 900 thousand cells per ml. Avoca Island Cutoff water body likewise at 800 to 900 thousand cells per ml, not lakewide, the north and south ends are HAB free. Bayou Fortier and Lac des Allemands appear HAB free. Lake Salvador is filled with small dispersed HAB mats throughout open water, 200 thousand cells per ml. See the latest satellite image of southeast LA water bodies, here.
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