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3/5/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Strong storms, hail and wind gusts
Grambling, Slidell BWAs
Water news for Tuesday, March 5, 2024 1008 am CST
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 552 am CST March 5
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, north central Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, east Texas and northeast Texas. DAY ONE...Today and tonight some strong storms may be possible across the Four State Region with hail and strong wind gusts being the main threats.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...Warmer and drier conditions are expected with periods of scattered showers and thunderstorms possible each day through much of the rest
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
Drinking Water Advisories
Lincoln Parish - Grambling Water System is under a boil advisory following a service outage yesterday. The facility is an EPA enforcement priority with 12 of the last 12 inspection quarters having non-compliance issues. Grambling Water System serves 4949 customers from a groundwater source.
Slidell is under a boil water advisory following the scheduled replacement of a water valve yesterday. The BWA impacts customers connecting at 1430 Old Spanish Trail, 3173 East Terrace Ave, 2700-2777 Public Street, 2655-2780 Ash Street and 1300-1420 Maple Street.
Check the yellow tags on the map for details.
Streamflow Situation from USGS current streamflow monitors
East Louisiana flows are normal to below normal Tuesday. A mixture of much below normal to normal ratings appear across the west state. 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 two and half feet above flood stage near Shreveport in watershed Region 1, down half a foot in the last twenty-four hours. Region 4 Sabine River remains in flood stage near Ruliff, Texas. More to follow.
Check black tags for flood details.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
Tangipahoa Parish gets clear of the drought map Tuesday while watershed Region 5 drops into moderate hydrologic drought rating.
Caddo Parish in northwest Louisiana remains the state hot-dry spot at extreme hydrologic drought Tuesday. Adjacent area from Bossier Parish down through Red River, Natchitoches and west Grant Parish is not rated on the drought map. Area along the Tensas River channel has downshifted from extreme drought to moderate drought with East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes remaining below normal. Also in Region 3, Jackson and Winn Parishes remain at moderate drought. A small area in central Morehouse Parish remains unrated Tuesday, all other surface area in Regions 1 through 5 rated at minimum rated 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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