Spring flooding can be a problem this time of year

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) - We've seen some wet and snowy weather over the last couple of weeks and now that spring has officially begun.

Spring flooding is something we're pretty used to here in western Massachusetts. Some years are worse than others depending on how much snow is on the ground and how much rain we get.

Spring flooding was a problem back in 2011.

Despite some heavy rain last week and some snow this week river levels still remain pretty low for this time of year.

“I don't think we've had the conditions that we've had in the past when we've had flooding up to now it seems like it's been fairly stable,” said Paul McCarthy of West Springfield

Even though a lot of us would like it to be a little warmer the cooler weather allows the snow to melt more gradually than all at once which could cause rivers to rise.

There is still quite a bit of snow to our north with the water equivalent of about 2 to 8 inches. If we were to get a big warm up and some heavy rain we would likely have some flooding problems.

“My house is built next to an old marsh so I sometimes get flooding in the basement and what I did last year was to put piping around my drains to keep water away from the house and so far so good this year,” said Dawn Zarecki-Reidy of West Springfield.

According to the National Weather Service right now our flood potential is right around the high end of normal so we'll have to see what happens as we head through March and into April.