1/20/2024
WT Staff
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NWS Winter Weather Advisory
Wind Chill below freezing today
Water news for Saturday, January 20, 2024 - last updated 1152 am EST
National Weather Service WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY issued 615 am Jan 20
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox Counties
Winds chills will be below zero (C) through this morning.
Light freezing rain is possible late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, especially across Northwest Ohio. Any wintry precipitation
will transition to rain by late Tuesday morning.
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Predominantly normal streamflows are registering across the state Saturday with two of the previously below normal rated monitors in the Great Miami River basin down to much below normal this morning.
No extreme high flows or flooding occuring around any USGS monitored sites, nor extreme low flows showing up as of this update.
Drought map from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
No part of Ohio is rated below normal or any degree of drought.
The height-of-land divide in Ohio runs from Mercer County in the west angling northeast up to Ashtabula County on the east state border. Streamflows north of the divide feed Lake Erie, flows south of the divide run to the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi River basin that drains the majority of interior North America to the Gulf of Mexico.
Drinking Water matters
Ohio EPA publishes current drinking water advisories with the following notation "Public water systems are required to monitor their water regularly for contaminants. Currently, more than 95 percent of community water systems meet all health-based standards. When a system doesn't meet a standard, consumers are notified. Notifications may be in the form of signs or multimedia announcements."
WTOH.us checks in on the OEPA issued list regularly for new DW advisories and for the resolution of long term advisories. These drinking water advisories result from the standard monitioring and measurements in violation of quality parameters. Boil water advisories posted to the map as a result of water main breaks, service disruptions, loss of water pressure come up intermittently with advice provided by the drinking water facility to their impacted customers.
See yellow tags on the map for more information.
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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