1/25/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Shade River flooding at Chester
Little Muskingum River flooding
Water news for Thursday, January 25, 2024 - last updated 1157 am EST
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Much above normal to high streamflow values statewide today with flooding occuring on the Little Muskingum River and tributaries. Little Muskingum River is flowing three feet over minor flood stage at Bloomfield. Tributaries Duck Creek and West Fork Duck Creek are flooding below Whipple and Macksburg, respectively. Shade River breached flood stage around 3 am, currently running more than half a foot over minor flood stage at Chester.
Since our last update, Ohio River has hit a high flow level at Pike Island Lock and Dam, running over 17 feet deep. South Fork Licking River has reached 99th percentile flow near Hebron. Huron River is still flowing at 99th percentile at Milan, appears to have peaked and is now receding. Wheeling Creek is flowing 99th percentile near Blaine, on a receding trend.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated throughout the day. Blue tags for high flow.
National Weather Service ADVISORY issued 359 am Jan 25
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie Counties
Including the cities of Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg,
Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Mentor, Willoughby, Eastlake, Painesville, Willowick, Wickliffe, Chardon, South Russell, Bainbridge, Chesterland, Middlefield, Burton, Jefferson, Orwell, Andover, Roaming Shores, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard, Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth, Akron, Kent, Aurora, Streetsboro, Ravenna, Warren, Niles, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Canton, Massillon, Alliance, Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown, Marion, Mount Gilead, Cardington, Millersburg, Killbuck, Mount Vernon, Ashtabula, Conneaut, Geneva, Erie, Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, and Titusville
DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog in portions of north central, northeast and northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
Dense fog may persist into the late morning and afternoon.
Several rounds of rain are expected this week with rainfall amounts of near one inch. Above normal temperatures will cause the snowpack to melt with additional run off into area waterways. Rises on area rivers are expected and break up of river ice could lead to ice jams and localized flooding. In addition, ponding of water or minor flooding could also occur.
Drought map from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
For the Lake Erie drainage basin, Grand River watershed is rated below normal again Thursday, including part of Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Trumbull Counties.
Lower Great Miami River watershed and Middle Ohio - Brush Whiteoak watershed have dropped off the drought map overnight leaving the Scioto River Tygarts watershed the only part of the Mississippi basin in Ohio below normal today. Tygarts watershed includes west Lawrence and east Scioto Counties.
No extreme low flows noted in the Ohio network today.
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.
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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