1/26/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Flooding in the northwest Lake Erie basin
Tiffin River flooding at Stryker, Bean Creek flooding at Powers
Water news for Friday, January 26, 2024 - last updated 450 pm EST
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Stillwater Creek breached flood stage at Uhrichsville at around 4 pm this afternoon, currently running just over and generally increasing in flow volume. More rivers and tributaries have reached 99th percentile flows, updates in progress. More to follow.
Flooding is occuring now at Stryker and Powers in the Lake Erie drainage basin of northwest Ohio. Tiffin River breached flood stage at 630 am, running half a foot over at Stryker. Bean Creek breached flood stage just before 6 am rising rapidly, almost 16 ft deep as of 11 am.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated throughout the day. Blue tags for high flow.
National Weather Service DENSE FOG ADVISORY issued 353 am Jan 26
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
Areas of dense fog may develop tonight. Areas of dense fog are possible on Saturday, especially in the
morning.
Drought map from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
No part of Ohio on the drought map Friday and no low flows in the 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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