1/27/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Flooding continues northwest Lake Erie basin
Stillwater Creek flooding at Uhrichsville
Water news for Saturday, January 27, 2024 - last updated 127 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 Friday, still flowing around four inches above flood stage Saturday afternoon. Wills Creek is flowing above 99th percentile at Cambridge, these are the high flows in the Mississippi basin of Ohio State.
Flooding continues in the northwest, Lake Erie drainage basin. Tiffin River continues more than a foot and a half above flood stage at Stryker. Bean Creek runs a foot over at Powers.
See black tags on the map for flood levels updated throughout the day. Blue tags for high flow.
Drought map from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
No part of Ohio is marked up on the drought map Saturday with no low streamflows recorded 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.
Harmful Algal Bloom update based on the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) satellite monitoring program
No images from NCCOS this week. As reported here earlier, the latest capture is dated Jan 16 with a recorded wind speed 22.2 mph. The Jan 16 image provides a glimpse of HAB through breaks in the cloud off Michigan shore at Monroe, and also off Catawba Island.
In spite of high wind speed Jan 15, widespread HAB is visible off Catawba Island occupying open water in and around South Bass, Middle Bass and Kelleys Islands at 100 thousand cells per 100 ml. The image captured Jan 14 showed extensive HABs north of the international border up to the north shore.
See the HABs button to the right of 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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