3/30/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
4500 gallon fertilizer spill reported in Maumee watershed
NWS: Large hail possible
Water news for Saturday, March 30, 2024 updated 205 pm EDT
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 423 am EDT March 30
Conditions may become favorable for strong to severe thunderstorms to develop along a cold front late this afternoon until sunset. The main threat would be large hail.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today, then returning for Sunday night through Tuesday. This repeated rainfall could lead to flooding concerns, especially for Monday into
Tuesday. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS.
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Geauga-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox Counties
Hazardous Spills
4500 gallons of fertilizer reported spilled March 28 in St Mary's Township of Auglaize County. This spill occured in the Maumee watershed during the critical condition for the Lake Erie HAB. More to follow.
Spills in Ohio are reported to the 24 hour emergency spill hotline with response handled by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 24/7 at 1-800-282-9378 or 614-224-0946. Anyone with knowledge of a spill of hazardous material is to make a report. Refer to the Spill button to the right of the map for more details on the latest incidents reported to OEPA.
Streamflow Situation provisional data supplied by USGS
East Ohio streamflows run mostly normal Saturday, below normal to low in west and central Ohio. Three stations record extreme low flows including one in the Great Miami basin, one in Lake Erie west and one in Scioto basin.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
Extreme hydrologic drought hangs on Blanchard River watershed Saturday with Upper Wabash escalated to severe drought, matching Ohio River minor tributary Raccoon-Symmes watershed in the south. Moderate hydrologic drought applies to all of remaining parts of Maumee River watershed except St Josephs, still rated below normal. East Ohio watersheds not rated on Saturday include the northeast Lake Erie drainage basin watersheds, Muskingum River basin and Ohio River minor tributaries of the east, right up to Racoon-Symmes which is severe drought. Scioto and Great Miami basins are still rated mostly below normal, each having an area of moderate drought rated area coming on overnight.
Flood Tracker provisional data from USGS streamflow monitors
Thirty-four streamflow gauges record flooding in the USA Saturday, down from thirty-seven yesterday. WT tracks the nation's most common natural disaster dynamics through New York, Ohio, Georgia and Louisiana. As of this report, eleven monitors indicate active flooding; 7 in Georgia and 4 in Louisiana.
Ohio's current streamflow map resembles New York streamflows again, below normal to much below normal with one extreme low flow in the west and central state, primarily normal flow volume in the east. As of this report there are no active flooding stations or high flows measured in Ohio State network of the USGS.
Georgia, March Flood Day 24: Gulf of Mexico basin continues to record one flood location, this being south of the Georgia-Florida line. Ochlockonee River registers provisional measurement of two inches above flood stage Saturday morning near Concord, Florida. On the Atlantic side of the drainage divide, Alabaha River runs right on flood stage Saturday morning at GA 203 near Blackshear. Little Satilla and Satilla Rivers are actively flooding near Offerman and Atkinson, runnning a foot over and close to a foot and a half over flood stage, respectively. Savannah River is receding, less than three feet out of the channel near Cylo this morning. Altamaha River running more than a foot over near Baxley, with blackwater tributary Ohoopee River a foot over near Reidsville.
New York State streamflows run normal to above normal down the east side, two monitors indicate much above normal flows on Long Island and one much above normal in the Delaware River watershed, a slowing of the above seasonal normal trend. In the other direction, the west interior has gone further toward drought overnight, most streamflows much below normal, just one station reading normal flow volume west of Ithaca. Moderate hydrologic drought remains on Alleghany River watershed in the southwest, Chemung River watershed joins the drought map at below normal. Genesee River watershed records much below normal volume from the top to the outlet at Rochester. Finger Lakes region remains below normal on the drought map Saturday.
In Louisiana, Sabine River on the west state line crawled back into its channel near Ruliff, TX last night around 10 pm, currently running two inches below flood stage and dropping. Pearl River on the east state border continues to overflow a foot and a half over near Bogalusa in Washington Parish and half a foot over flood stage at the Town of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. In northwest LA, Bayou Dorcheat is still four inches over near Springhill and Bayou Bodcau is down slightly overnight, a little more than six feet above flood stage near Shreveport.
See black tags on the map for active flood, blue for high flow, 99th percentile or more.
Drinking Water Advisories
Jefferson County: The Village of Rayland came under a BWA after a water main break at Adams Lane and State Route 150. The Village of Rayland water system serves a population of 417 residents from a groundwater purchased source.
Lucas County: A portion of the village of Whitehouse was under a boil advisory after a water main break at Waterville Street and Pelton Drive. Whitehouse Village water system serves 5200 residents from surface water purchased.
See yellow tags on the map for more boil water advisories.
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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