12/11/2024
WT Staff
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December 11, 2024 1046 am EST
Arctic cold front moving in, northern counties bracing for snow squalls, wind chill near zero tonight
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 708 am Wed Dec 11 by NWS Cleveland
An arctic cold front crossing the region tonight will bring a line of snow showers west to east through the area. Snow squalls are possible, bringing a brief period of heavy snow and gusty winds that could reduce visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less.
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
Read about the epic Lake Erie snowstorm of Thanksgiving to early December 2024, here. NWS reports on this record breaking storm, including collapsed roofs, stranded holiday motorists and the deployment of the PA National Guard.
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river monitoring sites in Ohio
Overcast and freezing in the north this hour, 30 degrees with snow showers 60% likely before noon. Mostly cloudy Wednesday, the high 30 with gusts as high as 28 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A 50% chance of snow showers between 8pm and 1am tonight, low around 15 with wind chill values as low as zero. New snow accumulation less than one inch possible overnight.
Streamflow levels are normalizing across Ohio midweek, from the southwest arcing through the interior up to the northeast Lake Erie watersheds, the region hardest hit by the lake effect storm of last week. Accordingly, more watersheds are peeling off the drought map, the 7-day average streamflows have edged up enough to indicate the moisture returning to the landscape in a greater part of the Lake Erie drainage basin, specifically the northeast watersheds, and the upper Scioto River watershed, now unrated. The severity of the drought is likewise shifting in a positive direction, just one watershed remains rated severe drought, St Jospephs River in the northwest is the driest part of the state. Moderate drought continues in the Ohio River minor tributaries Wheeling Creek, Raccoon-Symmes and Laughery Creek, as well as the Little Muskingum River watershed bordering the Ohio River in the east. In the northwest, Cedar-Portage Rivers watershed has been relieved of moderate drought, matching the rest of the west drainage basin at below normal, Sandusky River watershed remains at moderate drought.
THe major part of Muskingum River drainage basin remains below normal, sparing Licking River and Wills Creek watersheds, unrated. The lower Scioto River, Paint Creek and Tygarts watersheds of central Ohio remain below normal. Upper Great Miami River watershed is rated below normal today, moderate drought has broken. Little Miami River remains below normal while the Lower Great Miami River watershed is unrated.
Safe Drinking Water Act
See how drinking water facility compliance compares in Ohio, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California, here.
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