1/9/2024
WT Staff
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NWS Hazardous Weather outlook for Lake Erie basin
Wind gusts over 40 mph today, 50 mph tomorrow
Water news for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - last updated 611 am EST
National Weather Service Hazardous weather outlook issued 510 am Jan 9
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Counties
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio and northwest Ohio. DAY ONE...Today and tonight, southeast winds with gusts over 40 mph are possible.
DAY TWO...Wednesday. West winds with gusts up to 50 mph are possible.
Streamflow Situation from USGS Waterwatch based on real-time flow monitors across Ohio
Flows in central Ohio to the west state line are trending below seasonal normal. Several stations in central Ohio are recording much below normal flows again Tuesday morning.
There are no USGS gauges reporting extreme high or low flow values as of this update.
Drought situation from USGS Waterwatch 7-day average streamflow compared with historic flow for today's date
Paint Creek watershed in the Scioto River basin joins the drought map Tuesday, filling in alongside Little Miami River watershed, rated below normal. Licking River watershed came back on the drought map over the weekend, joining the Hocking River waterhed which appeared below normal Friday. Upper Ohio Wheeling Creek and Shade River watersheds are below normal Tuesday, along with adjacent Racoon-Symmes, Lower Scioto Tygarts and Middle Ohio River minor tributaries Brush Creek and Whiteoak Creek, Laughery Creek watersheds. Lower Great Miami River watershed remains in moderate drought, including Preble, Montgomery, Butler and northwest Hamilton Counties. Upper Great Miami remains in below normal status on the Ohio drought map Tuesday.
On the Lake Erie side of the state divide, Auglaize River watershed remains at moderate drought, with surrounding adjacent St Josephs, Tiffin and Blanchard, Upper Maumee and St Mary's River watersheds at below normal.
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.
As streamflow conditions shift and change in the Ohio River basin, track the effects south down the Mississippi River into to Louisiana. Louisiana is rated "Exceptional Drought" on the USA National drought map, experiencing the most prolonged and severe dry conditions in decades. To see how surface water streamflows impact downstream drinking water supplies, visit WTLA.us.
Drinking Water matters
City of Bellefontaine has issued a BWA following a water main on the weekend. The advisory applies for all customer connections on Pleasant Drive until further notice.
Harmful Algal Bloom update based on the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) satellite monitoring program
A new image provided by NCCOS was captured on Jan 8 with surface wind conditions measured at 8.5 mph. This image is mostly cloud obscured with a limited view of Lake Erie north of the international border. Dispersed HABs are visible in open water from Pelee Island to the Canadian shoreline matching a moderate concentration of 100 thousand cells per 100 ml or less. The previous image was captured Jan 5 showing a clear view of Sandusky Bay and open water to the east. The prior image taken Jan 4 clearly showed Maumee Bay and the west shore of Lake Erie. Patching these images together, Lake Erie HAB has been visible from Maumee Bay to the east edge of the image capture around Vermilion-on-the-Lake and north to Canadian shoreline within the last five days.
See the HABs button to the right of the map for details.
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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