3/7/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Moderate drought expands in Lake Erie basin
Great Miami River much above normal flows
Water news for Thursday, March 7, 2024 851 am EST
Streamflow Situation from USGS current streamflow monitors
Above normal to much above seasonal normal streamflows showing up Thursday morning on Lower Great Miami River at Hamilton and three tributaries. Normal to above normal streamflows registering in the Upper Great Miami.
Much below normal flows dominate in the northwest, sending Tiffin River and Auglaize River watersheds into moderated drought rating. No extreme high or low flows occurring as of this report.
Drought Map USGS 7-day average streamflow against seasonal average
Moderate hydrologic drought has expanded in the west Lake Erie drainage basin Thursday impacting the Tiffin River and Auglaize River watersheds. Cedar-Portage watershed has been cleared off the drought map, a return to normal streamflows has likewise lifted Black-Rocky, Grand River and Ashtabula-Chagrin watersheds off the drought map. Huron-Vermilion River watershed is stepped down from moderate drought to below normal rating Thursday.
South of the divide, Ohio River minor tributaries Raccoon-Symmes watershed shows up rated below normal, this is the only area of the Mississippi-bound flow rated on the drought map as of Thursday.
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 542 am March 7
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio and northwest Ohio. Strong westerly winds may gust as high as 40 mph behind a strong cold front Saturday afternoon and night. Strong wind gusts may linger into Sunday downwind of Lake Erie.
NWA Hazardous Weather Advisory impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox Counties.
Hazardous Spills
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.
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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