5/14/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
NWS: Localized heavy downpours for southwest
Isolated flooding possible
Water news for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 updated 1151 am EDT
National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 411 am EDT May 14
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, southeast Indiana, central Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio.
Showers and thunderstorms may produce localized heavy downpours and isolated flooding.
Impacting Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto Counties
Current Streamflows, Drought Map from the USGS network in Ohio
Streamflows run mostly normal statewide at the time of this report, nothing above the 75th percentile is recorded in any of the watersheds, a few more below normal flows are recorded statewide with the same station reporting in at much below normal level in Muskingum River basin, Salt Creek near Chandlersville running fifth percentile. Lake Erie basin runs a level seasonal normal again today across the north state. Ohio River minor tributaries flow at seasonal normal along the east and south borders.
Muskingum River basin's Wills Creek watershed remains below normal, the only part of the Ohio/Mississippi basin rated on the drought map Tuesday. On the Lake Erie side of the state divide, Grand River watershed is the lone area on the drought map, also below normal.
WT USA Flows and Flood Tracker provisional data from the network of USGS streamflow monitors
Sixty-four streamflow gauges record flooding in the USA Tuesday morning, up from sixty-two Monday. WT tracks the nation's most common natural disaster dynamics through the states of New York, Ohio, Georgia and Louisiana. As of this report, six sites record flooding on the network, all in Louisiana.
Louisiana flooding has shifted overnight with water levels down in the northwest and three new locations recording flood in west central and southwest. Bayou Dorcheat flooding ended around 11 pm last night near Springhill in watershed Region 1 while Bayou Bodcau continued its slow decline near Shreveport, currently registering a level four feet four inches above the basin. To the south in watershed Region 4, Bayou Anococo overran its channel near Rosepine around 1130 am yesterday, currently flowing more than two feet over minor flood stage and rising. Sabine River is up overnight, running three feet nine inches over the channel near Bon Wier and almost two feet over near Ruliff, TX. Calcasieu River flooding spiked yesterday as well, running two-plus feet over near Glenmora and three feet over near downstream Oberlin. Three gauges record 99th percentile flows by mid-morning Tuesday, Bayou San Patricio has slowed down near Benson in Region 1 below the 99th percentile. Still flowing high are Big Creek in Region 2 near Pollock, Bundick Creek is running high near DeRidder. Sabine River runs in action stage, up three inches in three hours, now three inches from flooding near Burkeville. See black tags for flood details and blue tags for 99th percentile flows on the map to the right.
See black tags on the map here.
As many drinking water facilities are supplied from surface water reservoirs, the streamflow situation is pertinent to both drinking water supply and quality. High flows can stir up sediment and cause turbidity in the reservoirs, requiring additional treatments to render the water potable. Low flow volume is linked to warmer temperatures in the reservoir and can be an issue for water quality where HABs are present. WT tracks streamflow trends with an eye to the impacts on drinking water supply and quality in each of the state's watersheds. Check the watershed layer on the map to see the direction of flow and streamflows that may be impacting drinking water today.
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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