12/10/2024
WT Staff
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December 10, 2024 1004 am EST
Drops of relief for the widespread drought
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river monitoring sites in Ohio
Patchy fog will hang around until 11 am with rain following, a 70% chance of showers coming between 11am and 4pm, new precipitation less than a tenth of an inch possible. A chance of rain showers overnight before 5am, 40% chance of new precipitation coming with little or no snow accumulation expected.
Streamflows remain variable today, a record high recorded on Conneaut Creek in the Ashtabula River watershed, currently running 99th percentile. There are three more stations above 90th percentile in the northwest while the northwest has quite the opposite appearance. The west side of the Lake Erie drainage basin runs below normal to much below seasonal normal, supporting the moderate to severe drought ratings in the watersheds of Lake Erie basin. Streammflows in the Mississippi River basin drainage areas and watersheds of central and south Ohio run below normal to normal. As of this report there are no active floods, one extreme high flow. There are no extreme low flows registering as of now.
Some drought relief is showing up on the drought map Tuesday. Severe drought has let go of Tiffin River watershed in the northwest, today down to a moderate drought rating. St Josephs watershed remains in severe drought, Cedar-Portage and Sandusky River watersheds remain in moderate drought. Lower Maumee watershed has backed down from moderate drought to below normal rating, and Huron-Vermilion has been cleared from the drought map, unrated today. In the east Lake Erie watersheds, Grand River watershed has been cleared, joining Ashtabula-Chagrin watershed, unrated and signalling streamflows above 90th percentile. South of the drainage divide, Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek has backed off the severe drought status, down to moderate drought. Adjacent watershed Little Muskingum River remains in severe drought.
Muskingum River drainage basin is drought-rated with the single exception of Wills Creek watershed, still unrated. Hocking River watershed is the driest in the Muskingum basin, rated moderate drought. Central Ohio basin drained by the Scioto River is rated entirely below normal. One Ohhio River minor tributary in this area, Raccoon-Symmes Creeks watershed is rated moderate drought. Heading to the west side of the state, Great Miami River basin runs at moderate drought in the upper basin, unrated in the Lower Great Miami River watershed, below normal in the Little Miami River watershed. Another Ohio River minor tributary in this area is rated moderate drought, Laughery watershed in Hamilton County.
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