PROJECT ALERT NOTICE (OH) Minor flooding in Ohio

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:25:25 EDT

Summary: Minor flooding (NWS terminology) continues in Ohio.

An additional one to two inches of rain fell over saturated grounds in central and north central Ohio last night. Many areas in north central Ohio have received 4 to 6 inches of rain since Saturday night and any additional rains that fall merely runs off into local watersheds. Many streams are still in the minor flooding category (NWS terminology) as the areas receiving rains have also received 12 to 16 hour breaks from the rains allowing some fall in streams.

Some roads in north central Ohio have been closed due to flooding and one crew yesterday measured road overflow in the Chippewa Creek watershed.

One gage was not operational yesterday as a float got stuck, and this was quickly resolved, otherwise all gages are working and operational at this time.

A total of five USGS crews will be out measuring high water in central and north central Ohio today. Two crews out of our New Philadelphia field office will be measuring high flows in Chippewa Creek, along with the Tuscarawas and Killbuck watersheds. Three crews from the Columbus field office will be measuring high flows in the Scioto, Big Walnut and Mohican watersheds.

As the stationary front continues to meander from Texas through southern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and into Ohio and Pennsylvania with pieces of energy riding along the boundary every 12 to 16 hours, Ohio expects to have crews out the remainder of the week with minor to potentially moderate flooding by Thursday. Ohio and Indiana will likely see a somewhat longer break in the rain (about 24-36 hours) from Thursday night into early Saturday morning, thereby allowing streams to recede a little, however by Saturday morning, we expect the stationary boundary to be in the same place as it is now with precipitation every 12 to 16 hours once again.

Measurements will be entered into NWSChat. The Ohio Water Development Authority has been contacted along with local communities impacted such as the City of Shelby, and village of Bellville, Ohio, both of whom have river gages in the downtown area.



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