PROJECT ALERT NOTICE (OH) Minor to moderate flooding in Ohio

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:39:35 EDT

Summary: Minor to moderate flooding (NWS terminology) impacting Ohio.

After a brief respite Tuesday night and half of Wednesday, an additional one to three inches of rain fell over certain portions of Ohio last night. The hardest hit watersheds are the Tuscarawas River, Big Walnut Creek and Beaver Creek.

At present, Beaver Creek at Celina (5 years record) is at an all-time high and a crew is on its way to measure the site. Yesterday, the villages of West Lafayette and Clinton were under water and Coshocton County is under a State of Emergency. In support of accurate National Weather Service flood forecasts, measurements were made yesterday at the Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown (in Coshocton County).

Interstate 71 in Columbus Ohio was closed last night for a short time due to flash flooding and two roads in Licking County were washed out.

The river gage at Tuscarawas River at Massillon had water above the shelf and instrumentation in the gage was elevated to keep data coming from the gage (pictures have been placed on our Instagram account). No streamgages were destroyed as a direct result of the floods, however the orifice line was destroyed by bridge crews yesterday at Maumee River at Waterville. Fortunately, the far northwest corner of Ohio has seen the least amount of precipitation, so the Maumee River is currently not flooding. Nevertheless, a crew has been sent to repair this gage today.

Overall, 4 flood measuring crews and one repair crew (Waterville) have been sent out today. Today, high water measurements will be made in the Beaver Creek, St. Marys River, Big Walnut Creek, and Little Beaver Creek watersheds. Additionally, another crew is in the Cleveland Ohio area measuring the Mill Creek and West Creek watersheds.

The Ohio Water Development Authority has been notified along with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Once again, measurements will be input into NWSChat.

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