Record Flooding in the Ohio Valley
UPDATE: See blog reader Dawn's comment below, it was 125 million gallons per day, and has been revised upwards. Yuck!
Several river gauges in the Ohio Valley are the highest they've ever been (or are heading there). Here are the particlars: The Prairie Creek near Lebanon, Indiana, has surpassed its record stage of 13.99 feet with 14.81 feet as of this writing. UPDATE: That was the crest and the river has started to fall. According to the NOAA Flood Impacts, many roads would become impassable at 18.5 feet, and at 22 feet "major flood losses can be expected." In addition, the Mississinewa River near Ridgeville, Indiana is getting very close to the all-time record of 16.25 set in 1958. UPDATE: The river crested at 16.14'. It has surpassed all other records, which date back to the 1940s.
The Cuyahoga River at Independence, OH rose 17 feet in the last day and is forecast to crest at 23.07 feet, just short of its all-time record of 23.30' (set in 2006; records go back to the 1920s). UPDATE: This location did not break the record, cresting at 22.73'. In Eastland, the Gates Mill Dam failed, but didn't release a dangerous amount of water. And in Cleveland, 125 million gallons of untreated waste water had to be dumped into the river due to flood damage to the waste treatment plant. Video of flooded homes in Findlay, OH can be viewed on the WUPW website.
