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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Ask Larry Johnson about May 14th, 2019 and he will take you back.

“I remember it so clearly," he says.

The video is hard to forget. Cameras caught the exact moment the Lake Dunlap Dam broke.

The dam broke two miles upstream from Johnson’s home.

“It was everything was brown and scorched it was a war zone," Johnson remembers.

Behind Johnson's home, what used to be the bottom of the lake now looks like a yard.

Within hours of the dam's failure, Lake Dunlap's water level dropped around 7 feet.

“Right now, we would be 8 feet underwater," he says as we stand below his boat ramp and look up to his diving board.

The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority in Texas blamed the 90-year-old dam's aging steel for the failure that luckily didn't kill anyone.

Johnson says he knew with the dam's age it was at risk of failing, but still couldn't believe It actually happened.

"I mean, who would?” Johnson asks.

The Lake Dunlap dam's failure is one of roughly 40 that have happened in the past decade according to U.S. Society on Dams' President and civil engineer, Del Shannon.

“It’s distressing. We have the ability to fix these things and a limited amount of resources to do that," Shannon says.

Shannon says the average age of America's 91,000 dams is 60 years old, as the dams get older they require more upkeep. 

Shannon graded our nation’s dams for the American Society of Civil Engineers' Infrastructure Report card. It comes out every four years.

While he says most of the dams that have failed were small, cases like what happened in Michigan in 2020 when two dams failed and wiped out 150 homes is why he gave our nation's dams a "D."

"I gave them a D because I’m a pretty harsh grader for one, but I don’t think any dam should fail," Shannon says.

About $3 billion of the bipartisan infrastructure law is going to dam-related projects in hopes of changing that. He says that’s a start, but more money is needed.

It will take more than $75 billion to refurbish the more than 88,000 non-federal dams across the country according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.

“That’s the problem with the whole infrastructure challenge. Is that until something like this happens it’s just not real," Johnson says.

Today, construction is underway on a new dam on Lake Dunlap.

Johnson says Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to pay for the project so, he and his neighbors formed the Lake Dunlap Water Control and Improvement District, a government entity, that has the power to raise taxes with voter approval.

Voters in the district supported raising property taxes to pay the $40 million to pay for the new dam.

“None of us would accept no for an answer," Johnson said about finding a way to rebuild the dam.

Johnson expects the dam to be in operation summer of 2023.

When it does his water will rise to where it was three years ago and for the life that comes with it to return for years to come.

“I think it’s going to be like what it was where your grandkids startup at the back door and gallop all the way down and leap into the water," Johnson says.




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As officials scramble to reopen Yellowstone National Park to tourists after record floods pounded southern Montana, some of those hardest hit in the disaster live far from the famous park's limelight and are leaning heavily on one another to pull their lives out of the mud.In and around the agricultural community of Fromberg, the Clarks Fork River flooded almost 100 homes and badly damaged a major irrigation ditch that serves many farms. The town's mayor says about a third of the flooded homes are too far gone to be repaired.Video above: Officials seek quick Yellowstone flooding repairsNot far from the riverbank, Lindi O'Brien's trailer home was raised high enough to avoid major damage. But she got water in her barns and sheds, lost some of her poultry and saw her recently deceased parents' home get swamped with several feet of water.Elected officials who showed up to tour the damage in Red Lodge and Gardiner — Montana tourist towns that serve as gateways to Yellowstone — haven't made it to Fromberg to see its devastation. O'Brien said the lack of attention is no surprise given the town's location away from major tourist routes.She said she's not resentful but resigned to the idea that if Fromberg is going to recover, its roughly 400 residents will have to do much of the work themselves. "We take care of each other," O'Brien said as she and two longtime friends, Melody Murter and Aileen Rogers, combed through mud-caked items scattered across her property. O'Brien, an art teacher for the local school, had been fixing up her parents' home with hopes of turning it into a vacation rental. Now she's not sure it's salvageable."When you get tired and get pooped, it's OK to stop," O'Brien said to Murter and Rogers, whose clothes, hands and faces were smeared with mud.Video above: Couple describes moment home was swept into Yellowstone RiverYellowstone will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, more than a week after more than 10,000 visitors were forced out of the park when the Yellowstone and other rivers went over their banks after being swelled by melting snow and several inches of rainfall. But the northern half of the nation's oldest national park, which is marking its 150th anniversary this year, is expected to remain closed through the summer, if not longer, along with one of the major entrances to the park through Montana. The closure will deprive visitors from seeing Tower Fall and Lamar Valley, one of the best places in the world to see wolves and grizzly bears.Meanwhile, outside of the population centers that border the park, there's a maze of damaged roads. A key bridge that leads to the town of Fishtail collapsed, causing traffic to divert through a single-lane county road. There are about 500 people in Fishtail.Lee Johnson and his wife and daughter run the restaurant Montasia, so named because it's a fusion of Malaysian and Montana cuisine. He said business has plummeted. "When we opened for the first time after the flood, it started just dead. And you start to have that sense of dread creep in. Did I do all this, did I sink all this money in, have I started this business and people can't even get here anymore?" Johnson said.Johnson and his Malaysian wife Yokie took over the lease on a landmark 124-year-old Fishtail building earlier this year, transferring their restaurant from another part of the state. For Yokie, the business was a dream come true.Video above: Yellowstone flooding hits nearby Montana towns"Not being from Montana, I wanted to own something," she said. Going into business with her family was her biggest goal. Yokie said running the restaurant gives her strength as she battles cancer. "I'm not sure how much time I have left, so the time I have left I want to be with my family, work with them every day, see them every day," she said.Johnson said he is humbled by the chance to support his wife and determined to keep the restaurant open while the flood damage is repaired."You hitch your wagon to this community and it's just a matter of keeping up," he said.

FROMBERG, Mont. —

As officials scramble to reopen Yellowstone National Park to tourists after record floods pounded southern Montana, some of those hardest hit in the disaster live far from the famous park's limelight and are leaning heavily on one another to pull their lives out of the mud.

In and around the agricultural community of Fromberg, the Clarks Fork River flooded almost 100 homes and badly damaged a major irrigation ditch that serves many farms. The town's mayor says about a third of the flooded homes are too far gone to be repaired.

Video above: Officials seek quick Yellowstone flooding repairs

Not far from the riverbank, Lindi O'Brien's trailer home was raised high enough to avoid major damage. But she got water in her barns and sheds, lost some of her poultry and saw her recently deceased parents' home get swamped with several feet of water.

Elected officials who showed up to tour the damage in Red Lodge and Gardiner — Montana tourist towns that serve as gateways to Yellowstone — haven't made it to Fromberg to see its devastation. O'Brien said the lack of attention is no surprise given the town's location away from major tourist routes.

She said she's not resentful but resigned to the idea that if Fromberg is going to recover, its roughly 400 residents will have to do much of the work themselves.

"We take care of each other," O'Brien said as she and two longtime friends, Melody Murter and Aileen Rogers, combed through mud-caked items scattered across her property. O'Brien, an art teacher for the local school, had been fixing up her parents' home with hopes of turning it into a vacation rental. Now she's not sure it's salvageable.

"When you get tired and get pooped, it's OK to stop," O'Brien said to Murter and Rogers, whose clothes, hands and faces were smeared with mud.

Video above: Couple describes moment home was swept into Yellowstone River

Yellowstone will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, more than a week after more than 10,000 visitors were forced out of the park when the Yellowstone and other rivers went over their banks after being swelled by melting snow and several inches of rainfall.

But the northern half of the nation's oldest national park, which is marking its 150th anniversary this year, is expected to remain closed through the summer, if not longer, along with one of the major entrances to the park through Montana. The closure will deprive visitors from seeing Tower Fall and Lamar Valley, one of the best places in the world to see wolves and grizzly bears.

Meanwhile, outside of the population centers that border the park, there's a maze of damaged roads. A key bridge that leads to the town of Fishtail collapsed, causing traffic to divert through a single-lane county road. There are about 500 people in Fishtail.

Lee Johnson and his wife and daughter run the restaurant Montasia, so named because it's a fusion of Malaysian and Montana cuisine. He said business has plummeted.

"When we opened for the first time after the flood, it started just dead. And you start to have that sense of dread creep in. Did I do all this, did I sink all this money in, have I started this business and people can't even get here anymore?" Johnson said.

Johnson and his Malaysian wife Yokie took over the lease on a landmark 124-year-old Fishtail building earlier this year, transferring their restaurant from another part of the state. For Yokie, the business was a dream come true.

Video above: Yellowstone flooding hits nearby Montana towns

"Not being from Montana, I wanted to own something," she said. Going into business with her family was her biggest goal. Yokie said running the restaurant gives her strength as she battles cancer.

"I'm not sure how much time I have left, so the time I have left I want to be with my family, work with them every day, see them every day," she said.

Johnson said he is humbled by the chance to support his wife and determined to keep the restaurant open while the flood damage is repaired.

"You hitch your wagon to this community and it's just a matter of keeping up," he said.


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DALLAS — As more American cities are dealing with higher intensity rainfall events due to the impacts of climate change, many municipalities are looking toward green infrastructure projects to help mitigate the effects of flooding.

Bardia Heidar and his colleague Sayd Randle are researchers at Texas A&M's Agrilife center. They have spent the last few years studying the impacts of how Green Stormwater Infrastructure projects are lessening major flooding events in American cities.

Instead of installing traditional drainage pipes, many cities and towns opt to build stormwater inlets. They're essentially sophisticated rain gardens, where native soil is replaced with a high infiltration engineered soil mix.

It helps lessen the impacts of flash flooding and heavy rainfall events.

"You're basically tackling the problem with different solutions," Heidari said.

This team is seeing unintended benefits from these projects. Aside from helping to lessen the impacts of flash flooding, green infrastructure is also filtering out pollutants that run off from roads and sidewalks when it rains.

"You have these benefits that are able to double up in what you do with a project," Randle noted.

But while many cities and towns have the money to build these projects, they don't necessarily have the money to maintain them.

"A lot of time, the most marginalized communities for this type of flooding are low-income communities of color. Sometimes what looks like great projects to underserved communities end up being a burden. They entail a lot of work for the people who live there," she added.

All of this comes at a critical juncture in American infrastructure. Many public works departments are seeing an influx of money from the bipartisan infrastructure bill while simultaneously grappling with intensified rainfall events.

An estimated 90% of US cities have seen more intense rainfall events since 1970.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/07/12/could-green-infrastructure-projects-help-control-flash-flooding/feed/ 0 Residents in eastern Kentucky ‘hopeful’ about future one month after historic floods https://cincylink.com/2023/07/04/residents-in-eastern-kentucky-hopeful-about-future-one-month-after-historic-floods/ https://cincylink.com/2023/07/04/residents-in-eastern-kentucky-hopeful-about-future-one-month-after-historic-floods/#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 05:50:12 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=170843

It has been over a month since a catastrophic and deadly flood ravaged Eastern Kentucky, killing 39 people and destroying thousands of homes.Many in the Buckhorn have taken it upon themselves to rebuild the community. When the rain stopped, Joesph Crouse was in his side-by-side, helping his neighbors, and he's been out since.WLWT caught up with the hardworking Buckhorn native on the first day, saying back then, he was not worried about the damage to his property, but he was concerned about everyone else."I'm alive, and I could care less about anything else as long as we got our lives," Crouse said back then.The flood water washed houses, trucks, and memories miles downstream. A month later, the seemingly endless debris gives Crouse a mission to rebuild his waterlogged community along Squabble Creek."My house is fine, I'll take that, but I just want to take care of everybody else," Crouse said.One of the many people he checks on is Herold Riley. WLWT reporter Danielle Dindak spoke with the 81-year-old just hours after his house was swept away and everything he owned, including his dog, was inside."All I got left is the clothes on my back," Riley said back then.Riley received a sign from above, the unforgiving water returning the memories he loves most - pictures of his wife, who died in 2003."It's the only thing we found," Riley said. "I cherish it."Piecing his life back together, Riley got a new house with hopes of getting a pup to share it with soon. In the meantime, he is leaning on his neighbors to get him through."I think the whole community has come together a lot," Riley said. "They've been helping each other and everything."The people in Buckhorn are tough; with Crouse's help, he will get them all back on their feet."After it happened, it looked like a bomb went off like you were in a war," Crouse said. "As far as today, it looks a whole lot better."As the days go on, he hopes the number of volunteers does not dwindle."We thank everyone that's come to help from out of state," Crouse said. "I appreciate their help, I do. Just don't forget about us."

BUCKHORN, Ky. —

It has been over a month since a catastrophic and deadly flood ravaged Eastern Kentucky, killing 39 people and destroying thousands of homes.

Many in the Buckhorn have taken it upon themselves to rebuild the community. When the rain stopped, Joesph Crouse was in his side-by-side, helping his neighbors, and he's been out since.

WLWT caught up with the hardworking Buckhorn native on the first day, saying back then, he was not worried about the damage to his property, but he was concerned about everyone else.

"I'm alive, and I could care less about anything else as long as we got our lives," Crouse said back then.

The flood water washed houses, trucks, and memories miles downstream.

A month later, the seemingly endless debris gives Crouse a mission to rebuild his waterlogged community along Squabble Creek.

"My house is fine, I'll take that, but I just want to take care of everybody else," Crouse said.

One of the many people he checks on is Herold Riley.

WLWT reporter Danielle Dindak spoke with the 81-year-old just hours after his house was swept away and everything he owned, including his dog, was inside.

"All I got left is the clothes on my back," Riley said back then.

Riley received a sign from above, the unforgiving water returning the memories he loves most - pictures of his wife, who died in 2003.

"It's the only thing we found," Riley said. "I cherish it."

Piecing his life back together, Riley got a new house with hopes of getting a pup to share it with soon. In the meantime, he is leaning on his neighbors to get him through.

"I think the whole community has come together a lot," Riley said. "They've been helping each other and everything."

The people in Buckhorn are tough; with Crouse's help, he will get them all back on their feet.

"After it happened, it looked like a bomb went off like you were in a war," Crouse said. "As far as today, it looks a whole lot better."

As the days go on, he hopes the number of volunteers does not dwindle.

"We thank everyone that's come to help from out of state," Crouse said. "I appreciate their help, I do. Just don't forget about us."


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Downpours impact your holiday weekend

Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast through the rest of the holiday weekend with muggy air staying as well



THE BEARCATS FALL TO ARKANSAS AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT FIRST

Downpours impact your holiday weekend

Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast through the rest of the holiday weekend with muggy air staying as well


Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast through the rest of the holiday weekend with muggy air staying as well

Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast through the rest of the holiday weekend with muggy air staying as well


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Video above: Aerial footage of Ft. Myers flooding As Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, pushes rain across the central Appalachians Saturday, people are taking stock of the damage it caused in the Carolinas and especially Florida, where at least 45 have been reported dead in what was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the Sunshine State's history.In Florida, the hurricane's effects will be felt into next week, as forecasters warn of possible major river flooding inland. Near Sarasota, a possible levee break has forced officers to evacuate a neighborhood early Saturday over flooding concerns.Ian smashed into southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, pulverizing coastal homes and trapping residents with floodwaters, especially in the Fort Myers and Naples areas. It pushed through the peninsula into Thursday, bringing strong winds and damaging flooding.The hurricane then made another landfall Friday in South Carolina between Charleston and Myrtle Beach as a Category 1 storm, flooding homes and vehicles along the shoreline and eventually knocking out power for hundreds of thousands more in the Carolinas and Virginia. In Florida's hard-hit Fort Myers Beach, where a furious storm surge wiped out homes and left little but debris, shaken survivors are coping with what they saw and mourning those they've lost.Kevin Behen, who rode out the storm on the second floor of a building in Fort Myers Beach, told CNN Friday night he knew of two men who died making sure their wives escaped a home that had begun to flood."These guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was," Behen said. "They just looked at their wives and they said, 'We can't hold on anymore, we love you. Bye,' and that was it."Video below: North Myrtle Beach homeowner wades through flooded homeAbout 90% of the island "is pretty much gone," Fort Myers Beach Town Councilman Dan Allers said Friday. "Unless you have a high-rise condo or a newer concrete home that is built to the same standards today, your house is pretty much gone."More than 1.6 million utility customers were without power Saturday morning in four states in Ian's wake, including 1.2 million in Florida; more than 300,000 in North Carolina; 79,000 in Virginia; and 49,000 in South Carolina, according to PowerOutage.us.In western Florida early Saturday, concerns over a possible levee break forced sheriff's officers to go door-to-door in the Sarasota-area community of Hidden River to warn residents of possible flooding there, a sheriff's office said.Video below: Florida Gulf Coast island faces massive cleanupIn South Carolina, Ian dumped 7 to nearly 10 inches of rain in some coastal areas, according to National Weather Service data. Ian had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by Friday night, and its center -- with sustained winds of 25 mph -- was near the North Carolina-Virginia state line at 11 a.m. Saturday.It should dissipate by Saturday evening. By the storm's end, it may have dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain across parts of the central Appalachians and coastal mid-Atlantic, the hurricane center said.Damage to South Carolina shores Authorities in South Carolina began cataloging damage on Pawleys Island, a coastal town roughly 70 miles north of Charleston. The biggest concern there, according to the mayor, is how to remove debris so the island can be safe again."It was a Category 1 hurricane, but we experienced tremendous storm surge today, probably beyond what most people anticipated," Mayor Brian Henry told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday."Most of us did not believe we would see the storm surge at 7-plus feet," Henry said. "It's beginning to recede, but we have a huge amount of water on the roadways and across the island."Video below: Nest home camera shows flooding underneath South Carolina homePawleys Island residents are not allowed to return home until safety assessments are fully conducted Saturday, police said.The storm has flooded homes and submerged vehicles along the shoreline. Two piers -- one in Pawleys Island and another in North Myrtle Beach -- partially collapsed as high winds pushed water even higher.In Horry County, where North Myrtle Beach is located, crews began removing debris left by the storm. Officials are urging residents to remain home and to not drive."It's a pretty scary sight," Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune said of the hurricane. "I'm seeing way too many cars passing by. And I think people just don't realize how dangerous it is to be out in these types of conditions. We've seen so many people's cars get stuck, and emergency personnel has to go out and rescue people."South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said on social media Friday, "A lot of prayers have been answered," adding that the storm is "not as bad as it could have been, but don't let your guard down yet. We are not out of the woods, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state."Crews race to assist Floridians in needA swath of destruction was cut across the Florida peninsula Wednesday and Thursday, with communities along the southwestern coast facing the brunt of Ian's storm surge at landfall. Sanibel and Captiva islands have been cut off from the mainland after parts of a causeway were obliterated by the storm.Those living in Charlotte County are "facing a tragedy" without homes, electricity or water supplies, said Claudette Smith, public information officer for the sheriff's office."We need everything, to put it plain and simple. We need everything. We need all hands on deck," Smith told CNN Friday. "The people who have come to our assistance have been tremendously helpful, but we do need everything."Video below: Here's why Hurricane Ian heavily damaged Central Florida despite making landfall near Fort MyersFrom Florida's coastal shores to inland cities such as Orlando, dangerous flooding has forced locals into dire circumstances. In one Orlando neighborhood where deep water has covered roads, some residents traveled by boat to assist others.Rivers rising due to the substantial rainfall are still impacting areas headed into the weekend. A 12-mile portion of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County is closed in both directions due to the rising Myakka River, according to the Florida Department of Transportation Friday evening.The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 275 people in Florida, according to Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, and hundreds of additional rescues were being performed by teams from FEMA and local and state agencies. But post-storm conditions remain a huge challenge, he told CNN on Friday.Video below: Kayakers take to the streets in Orlando"We're flying and we're operating in areas that are unrecognizable. There's no street signs. They don't look like they used to look like. Buildings that were once benchmarks in the community are no longer there," he said.At least 45 deaths suspected to be related to Ian have been reported in Florida, including 16 in Lee County, 12 in Charlotte County, eight in Collier County, four in Volusia County, one in Polk County, one in Lake County, one in Manatee County and two in unincorporated Sarasota County, according to officials. Unconfirmed death cases are being processed by local medical examiners, who decide whether they are disaster-related, state emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie said.

Video above: Aerial footage of Ft. Myers flooding

As Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, pushes rain across the central Appalachians Saturday, people are taking stock of the damage it caused in the Carolinas and especially Florida, where at least 45 have been reported dead in what was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the Sunshine State's history.

In Florida, the hurricane's effects will be felt into next week, as forecasters warn of possible major river flooding inland. Near Sarasota, a possible levee break has forced officers to evacuate a neighborhood early Saturday over flooding concerns.

Ian smashed into southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, pulverizing coastal homes and trapping residents with floodwaters, especially in the Fort Myers and Naples areas. It pushed through the peninsula into Thursday, bringing strong winds and damaging flooding.

The hurricane then made another landfall Friday in South Carolina between Charleston and Myrtle Beach as a Category 1 storm, flooding homes and vehicles along the shoreline and eventually knocking out power for hundreds of thousands more in the Carolinas and Virginia.

In Florida's hard-hit Fort Myers Beach, where a furious storm surge wiped out homes and left little but debris, shaken survivors are coping with what they saw and mourning those they've lost.

Kevin Behen, who rode out the storm on the second floor of a building in Fort Myers Beach, told CNN Friday night he knew of two men who died making sure their wives escaped a home that had begun to flood.

"These guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was," Behen said. "They just looked at their wives and they said, 'We can't hold on anymore, we love you. Bye,' and that was it."

Video below: North Myrtle Beach homeowner wades through flooded home

About 90% of the island "is pretty much gone," Fort Myers Beach Town Councilman Dan Allers said Friday. "Unless you have a high-rise condo or a newer concrete home that is built to the same standards today, your house is pretty much gone."

More than 1.6 million utility customers were without power Saturday morning in four states in Ian's wake, including 1.2 million in Florida; more than 300,000 in North Carolina; 79,000 in Virginia; and 49,000 in South Carolina, according to PowerOutage.us.

In western Florida early Saturday, concerns over a possible levee break forced sheriff's officers to go door-to-door in the Sarasota-area community of Hidden River to warn residents of possible flooding there, a sheriff's office said.

Video below: Florida Gulf Coast island faces massive cleanup

In South Carolina, Ian dumped 7 to nearly 10 inches of rain in some coastal areas, according to National Weather Service data.

Ian had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by Friday night, and its center -- with sustained winds of 25 mph -- was near the North Carolina-Virginia state line at 11 a.m. Saturday.

It should dissipate by Saturday evening. By the storm's end, it may have dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain across parts of the central Appalachians and coastal mid-Atlantic, the hurricane center said.

Damage to South Carolina shores

Authorities in South Carolina began cataloging damage on Pawleys Island, a coastal town roughly 70 miles north of Charleston. The biggest concern there, according to the mayor, is how to remove debris so the island can be safe again.

"It was a Category 1 hurricane, but we experienced tremendous storm surge today, probably beyond what most people anticipated," Mayor Brian Henry told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday.

"Most of us did not believe we would see the storm surge at 7-plus feet," Henry said. "It's beginning to recede, but we have a huge amount of water on the roadways and across the island."

Video below: Nest home camera shows flooding underneath South Carolina home

Pawleys Island residents are not allowed to return home until safety assessments are fully conducted Saturday, police said.

The storm has flooded homes and submerged vehicles along the shoreline. Two piers -- one in Pawleys Island and another in North Myrtle Beach -- partially collapsed as high winds pushed water even higher.

In Horry County, where North Myrtle Beach is located, crews began removing debris left by the storm. Officials are urging residents to remain home and to not drive.

"It's a pretty scary sight," Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune said of the hurricane. "I'm seeing way too many cars passing by. And I think people just don't realize how dangerous it is to be out in these types of conditions. We've seen so many people's cars get stuck, and emergency personnel has to go out and rescue people."

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said on social media Friday, "A lot of prayers have been answered," adding that the storm is "not as bad as it could have been, but don't let your guard down yet. We are not out of the woods, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state."

Crews race to assist Floridians in need

A swath of destruction was cut across the Florida peninsula Wednesday and Thursday, with communities along the southwestern coast facing the brunt of Ian's storm surge at landfall. Sanibel and Captiva islands have been cut off from the mainland after parts of a causeway were obliterated by the storm.

Those living in Charlotte County are "facing a tragedy" without homes, electricity or water supplies, said Claudette Smith, public information officer for the sheriff's office.

"We need everything, to put it plain and simple. We need everything. We need all hands on deck," Smith told CNN Friday. "The people who have come to our assistance have been tremendously helpful, but we do need everything."

Video below: Here's why Hurricane Ian heavily damaged Central Florida despite making landfall near Fort Myers

From Florida's coastal shores to inland cities such as Orlando, dangerous flooding has forced locals into dire circumstances. In one Orlando neighborhood where deep water has covered roads, some residents traveled by boat to assist others.

Rivers rising due to the substantial rainfall are still impacting areas headed into the weekend. A 12-mile portion of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County is closed in both directions due to the rising Myakka River, according to the Florida Department of Transportation Friday evening.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 275 people in Florida, according to Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, and hundreds of additional rescues were being performed by teams from FEMA and local and state agencies. But post-storm conditions remain a huge challenge, he told CNN on Friday.

Video below: Kayakers take to the streets in Orlando

"We're flying and we're operating in areas that are unrecognizable. There's no street signs. They don't look like they used to look like. Buildings that were once benchmarks in the community are no longer there," he said.

At least 45 deaths suspected to be related to Ian have been reported in Florida, including 16 in Lee County, 12 in Charlotte County, eight in Collier County, four in Volusia County, one in Polk County, one in Lake County, one in Manatee County and two in unincorporated Sarasota County, according to officials. Unconfirmed death cases are being processed by local medical examiners, who decide whether they are disaster-related, state emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie said.




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No part of California is under exceptional drought following major storms that hit the state this week.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 100% of the state is still under either a drought or experiencing exceptionally dry conditions. Central portions of the state are still under an extreme drought. 71% of the state’s geography is under at least a severe drought.

Three months ago, 94% of the state was under at least a severe drought, with 16% being under exceptional drought. The portions under exceptional drought are gone.

More rain is expected, with some areas expected to see an additional 6 inches of rain.

Most of the state north of Los Angeles is under a flood watch. In addition to floods, mudslides are possible in the region.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an emergency declaration earlier this week.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/06/06/bomb-cyclone-breaks-californias-exceptional-drought/feed/ 0 California storms persist with deluges, mudslide threats https://cincylink.com/2023/06/06/california-storms-persist-with-deluges-mudslide-threats/ https://cincylink.com/2023/06/06/california-storms-persist-with-deluges-mudslide-threats/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 04:05:29 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=186310

California saw no relief from drenching rains early Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms continued to swamp roads and batter coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. At least 14 people have died since the storms began last week.The storm prompted a few tornado warnings early Tuesday and also was expected to bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada a day after dumping up to 14 inches of rain at higher elevations in central and Southern California.After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state beginning Wednesday, adding to the misery and further saturating areas already at risk of flooding and debris flows.The storms threatened coastal and riverside towns and left more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power early Tuesday, according to the website poweroutage.us, which tracks utility reports. The weather service issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire San Francisco Bay Area, along with Sacramento Valley and Monterey Bay. Areas hit by wildfires in recent years faced the possibility of mud and debris sliding off denuded hillsides that have yet to fully recover their protective layer of vegetation.The storm — the latest extreme weather event to kick off 2023 — was expected to bring enough rain to exacerbate ongoing flooding and heighten the risk of mudslides, forecasters said.Forecasters also warned southwestern California could see 60-mph wind gusts at the peak of the storm, while some areas could receive rainfall of a half-inch per hour.The death toll from the storms that began last week climbed from 12 to 14 on Monday, after two people including a homeless person were killed by falling trees, state officials said.California state highway authorities said late Monday night that parts of U.S. and state highways were closed because of flooding, mud or rockslides, heavy snow or car spinouts and truck crashes. The closures included northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, and sections of U.S. 6 and State Route 168.Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for about 32,000 residents living near rain-swollen rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.A 5-year-old boy vanished in floodwaters Monday on the central coast. The boy's mother was driving a truck when it became stranded near Paso Robles. Bystanders managed to pull her free but the boy was swept out of the truck and carried away, probably into a river, said Tom Swanson, assistant chief of the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.A roughly seven-hour search for the missing boy turned up only his shoe before officials called it off as water levels were too dangerous for divers, officials said. The boy had not been declared dead, said spokesperson Tony Cipolla of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office.About 130 miles to the south, about 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate in Santa Barbara County.The entire seaside community of Montecito — home to Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities — was ordered to flee on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave.County officials ordered 20 homes evacuated in the area of Orcutt after flooding and a sinkhole damaged up to 15 homes.Jamie McLeod's property was under the Montecito evacuation order, but she said there was no way for her to "get off the mountain" with a rushing creek on one side and a mudslide on the other. The 60-year-old owner of the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary said one of her employees came to make a weekly food delivery and also became stuck.McLeod said she feels fortunate because her home sits on high ground and the power is still on. But she tires of the frequent evacuation orders since the massive wildfire followed by the deadly landslide five years ago."It is not easy to relocate," McLeod said. "I totally love it, except in catastrophe."Ellen DeGeneres shared an Instagram video of herself standing in front of a raging creek near the Montecito home where she lives with her wife, actor Portia de Rossi. She said in the post that they were told to shelter in place because they are on high ground."This is crazy," the talk show host, wearing a hoodie and raincoat, says in the video.Some miles down the coast another town, La Conchita in Ventura County, was ordered evacuated. A mudslide killed 10 people there in 2005.In Ventura County, the Ventura River reached its highest level on record at more than 25 feet on Monday. Firefighters using helicopters rescued more than a dozen people trapped on an island in the surging waters. The water level quickly dropped to minor flood-stage levels overnight.The storm also washed 3 feet of mud and rock onto State Highway 126, stranding a long line cars and big-rig trucks. Crews worked into the night to pull them free.In Los Angeles, a sinkhole swallowed two cars in the Chatsworth area on Monday night. Two people escaped by themselves and firefighters rescued two others who had minor injuries, authorities said.The National Weather Service warned of a "relentless parade of atmospheric rivers" — long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific that can drop staggering amounts of rain and snow. The precipitation expected over the next couple of days comes after storms last week knocked out power, flooded streets, and battered the coastline.President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties.Much of California remains in severe to extreme drought, though the storms have helped fill depleted reservoirs.___Associated Press journalists Janie Har and Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco; Amy Taxin in Orange County; Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles; Nic Coury in Aptos; Martha Mendoza in Santa Cruz and Haven Daley in Felton contributed to this report.

California saw no relief from drenching rains early Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms continued to swamp roads and batter coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. At least 14 people have died since the storms began last week.

The storm prompted a few tornado warnings early Tuesday and also was expected to bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada a day after dumping up to 14 inches of rain at higher elevations in central and Southern California.

After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state beginning Wednesday, adding to the misery and further saturating areas already at risk of flooding and debris flows.

The storms threatened coastal and riverside towns and left more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power early Tuesday, according to the website poweroutage.us, which tracks utility reports. The weather service issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire San Francisco Bay Area, along with Sacramento Valley and Monterey Bay. Areas hit by wildfires in recent years faced the possibility of mud and debris sliding off denuded hillsides that have yet to fully recover their protective layer of vegetation.

The storm — the latest extreme weather event to kick off 2023 — was expected to bring enough rain to exacerbate ongoing flooding and heighten the risk of mudslides, forecasters said.

Forecasters also warned southwestern California could see 60-mph wind gusts at the peak of the storm, while some areas could receive rainfall of a half-inch per hour.

The death toll from the storms that began last week climbed from 12 to 14 on Monday, after two people including a homeless person were killed by falling trees, state officials said.

California state highway authorities said late Monday night that parts of U.S. and state highways were closed because of flooding, mud or rockslides, heavy snow or car spinouts and truck crashes. The closures included northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, and sections of U.S. 6 and State Route 168.

Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for about 32,000 residents living near rain-swollen rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.

A 5-year-old boy vanished in floodwaters Monday on the central coast. The boy's mother was driving a truck when it became stranded near Paso Robles. Bystanders managed to pull her free but the boy was swept out of the truck and carried away, probably into a river, said Tom Swanson, assistant chief of the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.

A roughly seven-hour search for the missing boy turned up only his shoe before officials called it off as water levels were too dangerous for divers, officials said. The boy had not been declared dead, said spokesperson Tony Cipolla of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office.

About 130 miles to the south, about 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate in Santa Barbara County.

The entire seaside community of Montecito — home to Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities — was ordered to flee on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave.

County officials ordered 20 homes evacuated in the area of Orcutt after flooding and a sinkhole damaged up to 15 homes.

Jamie McLeod's property was under the Montecito evacuation order, but she said there was no way for her to "get off the mountain" with a rushing creek on one side and a mudslide on the other. The 60-year-old owner of the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary said one of her employees came to make a weekly food delivery and also became stuck.

A Caltrans worker directs traffic at a freeway entrance as the U.S. Freeway 101 is closed near Montecito, Calif., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.

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A Caltrans worker directs traffic at a freeway entrance as the U.S. Freeway 101 is closed near Montecito, Calif., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.

McLeod said she feels fortunate because her home sits on high ground and the power is still on. But she tires of the frequent evacuation orders since the massive wildfire followed by the deadly landslide five years ago.

"It is not easy to relocate," McLeod said. "I totally love it, except in catastrophe."

Ellen DeGeneres shared an Instagram video of herself standing in front of a raging creek near the Montecito home where she lives with her wife, actor Portia de Rossi. She said in the post that they were told to shelter in place because they are on high ground.

"This is crazy," the talk show host, wearing a hoodie and raincoat, says in the video.

Some miles down the coast another town, La Conchita in Ventura County, was ordered evacuated. A mudslide killed 10 people there in 2005.

In Ventura County, the Ventura River reached its highest level on record at more than 25 feet on Monday. Firefighters using helicopters rescued more than a dozen people trapped on an island in the surging waters. The water level quickly dropped to minor flood-stage levels overnight.

The storm also washed 3 feet of mud and rock onto State Highway 126, stranding a long line cars and big-rig trucks. Crews worked into the night to pull them free.

In Los Angeles, a sinkhole swallowed two cars in the Chatsworth area on Monday night. Two people escaped by themselves and firefighters rescued two others who had minor injuries, authorities said.

The National Weather Service warned of a "relentless parade of atmospheric rivers" — long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific that can drop staggering amounts of rain and snow. The precipitation expected over the next couple of days comes after storms last week knocked out power, flooded streets, and battered the coastline.

President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties.

Much of California remains in severe to extreme drought, though the storms have helped fill depleted reservoirs.

___

Associated Press journalists Janie Har and Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco; Amy Taxin in Orange County; Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles; Nic Coury in Aptos; Martha Mendoza in Santa Cruz and Haven Daley in Felton contributed to this report.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2023/06/06/california-storms-persist-with-deluges-mudslide-threats/feed/ 0 Icy Weather Coming https://cincylink.com/2022/02/23/icy-weather-coming/ https://cincylink.com/2022/02/23/icy-weather-coming/#respond Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:57:11 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=149734


WLWT News 5 Chief Meteorologist

Icy Weather Coming



THE DEUCE. [LAUGHTER] SHEREE: MAYBE I CAN BE HIS NICKNAME. MI KE: WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS OUT RIGHT NOW. GEORGE: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RFO SOME ICE COMING OUR WAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I DO NOT THINK THIS IS THE ICE STORM WE HAD SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WHERE THE ROADS WERE JTUS A COMPLETE DISASTER AROUND HERE. ATTH IS NOT WHAT WE ARE FACING. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SET UP AND MENTIONINGHE T NUMBERS, THE REASON WHY YOU DO NOT WANTED TO BE 22 IS WHAT WE DEALT WITH WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF SLEET. OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FREEZING MARK AND THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. HERE IS WT HAYOU WILL NEED TO KNOW. WE ARE WATCHING TWO ROUNDS OF POTENTIAL WINTRY WEATHER. TWO ROUNDS OF ICY WEATHER. THE FIRST ONE BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A WINYTR MIX LATE TOMORROW INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THEN THE MAIN EVENT, THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, FOBERE IT CHANGES OVER TERRAIN. HERE’S WHAT I AM THINKING RIGHT NOW. -- OVER TERRAIN. HERE IS WHAT I’M THINKING RIGHT NOW. PARTICULARLY, MAY UP TO ONE THIRD OFN A INCH. THE FURTHER NORTH TO GO OF THE 527 LOOP, ICE WILL BE MORE IMPACTFUL. AROUND THE 275 LOOP AND SOUTH OF THE RIVER, ANYWHERE FROM 1/10 TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. HERE’S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION IN THIS EVENT WLIL BE ON YOUR ELEVATED SURFASCE AND, AS YOU GET NORTH OF THE 275 LOOP, SOME OF YOUR SECONDARY ROADS, YOUR SIDESTREETS FOR EXAMPLE. I AM THINKING BECAUSE MPTEERATURES ARE RIGHT ABOUT 30, 31 FOR MOST OF US, MBEAY EVEN 29 IN SOME AREAS. BECAUSE WE ARE COMING OFF A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE 60’S, THE ROADS SODTO TO SHAPE PRIMARILY WET. I WILL NOT RULE OUT SLICK OUGHTS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES, OVERPASSES, ANYTHING ELEVATED. THIS WLIL BE MORE OF WHAT WE CALL A TREETOP OR EVENT WHERE IT IS IN THE TREES, POWERLINES COME ON YROU DECK, ON YOUR CARS, BUT AGAI N I WILL NOT RULE OUT SLICK SPOTS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GET INTO PARTS OF BUTL,ER WARRENTON, FAYETTEVILLE. AS YOU GET AWAY FROM THE 285 LOOP. RTPA OF THE CULPRIT BEING IN THE COLD AIR IS AS COLD FRONT. ITVING THROUGH CLAREMONT AND PARTS OF CAMPBELL COUNTY. YOU GET A QUICK FIVE MINUTE SHOWER. THE WIND SWITCH AROUND, IT OPENS AROUND FOR A BIG TIME TEMPERATURE CHANGE. LOOK AT ALL OF THIS BLUE TONIGHT. IT IS NOSING RIGHT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROPFF O SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THEAY D ON WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE A MUCH COLDER DAY FOR .US TODAY WE ARE IN THE LOW 60’S. TOMORROW WE WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE UPPER 30’S. LOOK AT THE WINDS AT 23. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED CLOSE TO 50. AROUND THE AREA, ALMOST0 IN MAYSVIE,LL AND 38 ELSEWHERE. THAT SETS US UP WITH THE POTEIANTL FOR ICE TO MOVE IN. HERE’S FUTURECAST. WAHTC HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. WE KEEP MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT. TOMORROW SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE SUN IN THEIR, ESPECIALLY MID TO EARLY AFTERNOON. WE WILL CLDOU BACKUP IN THE EVENING. AFTER 8:00 TOMORROW EVENING, WE RUN E RTHISK OF SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A WINTRYIX M -- MIX THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IT IS LIGHT IN RESPECTS TO ACCUMULATION. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, I WILL NOT RULE OUT SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 3:00. THE MAIN EVENT BEGINS TO UNFOLD. IT WILL BE RIGHT AROUND FREEZING SO PRIMARILY THE ELEVATED SURFACES WILL NEED TO BE WATCDHE THE MOST. IT IS BREEZY THE REST OF THE NIGHT AS IT LEARNS -- AS IT TURNS COLDER. 32 TOMORROW. ONLY 39 FOR A HIGH. HERE’S YOUR DAY PLANNER. IT IS PRETTY MUCH DRY ALL DAY. THURSDAY, A WEATHER IMPACT DAY, THEN A CHIYLL WEEKEND. MENTIONING THE OHIO RIVER BEFORE I GO AWAY H

Colder air will set the stage for some ice concerns late Wednesday into Thursday.

CINCINNATI —

Colder air will set the stage for some ice concerns late Wednesday into Thursday.


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WLWT News 5 Chief Meteorologist

Wet And Breezy Tuesday



SHEREE: THAT'S SCARY STUFF. YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT MORE RAIN TOMOOWRR, IT SUDDENLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL. FOR PEOPLE WHO MAYBE EXPERIENCE FLOODING ISSUES, THE GROUND IS ALREADY WET, IT COULD BE MESSY TOMORROW. KEVIN: POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL, IT TENDS TO FLOOD, GARAGES FLOODING, ET CETERA, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF SETUPS, NOT WIDESPREAD, BUT A FEW COULD OVEPR PROBLEMATIC, TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER GOOD SOAKING HEADED OUR WAY. A LOOK AT THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, IT'S QUIET OUTSIDE, HOWEVER, RAIN IS KNOCKING ON OUR DOORSPTE TONIGHT, IN FACT, SOME DOWNPOURS, A LITTLE TERHUND AND LIGHTNING ALLUT O TO OUR WEST AT THE MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S STARTING TO MOVE UP THE OHIO RER IIVN OUR DIRECTION. IT'S NOT TERRIBLY ORGANIZEDND A I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO LAST TERRIBLY LONG, BUT IT IS OUR INITIAL WAVE OF WET WEATR.HE IT'S ABOUT 100 MILES AWAY FROM US RIGHT NOW, SO PROBABLY MOVING IN HERE, YOU KNOW, AFTER 2:00 OR 3:00 A.M., DON'T BE SURPRISE IFFED YOU SUDDENLY SEE A FLASH OF LIGHTNING THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE HEAR A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OUT THERE OVERNIGHT. HERE WE ARE WITH THE FLOOD WATCH TH'SAT IN EFFECT. NO SEVERE WEATHER, WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY OF THAT AROUND HERE. FLOOD WATCH FOR TOMORROW, THE POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, SOME OF ETH RAVINES, THE CREEKS, FIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GOT ONE OF THOSE CREEKS IN YOUR BACKYA,RD PROBABLY GOING TO FILL UP WITH SOME WATER AGAIN. TH ERE IS A LOOK AT FUTURECAST, YOU CAN SEE, HERE WE ARE 3:00 A.M., HERE COME SOME OF THE DOWNPOURS OUT OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO. DON'T BE SURPREDIS IF A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS POSSIBLE. IT LOOKSET W FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. EVEN IF IT'S NOT POURING, THE ROADS WILL BE WET. LEAVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. LOOK AT MID MORNING TOMORROW, BOY, WTHA A SOAK.ER TOMORROW LOOKS A LOT LEIK LAST THUVERS DID WITH PRETTY MUCH A NONSTOP RAIN EVENT, A WASHOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAYND A MAYBE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER IN THERE. NOTICE BY 3:00, THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS COME TO AN END. WHILE IT STILL LOOKS LOOK LIKE WE'LL HAVE WET ROADWAYS FOR THE EVENING, BY THENHE T HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED ON. BY TOMORROW EVENING'S COMME,UT THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS TO WORK WITH. AS WE GET IONT THE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, WE START TO DRY OUT. IT TURNS CHILLY ON WEDNESDAY. IT'S DRY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSY DAMORNING,E W GET A LITTLE BRUSH WITH WINTRY WEATHER. THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING, I'M NOT GOING TO RULE OUT THE CHANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR A FEW SLICK SPOTS HERE AND THERE, ESPECIALLY JUST BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW BUT IT WILL HELP, WE WERE IN THE 60'S TODAY, 60'S TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY WE'LLE B IN THE S,40 SO THIS WILL HELP SOME INTO THURSDAY MORNING, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. WE SEE A SIMILAR SETUP THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH RAIN, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF WINTRY WEATHER TO OUR NORTH. MORE ON THAT ON THE SEVEN-DAY, TOMORROWAN, OTHER SOAKING, ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN, A GOOD TBE WITH GUSTY BREEZES. THE WINDS COULD GUST 20, 35 MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES. RIGHT NOW IT'S QUIET. IFOU L YOOK AT THE BRZEEE, OR THE FLAG, THERE IS A SOUTH BREEZE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 18, IT'S 57 HERE TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO FALL TOO CHMU OVERNIGHT. IF YOU ARE WONDERING ABOUT THE OHIO RIVER, IT'S HIGH, BUT IT'S WITHIN ITS BANKS. IT'S AT ACTION STAGE. YOU NEED IT ABOUT 50 FEET TO START GETTING INTO SOME REAL PROBLEMS HERE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIR.VE RIGHT NOW IT'S FORECAST TO HOVER AT THE HIGHER END OF YOUR ACTION RANGE. TOMORROW'S RAIN AT THIS POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LLET G LAST WEEK'S SURGE OF WATER DOWNSTREAM AND THEN WE'LL ADD MORE RAIN TO IT, SO BASICALLY IST' JUST KIND OF LIKE AN EBB AND FLOW HERE WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO UP AND START TO COME DOWN AND THEN PROBABLY COME BACK UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT FORECAST TO FLOOD, I WOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 60 AND NOT GOING TO MOVE MUCH TONIGHT. WE'LL SETTLE BACK INTO THE LOW 50S ONCE THE RAIN BEGINS TOWARDS MORNING TOMORROW. WE'LL GET DOWNO T ABOUT 54, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW ,61 A WEATHER IMPACT DAY, THE RAIN HEAVY, WINDY AND MILD, YOUR DAY PLANNER, AGAIN, WET PRETTY MUCH FROM START TO FINISH, ALTHOUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE DRIER THAN THE MORNING. YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST, 44 WEDNESY,DA 43 THURSDAY, ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY, AGAIN, CLDOU HAVE ANOTHER LITETL WINTRY MIX FOR OUR NORTHERN COMMUNITIES ON THURSDAY BEFORE A CHILLY START TO THE WEEKEND. MIKE: KEVIN, APPRECIATE

1-2 inches of rain and breezy weather Tuesday.

CINCINNATI —

1-2 inches of rain and breezy weather Tuesday.


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WLWT News 5 Chief Meteorologist

Another Soaking Tuesday



HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BENEFIT AND PUT CASH INTO THEIR POCKET. REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON THAT. DO NOT FORGET. MOLLIE: TURNING TO THE FORECAST, IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE JUST DRYING OUT FROM ALL OF THE RAIN. NOW THERE IS MORE ON THE WAY. KEVIN: THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES TO LAST THURSDAY COMING UP AROUND THE AREA. FORTUNATELY, AGAIN LIKE LAST THURSDAY, THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS IN AND OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING COMME.UT HERE WE ARE. WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE BULK OF THE TRI-STATE. WATCH THOSE POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, THE LOW-LYING AREAS. IF YOU HAD ANY ISSUES LAST THURSDAY, WATER COLLECTING ON THE CIDER STREETS, RFO EXAMPLE, PROBABLY A SIMILAR SETP. TOMORROW, THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH. NO IMPACT TODAY. TOMORROW HAS A VERYIM H -- A VERY HIGH IMPACT. WE GET A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY, LYON TO SEE THURSDAY BRING IN THE CHANCE FOR IMPACTFUL WEATHER IN THE FORM OF RAIN A MNDAYBE EVEN FREEZING RAIN. LITOOKS RELATIVELY LIGHT. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS WITHOUT SYSTEM. HERE’S A SET UP FOR TONIGHT. WE HAVE A LATE WINTER, EARLY SMORE -- STORM THAT WILL GET ORGANIZED AND BRING RAIN OUR WAY, ALONG WITH MORE BREEZY CONDITIONS. NOTHING EXTRE,EM BUT THE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES. LATE TONIGHT, THAT IS WHEN THE FIRST ROUND OF RAIN BEGINS TO ARRIVE. IT IS DRY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT, RAIN CHANCES GO UP. THAT RAIN WILL PEOPLE WET ROADS FOR YOUR TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. YOU MAY NEED TO LEAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. IT MAYOT BE N POURING, BUT THE ROSAD WILL BE WET OUT THE.RE THE RAIN GETS HEAVIER MIDMORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. IT IS A GOOD SOAKING RAIN AT LUNCHTIME. IT IS A GOOD DAY TO BRING YROU LUNCH WITH YOU SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RUN OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MESS. THERE MAY BE A FEWUM RBLES OF THUNDER, BUT ANY SEVERE THREAT SHOULD STAY FAR ENOUGHO T OUR SOUTH AND WEST. THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF TOWARDS THE COMMUTE FOR TOMORROW. IT IS NOT DRY, BUT THE RATE IS NOT AS WIDESPREAD OHER AVY. WE WILL KEEP A SHOWERS THRTEA THROUGH MID-EVENING. IT TURNS COLDER OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY MORNING WHENEVER YOU WAKE UP, IT IS CHILLY UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY GUYS. WEDNESDAY IS A DRY D AAYROUND THE AREA. THERE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE SON. IT LOOKS -- A LITTLE SUN. WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A LIGHT WINTRYIX M ON THURSDAY. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, NEVER SAY NEVER FOR ANY CONCERNS. AGAIN, THIS LOOKS RYVE LIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL KEEP A OSCLE EYE ON. BACK OUTSIDE, DOWNTOWN IS 64 DEGREES. IT FEELS LIKE SPRING OUT THERE. WINDS ARE ALREADY BRISK OUT OF THE SOUTH. LET US KEEP AN EYE ON THE OHIO RIVER. RITGH NOW, FORECAST SAY IT STAYS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. TOMORROW’S RAIN WILL NOT HELP. WHAT I THINK IT DOES IS KEEP THE RIVER AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVEL, PROBABLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATUR,ES MOST OF US ARE BETWEE60N AND 65. TOMORROW NIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO LITETL -- INTO THE LOWER0' ’S. WE WILL NOT DRY OFF VERY CHMU WITH THE CLASS THE GIVING UP. I WILL NOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. 54 TOMORROW. RAIN, SOME OF IT IS HAVE IT -- SOME OF IT IS HEAVY. TOMORROW IS AN IMPACT A FROM START TO FINISH. DOWN TO 44 FOR A HIGH ON WEDNESDAY. ON THURSDAY IS OUR NEXT WEATHER IMPACT DAY. SOME RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON, COULD HAVE A WINYTR MIX TO THE NORTH SEID OF GREATER CINCINNATI. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL WATCH. EXCESS US UP FOR A

Another round of soaking rains bring high water worries Tuesday.

CINCINNATI —

Another round of soaking rains bring high water worries Tuesday.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2022/02/21/another-soaking-tuesday/feed/ 0 Sunshine And Cold Return https://cincylink.com/2022/02/18/sunshine-and-cold-return/ https://cincylink.com/2022/02/18/sunshine-and-cold-return/#respond Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:07:06 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=148144


WLWT News 5 Chief Meteorologist

Sunshine And Cold Return



SNOWFALL AT THE AIRPORT SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IT WAS STILL COMING DOWN EARLIER JUST ENDED SO WE’LL TAKE THE RAIN OVER THE SNOW, RIGHT? IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE. THAT’S YES. HI THERE KEVIN. DO YOU REMEMBER TWO WEEKS AGO? APPARENTLY THAT’S ALL BLUR THESE DAYS. THERE’S BEEN A LOT GOING ON RIGHT TWO WEEKS AGO THOUGH. WE WERE PREPARING FOR A BIGCE I STORM AROUND HERE. SO I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THE RECORD SETTING WE SET OUR OWN RECORDS TODAY. WE HAD RECORD-SETTING RAINFALL HERE IN CINCINNATI THIS AFTERNOON OVER TWO INCHES RIGHT ALONG THE I-71 CORRIDOR. SO THIS IS A NICE SITE TO SEE TONIGHT. THE RAIN IS ALL COME TO AN END A NUMBER OF OUR SMALLER CREEKS AND THE TRIBUTARIES TTHA EMPTY INTO THE OHIO ARE STILL RISING BECAUSE THAT WATER TAKES A WHILE TO KIND OF DRAIN OFF THE LAND AND THEN GET DOWN INTO THOSE RIVER BASINS,UT B THERE’S STILL SOME AREAS IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER TONIGHT. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RARAD FIRST THINGS FIRST A FEW FLURRIES. THAT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT RIGHT OVER MASON OUT TOWARDS DEERFIELD. IF THERE’S MONTGOMERY ROAD SOUTH LEBANON THE LOVELAND AREA WESTCHESTER. SO AGAIN OUT THERE MASON MONTGOMERY ROAD, MAYBE AEW F PASSING FLAKES ALSO UP TOWARDS WILMINGTON UP NEAR BLOOMINGTON. THERE’S BN AEE FEW FLURRIES DETECTED ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW AND THEN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF CINCINNATI, TSHI IS SHOWING UP AS PINK YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF ICE, BUT IT’S MOLYST JUST SOME DRIZZLE AND MIST I CAN’T RULE OUT A FLURRY IN HERE MOVING INTO ADAMS COUNTY NEAR WEST UNION BACK TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF BROWN COUNTY FROM GEORGETOWN TO RIPLEY THEN THE RIVER BACK THROUGH PARTS OF BRACKEN COTYUN THERE OVER TOWARDS THE BROOKSVILLE AREA WHERE THEY HAD SEOM SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE LICKING RIVER EARLIER TONIGHT. SO THE STEADY IMPACTFUL SNOWS WENT NORTH OF 70 AS WE ANTICIPATED ALL THAT’S LEFT AROUND HERE ARE A FEW FLURRIES TONIGHT WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WE ARE WATCHING THOSE TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE 36 NOW IN MAYSVILLE WERE HOVERING AROUND FREEZING IN THE METRO IN THE UPPER 20S IN UTSOHEAST, INDIANA. WHAT WE’RE HOPING FOR IS THE WIND DRIES MOST PAVEMENT UP BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE TO FREEZE OVER LOOK AT THE RAINFALL AMOUNTSAY TOD RIGHT ALONG THE I-71 CORRIDOR RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF THE TRI-STATE SOME OF THEEAERVI H AMOUNTS THERE OVER TWO INCHES ABOUT TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAINFALL RIGHT NOW HERE IN CINCINNATI. SO HOW’S THAT IMPACTING THE RIVERS GOODEW NS, THE MILL CREEK IS NOW FALLING FAST AND WILL BE WITHIN ITS BANKS HERE SHORTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE MORNING AVOIDED SIGNIFICANT ISSUES ON THE MILL CREEK AS A RESULT. IT CAME UP. AAL HF A FOOT SHORT FORECAST NOW STILL SOME ISSUES ON THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER FOR EXAMPLE, THE RIVERS THAT EMPTY INTO THE OHIO. THEY ARE STILL GNGOI UP IN MANY INSTANCES. FORTUNATELY MOST OF THEM ARE EXPECT TOED STAY IN MINOR FLOOD SOMETHING WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AND I’M WATCHING THE OHIO. IT’S RISING TONIGHT. BUT REMEMBER IT TAKES A WHILE FOR ALL OF THIS TO DRAIN DOWN INTO THE RIVER. SO IT’S GOING TO KEEP RISING. PROBABLY THROUGHHE T WEEKEND RIGHT NOW FORECAST TO STAY BELOW FLOOD. SO FINGERS CROSSEDLL A THINGS GOOD THERE COULD HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON SOME OF THOSE STREETS, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT ALWAYS FLOOD THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE RIVER SO A FEW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT UYO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ICE FOR EXAMPLE ON YOUR CARS BECSEAU IT’S BEEN WET, RIGHT AND TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING BELOW FREEZING. I’M NOT GOING TO RULE OUT ANY SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING FAST,UT B I DON’T THINK IT’S EVERYWHERE NOW TOMORROW MORNING. WE’LL START WITH CLOUDS SHODUL TURN OUT TO BE A NICE WINTER DAY TOMORROW WITH SUNSHINE MUCH COLDER ONLY INHE T MID. BABIES AND THEN ANOTHER FASTOVGIN-M FRONT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BRINGS REINFORCEMENTS OF COLD AIR TO START THE WEEKEND BEFORE WE WARM UP NICELY. IT’S 33 HERE IN CINCINNATI. LOOK AT THAT NORTHWEST WIND AT 26. SO WE’LL DROP DOWN THE REST OF THE NIGHT INTO THE MID-TWENTIES BEFORE THE SUN STARTS TO COME UP TOMORROW MORNING. SO THE RAIN HAS ENDED COLD WINDS ARE BLOWING A FEW FLURRSIE OR SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT TOMORROW. CHILLY SUNSHINE MUCH COLDER ONLY 36. THAT’S A FULL 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAY. THERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR DAY PLANNER. ALL RIGHT YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST SHAKING OUT LIKE THIS. HERE WE GO NEAR FREEZING ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE A CHILLY DAY, BUTUS JT THE OPPOSITE ON SUNDAY SOUTH WINDS RETURN SUNSHINE. WE'R’ BACK INTO THE MID-50 SUNDAY 60S BY MONDAY. ALRIGHT, KEVIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. UP

Watch for a few slick spots overnight and in the morning before sunshine returns.

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Watch for a few slick spots overnight and in the morning before sunshine returns.


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Thawing into the weekend

We'll have one more cold day before a big thaw returns!



IT’S HARD WORK. IT IS HARD WORK ANYONE WHO WAS ALREADY STARTED CLEARING THE DRIVEWAY OR YOUR CAR, YOU KW,NO IT’S HARD WORK. SO EXTRA SPECIAL BECSEAU OH MY GOODNESS. YEAH. IT’S JUST CAKED ON THERE IF YOU CAN LEND A HAND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY. YEAH, IT’S ALWAYAS GREAT THING TO DO. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO TO SHOVEL OUT. SO I’D ALWAYS MAKES EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER HERE, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO. CHILLY CHILLY WEEKEND ONE OF THOSE SNOWY PLACES IS THE OAKLEY HYDE PARK AREA. THIS IS A YOUR PHOTO FROM KIM THOMAS OF HER STREET LOOKING OUT OVER HER NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE CAN SEE ALL THE SLEEP SNOW THAT ACCUMULATED HERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE GONNA FDIN IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN OUTSIDE YET AND I WOULDN’T BLAME YOU IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN YET. YOU’RE GONNA FIND SEVERAL INCHES OF SLEEP. THIS WAS A BIG SLEET STORM. IT W AASLL SLEET. WE DIDN’T GET SNOW UNTIL THE VERY END. IT WAS ACTUALLY ONLY ABOUT AN INCH INCH AND A HALF. SO YOU’VE GOT ICE AND THEN ON TOP OF POW. LAYER OF SNOW SO YOU’RE GONNA HA VE TOIG D DOWN UNDERNEATH THAT BEFORE REALLY GIVES AWAY AND IF YOU WANT TO LET MOTHER NATURE HELP YOU OUT A BIT IF YOU JUST WAIT A DAY OR TWO THINGS ARE GONNA START TO FALL OUT A BIT MORE. SO THAT’S GONNA HELP TO US SOFTEN THAT ICE THAT SNOW B,UT WHAT’S AL GOING TO HPEAPN? IT’S GOING TO MELT SO THAT’S GOT TO GO BACK INTO THE RIVERS AND THE OHIO I GSOING TO RISE A BIT HERE IS WE HAVE THROUGHHE T NEXT SEVERAL DAYS CURRENTLY AN ACTION STAGE 43.62 FTEE THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. WE REACHED ACTION STAGE AND WE’RE EXPECTED TO THERE HERE IS WE HAVE THROUGH THE NTEX FEW. IT’S EXPECTED TO CREST ON MONDAY AT 7M A AT 47.8 FEET SO UNDER MINOR FLOOD STAGE, BUT THOSE USUAL PLACES ALONG THE RIVERFRONT COVINGTON PLACES ALONG KELLOGG AVENUE, YOU'R’ GONNA START TOOT NICE HIGHER WATER THERE WITH TTHA OCCURRING ACTION STAGE. SO LIVE RADAR SHOWING OUR DRY SKIES HAD A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES OUT OF SOME OF THOSE LOWER CLOUDS, BUT CLOUDS ARE GOING TO ERODE AWAY TODAY AND ATTH’S THANKS TO ARCTIC GHHI OVERHEAD. SO WE’VE GOT A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT’S GOINTOG BUS CLEAR AND IT’S GOING TO KEEP US REALLY CHILLY THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. IT’S REALLY NOT UNTIL THIS HIGH STARTS TO MOVE EAST. ARE GOING TO GET BACK INTO THOSE SOUTH WINDS AND THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO IMPROVE TEMPERATURE-WISE. SO LOOKING AHEADO T THE REST OF TODAY CLOUDS TRYING TO MOVE ON OUT OF HERE. I DON’T THINK WE’RE GONNA GET DRI OF THEM COMPLETELY, BUT DEFINITELY GONNA BE SEEING A GOOD BIT OF SUNSHINE TODAY. SO LOOKING AHEAD TO A BRIGHT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND RIGHT INTO THIS EVENING TOO CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH A CALM CONDITIONS THE CLEAR SKIES. YOU’RE GONNA HAVE A RECIPE FOR A PRETTY COLD START TO TOMORROW5 2 TODAY AND THENOR F TONIGHT ABOUT 13 DEGREES WINDS TURNING TO THE THEY CONTINUE TOMORROW. SOHA WT THAT MEANS FOR US HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND 39 DEGREES GOING TO BE A REALLY BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DAY EVEN BETTER HERE IS YOU HEAD INTO MOAYND AND TUESDAY. WE’VE GOT LOW TO MID 40S. I THINK TUESDAY’S GONNA BE OUR BESTAY D OF THE WEEK. SHE HAD INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY CLOUDS STICKING UP COULD SEE A LITTLE BITF O LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW AS YOU HAD IN A THURSDAY RIGHT NOW THINGS LOOKING PRETTY MINOR. 'W’LL WE’LL SEND THINGS OVER

Thawing into the weekend

We'll have one more cold day before a big thaw returns!


We'll have one more cold day before a big thaw returns!

We'll have one more cold day before a big thaw returns!


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2022/02/05/thawing-into-the-weekend/feed/ 0 Nor’easter threatening snow, wind, flooding for millions from the Mid-Atlantic to New England https://cincylink.com/2022/01/29/noreaster-threatening-snow-wind-flooding-for-millions-from-the-mid-atlantic-to-new-england/ https://cincylink.com/2022/01/29/noreaster-threatening-snow-wind-flooding-for-millions-from-the-mid-atlantic-to-new-england/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:17:25 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=141801

Video above: Snowfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour possible in New EnglandThe nor'easter churning along the East Coast on Saturday is threatening a dangerous mix of heavy snow and high-speed winds for millions of Americans — and could develop into a historic storm for parts of eastern New England, according to forecasters.The combination of howling winds — as strong as 70 miles per hour in some areas -- along with fast-accumulating snow is a recipe for blizzard conditions, particularly in the New England states.Nearly 55 million people, stretching from the Mid-Atlantic to New England, were under winter weather alerts Saturday morning.Whiteout conditions are expected across the region, and several governors declared states of emergency as they urged residents to stay off roads. There are also warnings of coastal flooding and the possibility of power outages due to downed utility lines.And while the storm's path has been uncertain in the run-up to this winter storm, key points were clearer Saturday.Between 2 to 6 inches of snow had fallen early Saturday in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast — with more on the way.More than 12 inches of snow are expected to blanket parts of the Mid-Atlantic Coast through eastern New England, the NWS Weather Prediction Center said Friday afternoon. The Boston metro area faced the potential of more than 2 feet of snow that's expected to collect quickly.Blizzard warnings issued Friday covered 10 million people across 10 states in coastal counties from New England to Virginia. Notable locations included Portland, Maine; Boston and Cape Cod, Massachusetts; the eastern half of New York's Long Island; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Ocean City, Maryland.Travel will be difficult to impossible due to whiteout conditions, the NWS predicted. In a blizzard, snow is joined by winds gusting over 35 mph for more than three hours, creating visibility of less than a quarter of a mile."The strong-to-damaging winds will lead to scattered power outages," the NWS warned.There is "high confidence" this will be a "historic major winter storm for eastern New England," with widespread snowfall of one to two feet, the National Weather Service said Friday evening.Plus, extremely cold temperatures and coastal flooding are possible, the Weather Prediction Center warned."Coastal flooding is a concern thanks to astronomically high tides on Saturday," the weather service office in Boston said. "The combination of strong northeast winds and high seas will bring storm surges that, if coinciding with high tide, would lead to minor or moderate coastal flooding." Already, more than 3,000 flights had been canceled as of Friday night, according to FlightAware.These northeastern states expected to see the worst of it Eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, will bear the brunt of the system as forecast models predict between 18 to 24 inches of snow combined with wind gusts up to 70 mph.Two to 4 inches per hour could fall in Boston, with conditions likely to peak between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. Similar snow total and wind predictions are in place for Rhode Island.Boston declared a "snow emergency" that began Friday at 9 p.m."This could be a Top 10 snowfall on record for the Boston area, as we are forecasting the potential for about 2 feet or more in a lot of areas of easternmost Massachusetts," WCVB Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. "This is going to be an incredible amount of snow."The Massachusetts Department of Transportation implemented a travel ban for large trucks on interstate highways for Saturday because of the severe winter weather forecast.The travel ban will take effect "Saturday between 6:00 a.m. through midnight for tractor trailer trucks, tandems and special permit haulers," MassDOT said.Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm and took precautions a step further by signing a travel ban beginning Saturday at 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. due to whiteout conditions.Plus, parts of New Hampshire, Maine, and Long Island, New York, will see some of the heaviest snowfall ranging from 12 to 24 inches of snow, with some local areas seeing higher projections.Amtrak canceled train service on Saturday for various lines, including Acela service between Washington, D.C., and Boston and regional service between Boston and New York, the company said Friday. Tri-state area, Pennsylvania and DelawareMeanwhile, the governors of New York and New Jersey also declared states of emergency.New York City could get 6 to 12 inches of snow with 45 mph gusts, while 14 inches could pile up elsewhere in New York state as well as Connecticut, where wind gusts may be as strong as 55 mph, the weather service predicted.But the weather service early Friday said there is a 10% chance the storm may dump more than 17 inches of snow in New York City and also predicts a 10% chance of 4 inches of snow.The impact in New York City will peak from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.As a precaution, all Long Island Rail Road service will be suspended beginning Saturday morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.Across the Hudson River, northeast New Jersey could see 7 to 10 inches of snow, with winds gusting up to 45 mph.The southern portion of New Jersey may see up to 18 inches of snow, and projections are similar in southern Delaware, according to the NWS.And the Philadelphia area in eastern Pennsylvania is also expected to get 4 to 11 inches of snow.Maryland, Virginia and North CarolinaThe governors of Maryland and Virginia issued states of emergency in their states, where a blizzard warning is in effect in some areas through Saturday night.Between 8 and 12 inches of snow could pile up in parts of southeast Maryland and eastern and southeast Virginia, where winds are expected to gust as high as 50 mph.Snow projections in central North Carolina are lower, with 1 to 2 inches expected as a winter weather advisory remains in places until 9 a.m. Saturday, the NWS said."Hazardous travel conditions will result from slippery or snow-covered roads. Snow may also reduce visibility to less than a mile overnight," NWS said in the advisory.

Video above: Snowfall rates of 2-4 inches per hour possible in New England

The nor'easter churning along the East Coast on Saturday is threatening a dangerous mix of heavy snow and high-speed winds for millions of Americans — and could develop into a historic storm for parts of eastern New England, according to forecasters.

The combination of howling winds — as strong as 70 miles per hour in some areas -- along with fast-accumulating snow is a recipe for blizzard conditions, particularly in the New England states.

Nearly 55 million people, stretching from the Mid-Atlantic to New England, were under winter weather alerts Saturday morning.

Whiteout conditions are expected across the region, and several governors declared states of emergency as they urged residents to stay off roads. There are also warnings of coastal flooding and the possibility of power outages due to downed utility lines.

And while the storm's path has been uncertain in the run-up to this winter storm, key points were clearer Saturday.

Between 2 to 6 inches of snow had fallen early Saturday in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast — with more on the way.

More than 12 inches of snow are expected to blanket parts of the Mid-Atlantic Coast through eastern New England, the NWS Weather Prediction Center said Friday afternoon. The Boston metro area faced the potential of more than 2 feet of snow that's expected to collect quickly.

Blizzard warnings issued Friday covered 10 million people across 10 states in coastal counties from New England to Virginia. Notable locations included Portland, Maine; Boston and Cape Cod, Massachusetts; the eastern half of New York's Long Island; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Ocean City, Maryland.

Travel will be difficult to impossible due to whiteout conditions, the NWS predicted. In a blizzard, snow is joined by winds gusting over 35 mph for more than three hours, creating visibility of less than a quarter of a mile.

"The strong-to-damaging winds will lead to scattered power outages," the NWS warned.

There is "high confidence" this will be a "historic major winter storm for eastern New England," with widespread snowfall of one to two feet, the National Weather Service said Friday evening.

Plus, extremely cold temperatures and coastal flooding are possible, the Weather Prediction Center warned.

"Coastal flooding is a concern thanks to astronomically high tides on Saturday," the weather service office in Boston said. "The combination of strong northeast winds and high seas will bring storm surges that, if coinciding with high tide, would lead to minor or moderate coastal flooding."

Already, more than 3,000 flights had been canceled as of Friday night, according to FlightAware.

These northeastern states expected to see the worst of it

Eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, will bear the brunt of the system as forecast models predict between 18 to 24 inches of snow combined with wind gusts up to 70 mph.

Two to 4 inches per hour could fall in Boston, with conditions likely to peak between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. Similar snow total and wind predictions are in place for Rhode Island.

Boston declared a "snow emergency" that began Friday at 9 p.m.

"This could be a Top 10 snowfall on record for the Boston area, as we are forecasting the potential for about 2 feet or more in a lot of areas of easternmost Massachusetts," WCVB Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said. "This is going to be an incredible amount of snow."

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation implemented a travel ban for large trucks on interstate highways for Saturday because of the severe winter weather forecast.

The travel ban will take effect "Saturday between 6:00 a.m. through midnight for tractor trailer trucks, tandems and special permit haulers," MassDOT said.

Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm and took precautions a step further by signing a travel ban beginning Saturday at 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. due to whiteout conditions.

Plus, parts of New Hampshire, Maine, and Long Island, New York, will see some of the heaviest snowfall ranging from 12 to 24 inches of snow, with some local areas seeing higher projections.

Amtrak canceled train service on Saturday for various lines, including Acela service between Washington, D.C., and Boston and regional service between Boston and New York, the company said Friday.

Tri-state area, Pennsylvania and Delaware

Meanwhile, the governors of New York and New Jersey also declared states of emergency.

New York City could get 6 to 12 inches of snow with 45 mph gusts, while 14 inches could pile up elsewhere in New York state as well as Connecticut, where wind gusts may be as strong as 55 mph, the weather service predicted.

But the weather service early Friday said there is a 10% chance the storm may dump more than 17 inches of snow in New York City and also predicts a 10% chance of 4 inches of snow.

The impact in New York City will peak from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

As a precaution, all Long Island Rail Road service will be suspended beginning Saturday morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

Across the Hudson River, northeast New Jersey could see 7 to 10 inches of snow, with winds gusting up to 45 mph.

The southern portion of New Jersey may see up to 18 inches of snow, and projections are similar in southern Delaware, according to the NWS.

And the Philadelphia area in eastern Pennsylvania is also expected to get 4 to 11 inches of snow.

Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina

The governors of Maryland and Virginia issued states of emergency in their states, where a blizzard warning is in effect in some areas through Saturday night.

Between 8 and 12 inches of snow could pile up in parts of southeast Maryland and eastern and southeast Virginia, where winds are expected to gust as high as 50 mph.

Snow projections in central North Carolina are lower, with 1 to 2 inches expected as a winter weather advisory remains in places until 9 a.m. Saturday, the NWS said.

"Hazardous travel conditions will result from slippery or snow-covered roads. Snow may also reduce visibility to less than a mile overnight," NWS said in the advisory.




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Heavy rain for the holiday

We'll be dry for most of New Years Eve. Heavy, steady rain moves in after midnight.



BACK TO YOU. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. OKAY,O S IT IS NOW 6:47. AND IF YOU ARE HEADED TO ANY OF YOUR OUTDOOR EVENTS TO MAYBE PREGAME TAILGATE, WHATEVER WATCHING THE GAME. IT’S LOOKING LIKE IT’S GONNA BE REALLY NICE OUT THERE. YEAH, I REALLY CAN'’ COMPLAIN. I THINK WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TOWARDS THIS EVENING FO R SURE. YEAH. I REALLY THE BULK OF THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO A LOT OF US JUST GONNA BE SITTING UNDER THE CLOUD COVER AND A LOT OF MILD AIR TODAY AND SPEAKING OF CLOUD COVER CINCINNATI NOW DISAPPEARING UNRDE A SHROUD OF FOG HERE. SO WE’VE GOT SOME LOW CLOUDS AREAS OF PATCHY FOG AS WE START. THE DAY THAT HASEE BN THE CONTINUED TREND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS LIVE RADAR SHOWING THE DRY SESKI FOR US. BUT AGAIN EXTENSIVE CLOCK OVER HERE WITH SATELLITE TURNED ON AND CLOUDS AREOT N GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AND EVENTUALLY THEY’RE GOING TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME RAIN FOR US AS WE HEAD TOWARDS TONIGHT. IN FACT A LOT OF RAIN. THERE’S A GOOD BIT OF MSTOIURE FOR THE STORM SYSMTE TO WORK WITH. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE STRAIGHT EVENGNI SHOWERS TO START UP SOMETIME AROUND FOUR OR FIVE SIX O’CLOCK TIGONHT, BUT UP UNTIL THEN MOSTLCLY OUDY AND MILD TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE LOW 60S AND THEN FOR TONIGHT WE’VE GOT ABOUT 54 DEGREES AND RAIN IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THE AREA. BUT AGAIN AOT L OF THAT STEADY RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT IT’S GONNAE B A LOT OF RAIN ONCE IT STARTS RAINING IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT FLOOD WATCHES FOR PLACES ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY PLASCE BACK INTO SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN INDIANA, BOON KENT AND CAMPBELL CO UNTY. YOU ARE NOT INCLUDEDN I THAT BUT AREAS WHERE AGAIN FURTHER SOUTH IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SO WE COULD SEE SOME OF THEOS IN TOTALS HERE LOCALLY IN OUR AREA. WE’LL PREVIEW THAT COMING UP HERE IN JUST A MINUTE FUTURECAST AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY SWSHO THOSE OVERCAST SKIES RAIN TRYING TO MOVE IN ON THIS MODEL HERE AS YO U HEAD TOWARDS THREE. I THINK AOT L OF THIS HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATER ON THIS EVENING SO WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF HIT DAN MISS SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING. BUT AGAIN HERE AS YOU GO PAST TEN O’CLOCK ADVANCING TO AROUND MIDNIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST PUSH OF RAIN STAINRTG TO COME IN REALLY STARTS TO FILL IN PICK UP AND COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SOMETIME AROUND T TWOHREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. HERE’S SOME OF THAT REALLY HEAVY RAIN FALLING NOTICE HOW A LOT OF THAT’S JUST CONTAINED OVER KENTUCKY. THAT’S WHY WE’VE GOT FLOOD WATCHES AND AREAS THEREND A THAT WILL BE THE STORY FOR TOMORROW AS WELL. TWELVE O’CLOCK. WE’VE GOT REALLY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS KENTUCKY EVEN UP INTO PTSAR OF THE CINCINNATI AREA ANDHE TN THROUGH ABOUT SIX O’CLOCK. WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT HEAVY RAINFALL. IT’S NOT UNTIL THE HOURS FOLLOWING THAT WE REALLY START TO GET INTO A BREAK BUTVE EN THEN HITTING THE SHOWERS THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN WE’RE GONNA BE LOOKIN AGT THAT COOL AIR TO WRAP IN AND CHANGE THINGS THINGS OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS FOR A BRIEF. SUNDAY AFTERNOON FORECAST RAINFALL HERE WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT INCLUDES CINCINNATI, BUT NOTICE THOSE KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES YOU FOLKS AROUND WALNTO FALMOUTH BROOKSVILL PELACES INTO OWENTON ANYONE DOWN THAT WAY YOU COULD SEE UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH THIS EVENT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A SOAKING RAIN AND AGAIN THAT COULD CSEAU SOME HIGH WATER ISSUES AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO BE AWARE OF THAT. OF COURSE, WE COME ACROSS THAT HIGH WATER TURN AROUND HEAV HAD THE OTHER DIRECTION OF MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE UNDER THE SUNSHINE DRY. TISME IN THE 40S SNOW EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. WE’VE GOT A WEATHER IMPACT

Heavy rain for the holiday

We'll be dry for most of New Years Eve. Heavy, steady rain moves in after midnight.


We'll be dry for most of New Years Eve. Heavy, steady rain moves in after midnight.

We'll be dry for most of New Years Eve. Heavy, steady rain moves in after midnight.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/12/31/heavy-rain-for-the-holiday/feed/ 0 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends this week https://cincylink.com/2021/11/29/2021-atlantic-hurricane-season-officially-ends-this-week/ https://cincylink.com/2021/11/29/2021-atlantic-hurricane-season-officially-ends-this-week/#respond Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:57:12 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=121485

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will officially come to an end on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.The season stretched from May 22 through Nov. 30.The active season brought 14 tropical storms, three Category 1 hurricanes with winds up to 95 mph, two Category 3 hurricanes with winds nearly 129 mph, and two powerful Category 4 hurricanes with winds near 156 mph.This left a total of 21 storms being named throughout the entire season. Nine of these named storms made landfall in the United States.Hurricane Ida was the most powerful storm to make landfall in the United States in 2021 with maximum winds topping out at 150 mph. Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 11:55 a.m. on Aug. 29.The 2021 hurricane season will end as the third most active on record.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will officially come to an end on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.

The season stretched from May 22 through Nov. 30.

The active season brought 14 tropical storms, three Category 1 hurricanes with winds up to 95 mph, two Category 3 hurricanes with winds nearly 129 mph, and two powerful Category 4 hurricanes with winds near 156 mph.

This left a total of 21 storms being named throughout the entire season. Nine of these named storms made landfall in the United States.

Hurricane Ida was the most powerful storm to make landfall in the United States in 2021 with maximum winds topping out at 150 mph. Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 11:55 a.m. on Aug. 29.

The 2021 hurricane season will end as the third most active on record.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/11/29/2021-atlantic-hurricane-season-officially-ends-this-week/feed/ 0 More Rain And Storms https://cincylink.com/2021/10/08/more-rain-and-storms/ https://cincylink.com/2021/10/08/more-rain-and-storms/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:29:36 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=101548


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More Rain And Storms



SET OUT AND FINISHED. STILL LOOKING NICE. ASHL:EY IT LOOKS PRETTY WITH THE PINK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. MIKE: LOOKING GOOD AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. ASHL:EY WE HAVE HAD NATURES FOUNTAIN ON AND OFF. KEN:VI RAIN ON AND OFF AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TOWER CAMAER SHOT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE SOME LIGHTNING AGGRESSING NTHOR THROH UGPARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BACK IN ETH BOOTH, LET’S LEAVE THIS UP AND SEE IF WE CAN CAPTURE THAT AS I WALKED TO THE WALL TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THE FORECAST. YOU’REOO LKING AT ULPA BROWN STADIUM IN THE FOREGROUND, BUT THE SKY IS ILLUMINATING INHE T HORIZON AS WE ARE CHECKING OUT STORMS AND THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY UP TOWARD THE OHIRIO VER. THERE IS A DECENT FLASH. IT’S GNGOI TO GET NOISY FRETS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT DON’T WORRY, YOU’RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY SEVEREEA WTHER. THUNDERSTORM NOW BEING REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT. WE ARE IN THE LOW 70’S, TEMPERATURES ARE NOT GOING TO FALL MUCH. THIS IS THE WALL OF WATER THAT IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE OHIO RIVER. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT WOULD BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHEN WE HAD OUR WETTEST TIME HER AND OUR GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORACM TIVITY. QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING LIFTING ROTHUGH MOON, KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COMING DOWN ANYWHERE FROM DEARBORN COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY. IT IS UPON YOU NOW IN DILLSBORO ON 50 LIFTINTOG WARD LAWRENCEBURG AND AURORA. YOU CAN SEE A CURNTRE LIGHTING STRIKE, THROUGH MUCH OF BOONE COUNTY ANTIPODE -- APPROACHING THE AIRPORT, SOUTH OF FLORENCE AND UNION. THE RAIN CUTS ACROSS KENTON COUNTY THRGHOU INDEPENDENCE, CAMPBELL COUNTY TOWARD ALEXANDRIA. ALL OF THIS AROPPACHING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 275 LOOP IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. WE WILL SCOOT ACROSS THE COVINGTON, NEWPORT AREAS, FORT MITCHELLND A THROUGH HAMILTON COUNTY IN SHORT ORDER WITH AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL. IT EXTENDS THROUGH PENDLETON COUNTY FROM BUTLERO T FALMOUTH. THIS WILL PIVOT TOWARD LENOX HILL, MOSCOW, FELICITY AND BETHEL. IT IS WORKING ITS WAY TO THE NORTH AND WEST SO FOR FOLKS NEAR THE 75 CORRIDOR AND POINTS WEST, GET READY FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. AS THIS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH. THIS IS PIN WHEELING AROUND A BIGGER STORM CENTER PARKED BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT IS HPIELNG TO FLING THIS MOISTURE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OHIO VALY.LE TOMORROW IT WILL AGAIN IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. OFF AND ON RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER, TOO WLIL BE AROUND SO DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU HEAR THE WINDOWPASNE SHUTTERGIN FROM THE LOUD BOOMS OF THUNDER. THE THREAT OF RAIN IS HIGH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT, I INTO THURSDAY. THOSE RAIN CHANCES START TO GO DOWN HEADING INTO FRIDAY AND THE WEEKENASD THIS WEATHER MAKER PULLS AWAY FROM US. LET’S CHECK ON FUTURECAST TO THE NIGHT. OFTEN ON DOWNPOURS, OCCASIONALLY A FEW ROBLES OF THUNDER. THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL PROBABLY STILL BE DAMP IF NOT WET FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. I’M NOT SURE HOW MUCH RAIN IS FALLING. WE GET A BREAK IN THE STUDY RAIN FROM MIDMORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THAT COULD GIVE US PROBLEMS LATER TOMORROW. WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AND I ON HOW WARM YOU GET BECAUSE I CAN’T RULE OUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND ENEVING THROUGH 8:00 OR 9:00 UNTIL THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY FRIDAY, WE MAY HAVE A FEW DOWNPOURS EARLY. THEN THAT RAIN GETS OUT OF HERE IN TIME FOR HASKELL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. -- HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FALL, I DON’T SEE ANY SIGNS FOR THE NEXT WEEK. ONCE WE SHUT THE RAIN OFF, TEMPERATURES TAKE OFF OVER THE WEEKEND. WHILE IT IS NOT RECORD TERRITORY, TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WE HEAD INTO NT EXWEEK. GET USED TO THE WARM WEATHER, IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHEER ANYTIME SOON. RITGH NOW, 72 IN CINCINNATI, EVERYONE ELSE AROUND 70. ONCE YOU GET SOME RAIN YOU WILL FALL BACK INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPE60R ’S. TEMPERATURES WILL OPDR MUCH, A LOW OF 65 WITH OFTEN ON SHOWERS AND STORMS. TOMORROW A WEATHER IMPACT A, RAIN EARLY AND A DECENT BREAK MIDMORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE, TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE SEVEN DAYOR FECAST, DECREASING RAIN CHANCES FRIDAY AND I LIKE THIS SEVEN DAY IT STARTS THIS WEEKEND, GOI INGNTO NEXT WEEK. EVEN IF IT IS A LITTLE WARM FOR OCTOBER,OU Y CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT IS COMING IN A FEW WEEKS. I’M SURE YOU WILLE B COOL BY HALLOWEEN. ASHLEY: I THINK WE ARE SPLIT ON THIS AT THE DESK. MI

Downpours are back and even a few stronger storms possible Thursday.

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Downpours are back and even a few stronger storms possible Thursday.


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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/10/08/more-rain-and-storms/feed/ 0 Flood insurance rates set to change as FEMA revamps program https://cincylink.com/2021/09/20/flood-insurance-rates-set-to-change-as-fema-revamps-program/ https://cincylink.com/2021/09/20/flood-insurance-rates-set-to-change-as-fema-revamps-program/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:28:33 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=94629

WASHINGTON — Whether it was flooding in Texas earlier this week because of Tropical Storm Nicolas or Hurricane Ida's destruction which stretched from neighborhoods in Louisiana to interstates in the Northeast, the last few weeks have shown why flooding is such a risk to Americans.

In fact, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), flooding is the most common and most expensive natural disaster in our country.

And you don't have to live on the coasts to be at risk.

CONGRESS AND FEMA

While all this flooding may have you thinking about flood insurance, Congress is thinking about it for other reasons.

The National Flood Insurance Program is set to expire on Oct. 1.

While Congress is expected to extend the program, the bigger impact on your life may be the changes FEMA wants to make to flood insurance policies, changes that will likely impact rates.

Currently, policies are based on a home's elevation and whether it has a 1% annual chance of flooding.

Starting Oct. 1, factors such as the history of flooding, frequency of heavy rainfall, as well proximity to a water source will be factored in.

The numbers mean what you pay will be changing.

FEMA estimates around 73% of current policyholders will pay between $1-$20 more per month

It's expected 4% of existing policyholders will see price hikes of more than $20 a month.

But FEMA also says around 23% of flood insurance plans will be cheaper, an acknowledgment that some Americans have been paying too much for years.

"It all depends on where you happen to be," Dr. Ed Kearns says.

Kearns runs floodfactor.com which allows anyone to type in their address and see their own flood risk.

He says while FEMA's willingness to change is important, more climate change risks should be factored in.

“I'd really like to see how climate change is impacting those heavy rainfall events," Kearns said.

The reality, he says, is that some areas will be hit harder than others with floods in the coming years and Americans need to be insured and prepared to pay more.

"If you are living in a home that is on a grade slab and next to the ocean, or a low-lying area you should expect to pay your fair share.”

New policies will see rates change next month, current policyholders will see those changes next April.

If you're someone who wants flood insurance but can't afford it, keep an eye on Congress. A proposal to create new subsidies is currently included in the proposed multi-trillion-dollar spending bill.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/09/20/flood-insurance-rates-set-to-change-as-fema-revamps-program/feed/ 0 MSD seeks to demolish 35 flood-prone properties along Muddy Creek Road https://cincylink.com/2021/09/03/msd-seeks-to-demolish-35-flood-prone-properties-along-muddy-creek-road/ https://cincylink.com/2021/09/03/msd-seeks-to-demolish-35-flood-prone-properties-along-muddy-creek-road/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:19:40 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=29763

The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati has been awarded a grant to demolish 35 flood-prone properties near Muddy Creek in Green Township and Cincinnati.

The $4 million grant from FEMA and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency announced Friday, plus $570,000 from MSD in local cost share, will be used to purchase those properties along Muddy Creek Road between Glenway Avenue and Westbourne Drive.

In a release Friday, MSD said property owners have volunteered to participate in the program.

Provided, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati

The 100-year floodplain along Muddy Creek Road.

The project seeks to address years of flooding along Muddy Creek, where homeowners have experienced flooding and sewer backups.

FROM JUNE: County, MSD find solution to the years-long stink over Muddy Creek

MSD said those homes were constructed in the 1950s in the former creek bed, which was enclosed in a sewer.

The grant funding, expected in early spring, MSD will begin working to acquire those properties and relocate residents to "safe and comparable housing."

After the homes are demolished, MSD will work to "restore the area as a natural floodplain or stormwater management area," a process estimated to take about two years.

MSD is also working with OEMA on a second grant request for up to five more properties on Muddy Creek Road.




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]]> https://cincylink.com/2021/09/03/msd-seeks-to-demolish-35-flood-prone-properties-along-muddy-creek-road/feed/ 0 Ida slammed the Northeast with flash flooding and tornadoes https://cincylink.com/2021/09/03/ida-slammed-the-northeast-with-flash-flooding-and-tornadoes/ https://cincylink.com/2021/09/03/ida-slammed-the-northeast-with-flash-flooding-and-tornadoes/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2021 04:38:40 +0000 https://cincylink.com/?p=88255

At least eight people were killed due to flooding as the Northeast was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday.Seven of the deaths were reported in New York City and an eighth was in New Jersey.Across the entire Northeast, roads were transformed into fast-flowing rivers, the nation's largest subway system was almost at a standstill and water rescues were reported after the record-setting downpour.States of emergency were declared for New York State, New York City and New Jersey.Four of the New York deaths occurred in the borough of Queens, according to the New York Police Department.A woman in her 40s and a man in his 20s from the 183rd Street area were killed in their homes after police were not able to reach them in the flooding, the NYPD told CNN. At a different location in Queens, near Grand Central Parkway, a woman in her 40s was dead due to the flooding in her home, NYPD said. Another person was killed due to a partial collapse of a side wall of a building, officials said.In Brooklyn, a man in his 60s was found dead in his flooded home near Ridgewood Avenue by a police officer, the department told CNN.New York institutes a travel ban for non-emergency vehiclesThe tri-state region was deluged by the remnants of Ida.New York's Central Park and Newark, New Jersey, both set record daily rainfall amounts Wednesday. A report from the National Weather Service put rainfall in Central Park at 7.13," smashing the old record of 3.84" set in 1927. New Jersey's largest city received 8.41" of rainfall, breaking the old record of 2.22" set in 1959.The city's subway system was halted with the exception of two lines due to the flooding, leaving many people stranded and unsure of how they would get home.Some were idled on a subway near Times Square around 1:20 a.m. after traveling from the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Queens. Videos from the station showed a waterfall flowing off of the train car roof and onto people trying to get out as well as a drink kiosk being whirled around by the wind.As water gushed into stations, first responders have been evacuating people from trains, Acting MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement.The city also instituted a travel ban for all non-emergency vehicles until 5 a.m."We will have a tough few hours coming up until we get the rain out of here. I want to really urge everyone moving around tomorrow, do not go into a street, a road, a highway with a lot of water accumulated. That can be super dangerous," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday night.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the level of flooding was far more than anyone expected."We can take all the precautions in advance, and we did deploy our assets to be on the ground in anticipation, but mother nature will do whatever she wants, and she is really angry tonight," Hochul told CNN. "We have to be prepared to cleanup tomorrow. I'll be on site in the morning to make sure this is going well, but right now we're in a very dire situation."Tornado touches down in South JerseyIn neighboring New Jersey, the body of a man in his 70s was retrieved from the flooding after his vehicle was caught in rushing water, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told CNN.Firefighters were swept under the vehicle, making it nearly "impossible" for them to reach the man, Lora said.The firefighters were able to rescue two other individuals in the vehicle, according to the mayor.Many towns in the North Jersey area reported massive flooding, damaging homes and businesses and forcing drivers to abandon their cars. In Clifton, a fire ambulance was seen submerged in the flood waters along with several other submerged vehicles.Related video: Train pushes through high flood waters in New Jersey as it pulls into Rutherford StationIn South Jersey, a tornado touched down in Mullica Hill, which is about 25 miles from Philadelphia. In two videos, debris can be seen twisting up in the tornado."I had just left the gym and headed in the same shopping area to a small sandwich shop. I parked my car and called my husband to see if he wanted me to bring home food," said Kristi Johnson who recorded the videos and shared what she witnessed with CNN."While I was on the phone I looked out my driver's window and saw the swirling clouds and debris flying toward me. I rolled my window down and it sounded like a train coming. I hung up on my husband and started to drive away from it. It was extremely scary."Meanwhile, Newark, the state's largest city, recorded its all-time wettest day Wednesday. And in Trenton, the state capitol, officials advised residents in the Island neighborhood to evacuate by 8 a.m. Thursday.41 passengers pulled from Pennsylvania school busThe wrath of Ida's remnants was felt in other states before slamming the New York region.In Pennsylvania, the storm had trapped a school bus in floodwaters in Shaler Township,. The school district and local volunteer fire company confirmed that 41 passengers were rescued from the bus. Video shows a team of at least four wading through water nearly up to their waist to help the passengers onto a small boat. The rescued students were then transported safely to the high school, Shaler Area School District said.With a flash flood emergency and tornado watch, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged residents to stay home Wednesday and take the storm seriously."This is an extremely dangerous storm that is impacting the entire state," said Wolf according to a press release. "As we continue to monitor the conditions, I ask everyone to please stay home if you're able."In Maryland, Ida's downpour flooded an apartment complex, leaving one person dead and another missing.Fire and Rescue personnel evacuated dozens of people from the Rock Creek Woods apartment complex in Rockville, officials said Wednesday. From the storm, 50 apartments were impacted and 12 were flooded, according to police.A 19-year-old man was found dead, but the cause of death has not been confirmed, Montgomery County Police Department Public Information Officer Casandra Durham told CNN. Three individuals and one firefighter were transported to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries.The rest of the residents were transferred to a local recreation center where the Red Cross and Montgomery County Health and Human Services were stationed to help.A tornado also touched down in the state, according to Bud Zapata, the Annapolis Fire Department Public Information Officer.The tornado was reported to have touched down in a primarily commercial area of Annapolis. No injuries have been reported, but some private residences were damaged and there is an active gas leak in the area. Fire, police and other agencies are assessing damage, Zapata said.The National Weather Service had tweeted that a radar-confirmed tornado was in the area and to "seek shelter if you are in the path of this storm!"

At least eight people were killed due to flooding as the Northeast was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday.

Seven of the deaths were reported in New York City and an eighth was in New Jersey.

Across the entire Northeast, roads were transformed into fast-flowing rivers, the nation's largest subway system was almost at a standstill and water rescues were reported after the record-setting downpour.

States of emergency were declared for New York State, New York City and New Jersey.

Four of the New York deaths occurred in the borough of Queens, according to the New York Police Department.

A woman in her 40s and a man in his 20s from the 183rd Street area were killed in their homes after police were not able to reach them in the flooding, the NYPD told CNN. At a different location in Queens, near Grand Central Parkway, a woman in her 40s was dead due to the flooding in her home, NYPD said. Another person was killed due to a partial collapse of a side wall of a building, officials said.

In Brooklyn, a man in his 60s was found dead in his flooded home near Ridgewood Avenue by a police officer, the department told CNN.

New York institutes a travel ban for non-emergency vehicles

The tri-state region was deluged by the remnants of Ida.

New York's Central Park and Newark, New Jersey, both set record daily rainfall amounts Wednesday. A report from the National Weather Service put rainfall in Central Park at 7.13," smashing the old record of 3.84" set in 1927. New Jersey's largest city received 8.41" of rainfall, breaking the old record of 2.22" set in 1959.

The city's subway system was halted with the exception of two lines due to the flooding, leaving many people stranded and unsure of how they would get home.

Some were idled on a subway near Times Square around 1:20 a.m. after traveling from the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Queens. Videos from the station showed a waterfall flowing off of the train car roof and onto people trying to get out as well as a drink kiosk being whirled around by the wind.

As water gushed into stations, first responders have been evacuating people from trains, Acting MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement.

The city also instituted a travel ban for all non-emergency vehicles until 5 a.m.

"We will have a tough few hours coming up until we get the rain out of here. I want to really urge everyone moving around tomorrow, do not go into a street, a road, a highway with a lot of water accumulated. That can be super dangerous," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday night.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the level of flooding was far more than anyone expected.

"We can take all the precautions in advance, and we did deploy our assets to be on the ground in anticipation, but mother nature will do whatever she wants, and she is really angry tonight," Hochul told CNN. "We have to be prepared to cleanup tomorrow. I'll be on site in the morning to make sure this is going well, but right now we're in a very dire situation."

Tornado touches down in South Jersey

In neighboring New Jersey, the body of a man in his 70s was retrieved from the flooding after his vehicle was caught in rushing water, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told CNN.

Firefighters were swept under the vehicle, making it nearly "impossible" for them to reach the man, Lora said.

The firefighters were able to rescue two other individuals in the vehicle, according to the mayor.

Many towns in the North Jersey area reported massive flooding, damaging homes and businesses and forcing drivers to abandon their cars. In Clifton, a fire ambulance was seen submerged in the flood waters along with several other submerged vehicles.

Related video: Train pushes through high flood waters in New Jersey as it pulls into Rutherford Station

In South Jersey, a tornado touched down in Mullica Hill, which is about 25 miles from Philadelphia. In two videos, debris can be seen twisting up in the tornado.

"I had just left the gym and headed in the same shopping area to a small sandwich shop. I parked my car and called my husband to see if he wanted me to bring home food," said Kristi Johnson who recorded the videos and shared what she witnessed with CNN.

"While I was on the phone I looked out my driver's window and saw the swirling clouds and debris flying toward me. I rolled my window down and it sounded like a train coming. I hung up on my husband and started to drive away from it. It was extremely scary."

Meanwhile, Newark, the state's largest city, recorded its all-time wettest day Wednesday. And in Trenton, the state capitol, officials advised residents in the Island neighborhood to evacuate by 8 a.m. Thursday.

41 passengers pulled from Pennsylvania school bus

The wrath of Ida's remnants was felt in other states before slamming the New York region.

In Pennsylvania, the storm had trapped a school bus in floodwaters in Shaler Township,. The school district and local volunteer fire company confirmed that 41 passengers were rescued from the bus.

Video shows a team of at least four wading through water nearly up to their waist to help the passengers onto a small boat. The rescued students were then transported safely to the high school, Shaler Area School District said.

With a flash flood emergency and tornado watch, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged residents to stay home Wednesday and take the storm seriously.

"This is an extremely dangerous storm that is impacting the entire state," said Wolf according to a press release. "As we continue to monitor the conditions, I ask everyone to please stay home if you're able."

In Maryland, Ida's downpour flooded an apartment complex, leaving one person dead and another missing.

Fire and Rescue personnel evacuated dozens of people from the Rock Creek Woods apartment complex in Rockville, officials said Wednesday. From the storm, 50 apartments were impacted and 12 were flooded, according to police.

A 19-year-old man was found dead, but the cause of death has not been confirmed, Montgomery County Police Department Public Information Officer Casandra Durham told CNN. Three individuals and one firefighter were transported to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries.

The rest of the residents were transferred to a local recreation center where the Red Cross and Montgomery County Health and Human Services were stationed to help.

A tornado also touched down in the state, according to Bud Zapata, the Annapolis Fire Department Public Information Officer.

The tornado was reported to have touched down in a primarily commercial area of Annapolis. No injuries have been reported, but some private residences were damaged and there is an active gas leak in the area. Fire, police and other agencies are assessing damage, Zapata said.

The National Weather Service had tweeted that a radar-confirmed tornado was in the area and to "seek shelter if you are in the path of this storm!"

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MANCHESTER, Tenn. — The 2021 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been canceled just days before it was set to begin.

Organizers said the decision to cancel the event was due to the flooding the farm experienced this week due to Hurricane Ida.

Festival organizers released the following statement about the cancellation:

"We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo. While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely.

We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward, but Mother Nature has dealt us a tremendous amount of rain over the past 24 hours, and we have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience.

Please find ways to safely gather with your Bonnaroo community and continue to radiate positivity during this disappointing time. WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE FARM IN JUNE 2022!

All tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets will be refunded in as little as 30 days to the original method of payment."

This year's festival was scheduled for Sept. 2-5.

Last year's event was canceled due to COVID-19.

Instead, organizers opted for a three-day virtual event that featured new and archived performances.

The four-day festival was supposed to be headlined by The Foo Fighters, Lizzo and Tyler, The Creator.

Other performers included Megan Thee Stallion, Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, Jason Isbell, and the 400 Unit, Leon Bridges and Incubus.

Although the weather was the reason for the cancellation of Bonnaroo, news of the music festival canceling comes after several other touring acts have had to cancel due to COVID-19.

KISS had to cancel their show in Pittsburgh after frontman Paul Stanley tested positive for the virus.

Caroline Sutton at WTVF first reported this story.




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A ferry broke loose Sunday during Hurricane Ida and is now grounded. "Nothing we can do at this point," said St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis. The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly in control of the situation.Another ferry also reportedly broke loose and ran aground.New Orleans Regional Transit Authority issued the following statement:"RTA is aware of the ferry vessel RTA2 detaching from the barge at our maintenance facility. The vessel is currently grounded and our contract ferry operator continues to monitor the situation. Emergency tugs boats have been secured to retrieve the vessel when it is safe to do so."Watch the video above to see the loose ferry.

A ferry broke loose Sunday during Hurricane Ida and is now grounded.

"Nothing we can do at this point," said St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis.

The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly in control of the situation.

Another ferry also reportedly broke loose and ran aground.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority issued the following statement:

"RTA is aware of the ferry vessel RTA2 detaching from the barge at our maintenance facility. The vessel is currently grounded and our contract ferry operator continues to monitor the situation. Emergency tugs boats have been secured to retrieve the vessel when it is safe to do so."

Watch the video above to see the loose ferry.


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Heavy rain, thunderstorms possible Sunday

Don't be surprised if you hear thunder Sunday as a warm front lifts through Cincinnati. Heavy rain prompting a Flood Watch for some.



IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT. I COULD HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY OUTSIDE. COURTIS: IT MEANT IF WE BOTH DID THAT, NO ONE WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT DOING THE NEWS. MOLLIE: BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE. I SPENT SOME OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE SUN. THE 60’S. TOMORROW IS A DIFFERENT STORY. ALLISON: RAIN MOVING AND OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE WIDESPREAD RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY, SPOTTY SHOWERS CONTINUING. WE COULD EVEN HEAR SOME THUNDER. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE RAIN MOVING IN TO OWENTON. SOME LIGHT RAINFALL PUSHING INTO OWEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH. STALLED FRONT AT THE MORNING. MORE FRONT LIST OF THE AREA. ROUNDS OF STEADY AND HEAVY RAINFALL. POTENTIAL FOR HEARING SOME THUNDER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE CHANCE OF HEARING THUNDER IS HIGHER THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU LIVE. THAT IS ALSO WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS LIKELY TO SET UP. IF WE HAVE THUNDERSTORMS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING THROUGH. RAIN CONTINUING TO COME IN. WE HAVE RAIN IN DOWNTOWN. MOST OF US ASLEEP. BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP, IT IS RAINING OUTSIDE. CHECK OUT HOW WIDESPREAD THE RAIN WILL BE. EVERYONE SEEING RAIN AT SOME POINT. THEN THE RAIN WILL BE EVEN STEADIER AND HEAVIER SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AND SOUTHEAST OF I-71. 5:00 A.M., UP TO ABOUT 7:00. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS CINCINNATI. IT IS STILL COMING DOWN HEAVY AT TIMES. THUNDER WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE RADAR LOOKING LIKE THIS. PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDER HAPPENING. POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDER AREAS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THIS HAPPENS TO BE 10:00 IN THE MORNING. STILL SEEING THAT WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BY ABOUT MIDDAY, A BREAK IN THE ACTION. AT LEAST AREAS NORTH OF THE RIVER. ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST. BY 4:00, RAIN SOUTHEAST OF 71. WITH THE STEADY RAIN KIND OF SETTING UP SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE. IT WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. EVEN UNTIL THIS TIME TONIGHT. WE STILL HAVE RAIN COMING DOWN ACROSS GREATEST CINCINNATI. THERE WILL BE BREAKS DURING THE AFTERNOON. POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL TOMORROW NIGHT IS STILL THERE. AND WE FINALLY START TO DRY OUT. WE STAY DRY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY MORNING, WE HAVE THE CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX MOVING BACK IN. A FLOOD WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT. LASTING THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY TOMORROW. NOT EXPIRING UNTIL 7:00 IN THE EVENING SUNDAY. IT IS IN EFFECT FOR EVERYONE IN THE GREEN. NORTHERN KENTUCKY SOUTH OF THE SPLIT. ADAMS COUNTY ALSO INCLUDED. THIS IS THE AREA WE ARE WATCHING. POTENTIALLY SOME HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS. ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. CLOSER TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FARTHER SOUTH. WATCH OUT FOR HIGH WATER ISSUES, LOCALIZED FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. I DON’T THINK WE SEE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IMPACTS. AREAS UNDER THIS WATCH NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT GO INTO PLACE. WE ARE GOING TO BE FAIRLY WARM THROUGH THE DAY. 56 BY 9:00. 62 IN THE AFTERNOON. 50’S BY 9:00. WARM DAY TOMORROW. IT WILL BE RAINING FOR A LOT OF THE DAY. EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT RAINING, IT WILL BE CLOUDY. I DO THINK THE WEEKEND IS WRAPPING UP ON A SOGGY NOTE. WE HAVE SUNSHINE ON THE WAY MONDAY. 45 ON TUESDAY. CHANCE OF SEEING THE WINTRY MIX EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT, WE DRY OUT. TEMPERATURES GETTING BACK INTO THE 50’S BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms possible Sunday

Don't be surprised if you hear thunder Sunday as a warm front lifts through Cincinnati. Heavy rain prompting a Flood Watch for some.


Don't be surprised if you hear thunder Sunday as a warm front lifts through Cincinnati. Heavy rain prompting a Flood Watch for some.

Don't be surprised if you hear thunder Sunday as a warm front lifts through Cincinnati. Heavy rain prompting a Flood Watch for some.


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Rain tapers overnight

Rain tapers overnight but there's still potential for flooding concerns.



OF MARCH. SHEREE: TURNING TO THE WEATHER, A VEINY SUNDAY EVENING FOR YOU. LET’S SEE IF THE RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF HERE. ALLISON: IT DOES. A LOT OF THE WEEK WILL BE NICE AND SUNNY FOR US. FLOODING ISSUES ARE EVOLVING. WE COULD STILL HAVE SOME FLOODING ISSUES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ON TOP OF THAT, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OHIO RIVER RISING. A LOT OF IT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. WE ARE CLOSING IN ON I 75, ANYWHERE FROM CORINTH TO CRITTENDEN. A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST, WE HAVE A STEADY RAINFALL ACROSS OHIO. ANOTHER POCKET OF RAIN DEVELOPING THROUGH MASON COUNTY. NO LIGHTNING OR THUNDER. WE STILL HAD HEAVY POCKETS DEVELOPING. RIGHT NOW, NORTHERN KENTUCKY FROM FORT WITCHEL TO NEWPORT -- FORT MITCHELL TO NEWPORT. SPOTTY SHOWERS. STILL SEEING A DECENT AMOUNT OF RAIN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WE WILL DROP INTO THE 30’S BY THE MORNING. WE WILL SEE A CLEARING SKY AS WELL. I DO THINK THAT SOME SHOWERS CONTINUE SO IT MIGHT BE ABOUT 3:00 OR 4:00 BEFORE WE ARE FINISHED WITH THE RAIN. YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME RAINFALL ON FUTURECAST. WE WILL SEE THIS RAIN WRAPPING UP. THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY ON MONDAY, SUNNY BUT BREEZY. WE WERE IN THE 60’S FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY TODAY. LOW 40’S ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL WATCHES, AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT. MANY REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW. THERE COULD BE PROLONGED ISSUES FOR THOSE WHO SAW FLOODING EARLIER TODAY. IF YOU SAW IMPROVEMENTS, RENEWED CONCERNS INTO TOMORROW. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THE SUN IS DOWN AND IT IS HARD TO SEE OUTSIDE. PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TOMORROW. OTHERWISE, THE METRO NOT UNDER ANY SORT OF WARNING. WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE OHIO RIVER AS IT CONTINUES TO RISE. 2.08 INCHES AROUND CVG. JUST UNDER AN INCH FOR OXFORD. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE HAVING FLOODING ISSUES. TOMORROW, A LITTLE BIT CHILLY. DOWN TO 35 BY 9:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. KEEP IN MIND THAT WIND CHILL IS CLOSER TO THE 30’S. THE OHIO RIVER WILL REACH 53 FE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOWARD ANDERSON AND NEW RICHMOND, FLOODING IS GETTING TO WORSEN FLOODING OVER TOWARDS SMAIL PARK AND BELLEVUE BEACH STARTS TO FLOOD AS WELL. TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES DIPPING TO ABOUT 35. THAT WILL BRING US COOLER AIR. WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT SEEING SOME AREAS AROUND CINCINNATI FLOOD

Rain tapers overnight

Rain tapers overnight but there's still potential for flooding concerns.


Rain tapers overnight but there's still potential for flooding concerns.

Rain tapers overnight but there's still potential for flooding concerns.


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