Ice jam on Maumee River causes flooding in Grand Rapids

flood warning
national weather service cleveland oh
129 pm est wed jan 15 2014

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129 pm est wed jan 15 2014

the national weather service cleveland has issued a

• flood warning for ice jam flooding in...
  central lucas county in northwest ohio
  northwestern wood county in northwest ohio

• until 130 pm est thursday

• at 118 pm est...trained weather observers reported flooding in grand
  rapids due to an ice jam along the maumee river.

• the ice jam on the maumee river was reported to be as much as 10 feet
  high and was already causing water to back up onto property. if it
  were to fail suddenly...flooding is likely to occur downstream.

• some locations that are vulnerable to flooding include...
  waterville...perrysburg and rossford. the maumee river has broken
  ice across most of it`s run along the lucas and wood county line and
  the threat of ice jams are possible throughout this stretch of river.
  please report any developing ice jams or resulting flooding to your
  local law enforcement.

precautionary/preparedness actions...

ice jam flooding can occur suddenly and advance into an area from an
unusual direction. if you see water approaching...move away from the
river to higher ground.

to report flooding...have the nearest law enforcement agency relay
your report to the national weather service forecast office in
cleveland.

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014, the Cleveland NWS first began warning about the possibility of ice jams on rivers and streams because of the mild weather from Fri, Feb 10 through Mon, Feb 13, which included some rainfall on Fri and Sat.

As of Tue, Jan 14, the Clev NWS was still issuing a hazardous weather outlook that mentioned the possibility of ice jams.

No hazardous weather was mentioned in the outlook today, Wed, Jan 15.

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