Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Dec 18, 1990, 11:02 AM EST (16:02 UTC)

Expired

Dec 18, 1990, 2:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Fairfield County, OH

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TTAA00 KCMH 181605
FFWCMH
OHC045-129-073-141-163-009-127-181900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1102 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
          ...FAIRFIELD...PICKAWAY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
          ...HOCKING...ROSS...VINTON
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
          ...ATHENS...PERRY
 
AT 1055 AM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS OF THE AFFECTED COUNTIES REPORTED
SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS UNDER WATER AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE THERE
WAS HIGH WATER ON ROADWAYS.
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED RAIN COVERING MOST OF
CENTRAL OHIO WITH MORE RAIN MOVING INTO THE REGION. THE ADDITIONAL
RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING THIS
AFTERNOON.
 
 DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LVW

In the hours before

WVZ03-KYZ006-OHZ09-181800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1030 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...
UNTIL 0800 PM FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...ALL DAY FOR EASTERN
KENTUCKY...

AT 1030 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING OVER
SOUTHERN OHIO...EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  MANY SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE AT OR NEAR BANK FULL.  SOME PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

NUMEROUS SMALL ROADS ARE BLOCKED IN SOUTHERN OHIO...THEY INCLUDE
STATE ROUTE 554 IN GALLIA COUNTY...ROUTE 143 AND ROUTE 681 IN MEIGS
COUNTY...STATE ROUTE 73 IN SCIOTO COUNTY...AND STATE ROUTE 124 IN
IDAHO IN PIKE COUNTY.
RAIN HAS LET UP IN INTENSITY AND WILL PICK UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.  THIS ADDED TO THE ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND AND SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS CREATE THE
POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING.

EXTRA CAUTION MUST BE EXERCISED WHILE DRIVING.  DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK
THROUGH AREAS COVERED BY WATER.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

HATFIELD/COSTELLO

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.