Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 8:55 PM EDT for Delaware County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, OH, Union County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 090055
FFWCMH
OHC041-159-090400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
855 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
DELAWARE...UNION
AT 845 AN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS GROUND THAT IS ALREADY
SATURATED. PREVIOUS STORMS HAVE DUMPED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN OVER THIS AREA. PONDING OF WATER AND WATER OVERRUNNING
HIGHWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL >ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LVWWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ013>016-KYZ006-008-OHZ007-009-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM... AT 535 PM THE CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO FROM COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE FEW HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. END/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990 STORM REPORT FOR EVENT FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 8, 1990 640..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR PUTNAM TIL 745 645..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - ST ALBANS 645..DIME SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - POCA 650..PEA SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - WINFIELD 705..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR KANAWHA AND ROANE TIL 800 705..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - FRAME 706..DIME SIZE HAIL RAONE CO - GANDEEVILLE 715..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - KANAWHA CITY 715..QUARTER SIZE HAIL KANAHWA CO - KANAWHA CITY 723..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - BLUE CREEK 745..PEA SIZE HAIL RITCHIE CO - HARRISVILLE 750..DIME SIZE HAIL CLAY CO - BICKMORE 756..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR NICHOLAS CO TIL 900 757..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR FAYETTE CO TIL 900 800..MARBLE SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - MT LOOKOUT 810..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - SISSONVILLE 814..SEVERE TSTM WARNING FOR MONONGALIA AND MARIAN TIL 915 815..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - BLACKSVILLE 815..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - CARL 815..BLUEBERRY SIZE MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE 815..MARBLE SIZE MARION CO - WHITE HALL 820..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - MUDDLETY 823..SVR TSTM WARNING GREENBRIER TIL 930 830..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE 830..MOTHBALL SIZE MONONGALIA CO - ARNETTSVILLE 830..MARBLE SIZE HAIL MARION CO - MEADOWDALE 842..SVR TSTM WARNING PRESTON AND TAYLOR TIL 1015 845..PEA SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - RICHWOOD 900..NICKEL SIZE HAIL PRESTON CO - KINGWOOD 904..SVR TSTM WARNIN2G SUMMERS TIL 945 END AAR
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015>016-0HZ006-007-009-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 720 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RUMBLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO FROM WEST TO EAST. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN ACCOMPANYING MANY OF THESE STORMS...INCLUDING SEVERAL TORNADOES. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...EXCEPT IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTSERN PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE ONLY AREA OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS IS IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND THOSE COUNTIES BORDERING THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM FURTHER SOUTH IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. END/PCZ
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
WVZ006>008-090300 LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 730 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 WOAY-TELEVISION WEATHER FORECASTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN ANSTED... NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING. END/CGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Franklin | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 10:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Franklin, Licking | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Madison | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Muskingum, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Licking | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Licking | 4 hr |
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Sources
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.