Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 9:15 AM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Licking 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 091315 RRA
FFWCLE
OHC089-091715-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH
915 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FOR POSSIBLE DAM FAILURE EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...LICKING
HEAVY RAINS FELL OVER THE LICKING RIVER BASIN OVERNIGHT AND HAVE
CAUSED THE RIVER TO FLOOD ALONG THE NORTH FORK. THE DRAINAGE HAS
CAUSED BUCKEYE LAKE TO BECOME FULL AND DAM BREACH IS POSSIBLE AT ANY
TIME. ALL PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM SHOULD EVACUATE THE AREA
IMMEDIATELY.
SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF COLUMBUS. THE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
BY 11 AM. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL OVER LICKING
COUNTY BETWEEN 915 AM AND 11 AM.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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 UbP TO HIGHER GROUND.
SJNWhat 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 9, 3:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-090930 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 425 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELLIOTT AND CARTER COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SANDY HOOK IN ELLIOTT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF GRAYSON AND WILLARD IN CARTER COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/YOUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 620 AM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MORGANTOWN TO BECKLEY IN WEST VIRGINIA. PORTIONS OF GILES...MONTGOMERY... AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA... AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS INCLUDED IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. END
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-091330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 712 AM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... AT 700 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST VIRGINIA NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SISTERSVILLE SOUTHEAST TO JUST WEST OF ELKINS THEN EAST TO NEAR BRANDYWINE. THE ACTIVITY ALSO EXTENDED NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND INTO THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. ALSO..THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER SAYS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND OVER WESTERN MARYLAND. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND..SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/FERRELL
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, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Union | 3 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.