Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 12:15 PM EDT for Monroe County, Noble County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH, Washington County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 261616 FFWCAK OHC111-121-167-262015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1215 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...MONROE COUNTY...NOBLE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN FALLING OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. RADAR AT NOON WAS SHOWING A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NOBLE...MONROE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA UNTIL AROUND 230 PM OR 300 PM. NOBLE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTY AT 1210 PM. 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 lGROUND. IK
What 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, Jul 26, 11:16 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ004-007-261800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL
OHIO LATE THIS MORNING.
RADAR AT 1110 AM INDICATED A 25 MILE STRIPE OF HEAVY RAIN FROM WESTERN
MONROE COUNTY WEST TO ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE RAIN WAS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY AROUND
1 PM.
WITH EAST-CENTRAL OHIO ALREADY WELL SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS SOME
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
FLOODING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL BE OVER MONROE...NOBLE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
EAST CENTRAL OHIO REMAINS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND THOSE LIVING
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. {
RLBSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 11:18 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
OHZ004-007-261800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL
OHIO LATE THIS MORNING.
RADAR AT 1110 AM INDICATED A 25 MILE STRIPE OF HEAVY RAIN FROM WESTERN
MONROE COUNTY WEST TO ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE RAIN WAS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY AROUND
1 PM.
WITH EAST-CENTRAL OHIO ALREADY WELL SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS SOME
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
FLOODING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL BE OVER MONROE...NOBLE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
EAST CENTRAL OHIO REMAINS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND THOSE LIVING
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. {
RLB
...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE EXPIRATION TIME...The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Belmont, Jefferson | 119 min |
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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.