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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 1992Monroe County, Noble County, Washington County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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. {

RLB
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEBelmont, Jefferson119 min

Nearby

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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.