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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 1992Belmont County, Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 6:16 PM EDT for Belmont County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1992, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Belmont County, OH, Jefferson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 262217
FFWCAK
OHC013-081-270015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
616 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...BELMONT COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
SHERIFF OF JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN DILLONVALE AT 610 PM.
 
 
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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-262210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
507 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM OVER NEW PHILADELPHIA AND NEW COMMERSTOWN TO OVER STEUBENVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF TUSCARAWAS..HARRISON AND JEFFERSON. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY WINDS GUST TO
45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THE VEAY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
IN ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING PLACES. ALSO AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING DURING
EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL FLOOD IF A STORM PASSES.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORM MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IK
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
OHZ004-007-262210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
507 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM OVER NEW PHILADELPHIA AND NEW COMMERSTOWN TO OVER STEUBENVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF TUSCARAWAS..HARRISON AND JEFFERSON. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY WINDS GUST TO
45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THE VEAY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
IN ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING PLACES. ALSO AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING DURING
EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL FLOOD IF A STORM PASSES.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL
THE STORMS HAS PASSED.

IK
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
609 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992

TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 1254PM

TYPE OF EVENT.. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING

LOCATION OF EVENT.. MONROE COUNTY HAD WIDESPREAD COUNTY FLOODING

INJURIES.. 0

DEATHS..   0

 KINSELLA
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
610 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992

TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 1206PM

TYPE OF EVENT.. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING

LOCATION OF EVENT.. SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTY HAD FLOODING

INJURIES.. 0

DEATHS..   0

 KINSELLA
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
612 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992

TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 1345PM

TYPE OF EVENT.. URBAN FLOODING

LOCATION OF EVENT.. MACKSBURG IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAD
                    STREET FLOODING

INJURIES.. 0

DEATHS..   0

 KINSELLA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMonroe, Noble, Washington4 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.