Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT for Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1992, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Preble County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 232039 FFWDAY OHC135-232345- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 436 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...PREBLE COUNTY SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY IN PREBLE COUNTY OHIO THIS THURSDAY EVENING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PREBLE COUNTY AT 435 PM. A STORM SPOTTER IN EATON OHIO HAD REPORTED A LITTLE OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR ENDING AT 430 PM WHICH CAUSED SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING. 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 GROUND. LINDSEY
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 23, 10:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
OHZ005-231600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1043 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY AT 943 AM EDT. AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SMALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN PREBLE AND SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SHOWVERS AND THUNDERST0RMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS THE CITY OF DAYTON BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 AM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. TIPTON
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ005-231600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1047 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH...WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY AT 1043 AM EDT. AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SMALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN PREBLE AND SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WXINDS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERST0RMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS THE CITY OF DAYTON BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 AM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. TIPTON
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 140 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WERE OVER SOUTHERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTIES IN INDIANA AT 135 PM EDT. AT 130 PM...A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI BETWEEN NORTH VERNON AND AURORA INDIANA. THIS BAND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES IN INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 145 AND 300 PM EDT. THIS BAND WAS PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... CENTRAL OHIO...AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES INCREASED BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING OVER 100 CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY 15 MINTUES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS IN AN ELECTRICAL STORM... STAY AWAY FROM WATER OR ISOLATED TREES. ALSO...DO NOT HANDLE METAL OBJECTS...SUCH AS GOLF CLUBS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 235 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 235 PM EDT. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WARSAW KENTUCKY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI...NEAR RICHMOND INDIANA ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...AND ALSO NEAR SEYMOUR INDIANA 65 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON...STAY INDOORS UNTIL IT PASSES. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:44 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
KYZ005-INZ013-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 344 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 300 PM EST. AT 340 PM EDT...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OHIO... SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER JENNINGS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...AND BETWEEN RICHMOND INDIANA AND EATON OHIO ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER JENNINGS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES IN INDIANA...AS WELL AS GALLATIN AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM EDT. THIS CLUSTER PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IN SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON INDIANA BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. PYTLAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.