Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 1992, 8:51 PM EDT for Champaign County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1992, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Champaign County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 16, 5:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 500 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERANTIONAL AIRPORT AT 455 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE RIGHT ACROSS THE CINCINATI METRO AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM EDT. COMPUTER GUIDANCE THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED THAT ONLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. A SKYWARN SPOTTER AT 455 PM REPORTED SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER IN A LOW SPOT ON RIVER ROAD JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. MOTORISTS IN THE METRO AREA WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO SLOW DOWN...OR PULL OVER...UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORM PASSES8. PEOPLE ACROSS THE TRISTATE SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 541 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 535 PM EDT...A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM NEAR BUCYRUS OHIO...140 MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...TO COLUMBUS OHIO...TO CINCINNATI...TO BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. SOME OF THE STORMS BETWEEN BUCYRUS AND COLUMBUS WERE POSSIBLY SEVERE...WHILE THE SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG THE REST OF THE BAND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL. IN THE IMMEDIATE TRISTATE AREA...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. THE STORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 35 MILES AN HOUR AS IT PASSED OVER THE AIRPORT AROUND 450 PM EDT. SOME STANDING WATER HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ON ROADWAYS IN THE IMMEDIATE CINCINNATI METRO AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY OR AREAL COVERAGE BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM EDT. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AS OF 530 PM AND WERE HEADING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR LATER UPDATES ON THESE POTENT THUNDERSTORMS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 625 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 620 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA OVER NORTHERN RIPLEY...NORTHERN DEARBORN...AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. A GUST TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED NEAR BATESVILLE INDIANA BY A SKYWARN SPOTTER AT 605 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACORSS FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA BETWEEN 625 AND 700 PM EDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL...AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN CLINTON AND NORTHERN HIGHLAND COUNTIES AFTER 630 PM EDT. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR LATER UPDATES ON THESE POTENT THUNDERSTORMS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 643 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 635 PM EDT...A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO NEAR TERRA HAUTE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THAT BAND...WHICH WAS POSIBLY SEVERE... WAS OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO JUST SOUTH OF DAYTON. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY PEA-SIZED HAIL...WERE OVER CLINTON AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES IN OHIO ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI... AND OVER NORTHERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN INDIANA ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT 630 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE TRISTATE LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE TRISTATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POS6SIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS....OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 649 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 635 PM EDT...A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO TO NEAR TERRA HAUTE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THAT BAND...WHICH WAS POSSIBLY SEVERE... WAS OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO JUST SOUTH OF DAYTON. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY PEA-SIZED HAIL...WERE OVER CLINTON AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES IN OHIO ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI... AND OVER NORTHERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN INDIANA ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT 630 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE TRISTATE LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE TRISTATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS....OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PYTLAK CORRECTION FOR BAND LOCATION IN 2ND PARAGRAPH AND TYPO IN 3RD PARA@GRAPH
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:52 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 751 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 745 PM EDT...A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRA HAUTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THAT BAND...WHICH WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL...WERE JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI IN EASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY...AND OVER FAIRFILED COUNTY OHIO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND DECREASED IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM EDT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A NEWLY DEVELOPED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND MOUNT VERNON ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING IN THE IMMEDIATE CINCINNATI TRISTATE. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL HEAD TOWARD THE TRISTATE LATER THIS EVENING...AND SOME OF THOSE MAY BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PYTLAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Crawford | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler | 2 hr |
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.