Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1992, 1:05 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1992, 1:05 AM EDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashland County, OH, Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 170506 FFWMFD OHC005-033-083-117-139-170800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH 105 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...MORROW COUNTY ...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 1 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF OHIO. THESE RAINS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING IN THE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. INTERMINTENT HEAVY RAINS ARE APT TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. MOST 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. JJK
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, 7:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 901 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT ON FRIDAY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE REINTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AT 850 PM EDT. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WERE IN AN AREA 60 MILES WIDE FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF COLUMBUS AND ALSO IN A BAND 70 MILES WIDE FROM OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA AND OHIO WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE TWO AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO CONVERGE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE LATER THIS EVENING. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...AND ALSO FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ONLY ONE INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING TONIGHT ACROSS THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE ALERT TO RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS. REMEMBER...IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1000 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT ON FRIDAY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE HAS EXPIRED. AT 1000 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ONE AREA WAS 80 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI NEAR BROOKVILLE INDIANA. THE OTHER AREA WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE TO NEAR LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE AREA OVER INDIANA WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE AREA OVER KENTUCKY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE TWO AREAS WERE PROJECTED TO MERGE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AFTER 1100 PM EDT. EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...THESE TWO MERGING AREAS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... SHOULD BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT AND IN AUTOMOBILES. WHILE A CAR MAY FEEL VERY HEAVY AND SAFE...IT CAN BE WASHED AWAY IN ONLY A FOOT OF RUSHING WATER. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO pISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO GET THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1042 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT ON FRIDAY. AT 1040 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE AREA WAS 110 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 125 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI TO NEAR BEDFORD INDIANA ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE OTHER AREA WAS 80 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 15 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION...THESE TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONVERGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS THEY DO...THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE. ONLY ONE INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WILL BE NEEDED TO CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE TRISTATE TONIGHT. PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE... PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1125 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 800 AM EDT. AT 1120 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OHIO MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO COSHOCTON ...ZANESVILLE...LANCASTER AND ATHENS. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO OVERNIGHT. THE AREA THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS OVER HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING SENDING MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER THEIR BANKS. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE *LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. LVW
Local storm report, Jul 17, 12:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI, OH 1203 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...LIGHTNING INJURY... LOCATION...ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP IN BUTLER COUNTY OHIO (23 NNE CVG) SOURCE...WKRC TV NEWS AT 608 PM EDT...41 YEAR OLD GLEN HIBBARD WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE FEEDING HIS CHICKENS. HE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN CINCINNATI OHIO. HE SUSTAINED BURNS TO THE FACE...HANDS...AND FEET. MANUEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.