Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 6:42 PM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ross County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 262243 COR FFWCMH OHC141-270145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 643 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ROSS COUNTY AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ROSS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED IN ROSS COUNTY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS RAIN CONTINUES. A 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. GERARD ...CORRECTED HEADER...
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, 1:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 100 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY.... AT 1255 EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS, SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY OF OHIO INTO GREENUP COUNTY AND CONTINUES BACK TO LEXINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE PASSING THOUGH THE HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND AND VICINITY AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A LOT OF RAIN TO FALL FROM THESE STORMS. FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-261915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 230 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY.... AT 225 EDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLESTON WESTWARD TO HUNTINGTON AND CONTINUED BACK THROUGH LEXINGTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. CONDITION WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUNDS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ISSUED. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RA"DIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:58 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 540 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO, WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.... AT 535 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM NEAR CIRCLEVILLE IN PICKAWAY COUNTY OF OHIO SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF CININATTI. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM IN BROWN COUNTY NEAR GEORGETOWN WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY OF OHIO BETWEEN 600 AND 630 PM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY IN ADAMS COUNTY. THE SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF LOWING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS MORNING. WATER IS RUNNING HIGH IN THIS AREA. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL THESE STORMS MOVING INTO ADAMS COUNTY COULD PRODUCE POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY HAVE RECIEVED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN TODAY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY. PERSONS SHOULD PlREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. END/COSTELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ross | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Hocking, Vinton | 3 hr |
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.