Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 7:10 PM EDT for Hocking County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hocking County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 262310 FFWCMH OHC073-163-270215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 710 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...HOCKING COUNTY...VINTON COUNTY AT 705 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HOCKING AND VINTON COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ESTIMATES FROM WEATHER SATELLITES INDICATE THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF HOCKING AND VINTON COUNTIES...AND RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL SEND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. GERARD
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, 2:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 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, 1 hour 12 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, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ross | 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.