Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ross County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 270158 COR FFWCMH OHC141-270345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 955 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ROSS COUNTY ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS CURRENTLY NOT OCCURRING OVER ROSS COUNTY...REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT WATERS WERE CONTINUING TO SLOWLY RISE. FLOODING REMAINS SERIOUS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE EVACUATIONS CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE. AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS FROM SOUTH OF ZANESVILLE TO WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY OVER ROSS COUNTY FROM THESE SHOWERS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SERIOUS SITUATION. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. GERARD ...CORRECTED CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS...
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, 5:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KYC043-089-135-270045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 746 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... AT 740 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN GREpENUP AND NORTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTIES BY 8PM. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS EARLIER. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE TO SEEK HIGHER GROUNDS
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:02 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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`T CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS CARS CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CO NTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ009-008-WVZ003-270200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 920 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO, WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 915 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMISHED IN INTENSITY. SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED AROUND THE AREA. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN OCCURRED TODAY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND FAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO INTO THE NIGHT FROM RUNOFF. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND USTABLE. A COLD FRONT ACROSS INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT COULD PRODUCE WELL OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR CREEKS, SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ESPCIALLY AWARE OF THE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUNDS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. AT NIGHT, FLOODING IS HARD TO SEE. DON`T CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS CARS CAN BE EASILY SWEPT AWAY. THE NATIONALn WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
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.