Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1992, 8:05 PM EDT for Delaware County, Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, OH, Marion County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 310006 FFWCMH OHC041-097-101-159-310300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 805 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...DELAWARE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...UNION COUNTY AT 803 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MARION...UNION...DELAWARE AND MADISON COUNTIES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WESTCENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. THE GROUND OVER CENTRAL OHIO REMAINS SATURATED AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOOFDS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. SMITH
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 30, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 405 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ....FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 405 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PIKE AND ADAMS COUNTY OHIO AND LEWIS...GREENUP...CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM IS OVER NORTHEAST LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCLY BY 430 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING ISH OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPETED WITH THESE STORMS. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 415 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS JACKSON AND PIKE COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM... ....FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PIKE AND ADAMS COUNTY OHIO AND LEWIS...GREENUP...CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM IS OVER WESTERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OF OHIO BY 500 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS.X IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HATFIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 418 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS COUNTY OHIO TILL 10 PM EDT... ....FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PIKE AND ADAMS COUNTY OHIO AND LEWIS...GREENUP...CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM IS OVER WESTERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OF OHIO BY 500 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING IS ObBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WITH THESE STORMS. ...CORREST TO REMOVE PIKE AND JACKSON COUNTIES... SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 440 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS COUNTY OHIO TILL 10 PM EDT... ....FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SCIOTO AND ADAMS COUNTY OHIO AND GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON ABOUT 500 PM EDT AND MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WITH THESE STORMS. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV...CORRECTION... 440 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS PIKE JACKSON COUNTIES OF OHIO TIL 1000 PM EDT...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SCIOTO AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF OHIO AND GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON ABOUT 500 PM EDT AND MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV...CORRECTION... 440 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ADAMS COUNTY OHIO TIL 1000 PM EDT... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SCIOTO AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF OHIO AND GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON ABOUT 500 PM EDT AND MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. END/CICCONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Madison, Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
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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.