Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1992, 10:31 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 10:31 PM EDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 310232 FFWCMH OHC101-310530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1031 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...MARION COUNTY AT 1030 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF CENTRAL OHIO. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MARION COUNTY NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. RUNOFF WILL CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE AND MORE ROAD FLOODING WILL OCCUR. 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 WHBEN 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, 4:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 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
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-310155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 922 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 915 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS IN ADAMS PIKE SCIOTO COUNTIES OF OHIO. MUCH HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING CARTER AND ELLIOT COUNTIES OF KETUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN KENTUCKY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GRO0UND IMMEDIATELY. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ErND/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:42 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-310300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 940 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 935 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER POCAHONTAS COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIEST RAIN WERE JUST SOUTH OF MARLINTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 25 MPH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY NEAR JACKSON MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 45 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:52 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 950 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 945 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN CARTER AND ELLIOT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO JOHNSON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY BY 955 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 10:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-006-310400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1010 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (NUMBER 702) REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT ONLY FOR THESE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES... BOONE...CABELL...LOGAN...MINGO...LINCOLN AND WAYNE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE PARKERSBURG TO CHARLESTON CORRIDOR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE TUG FORK VALLEY...NEAR FORT GAY AND KERMIT AT 10:15 PM. THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACH CHARLESTON SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED DURING THE EVENING OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE UPPER GREENBRIER VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. END / BATTY / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 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.