Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1992, 1:32 AM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1992, 1:32 AM EDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 4:30 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, 5.5 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 310536 FFWCMH OHC101-310830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 132 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...MARION COUNTY AT 130 AM NAIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NO RAIN OVER CENTRAL OHIO. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IF NO ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS...THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE BY MORNING. MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND IN THE MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WEBER
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, 9:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 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, 3 hours 50 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, 3 hours 40 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, 3 hours 6 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
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1040 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1035 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WEST VIRGINIA/KENTUCKY BORDER FROM LOUISA KENTUCKY SOUTHWARD TO 20 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSON WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MINGO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR...BRINGING BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-006-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1150 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR WEST VIRGINIA. ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED IN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THURSDAY EVENING. THAT WARNING WAS FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. NO DAMAGE IN WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN REPORTED UP THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DID OCCUR THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THURSDAY EVENING. HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE ROAMING THROUGH THE MUGGY LATE NIGHT AIR. A LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT...BUT THE CHANCE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAS DIMINISHED. E8ND / 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 30, 10:31 PM 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.