Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 1992, 6:02 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1992, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 032202 FFWCMH OHC115-040000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 602 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...MORGAN COUNTY AT 6 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MCCONNELSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS TRACKING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BEVERLY...WHICH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR THE MORGAN COUNTY LINE. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS AN OVERFLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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, Aug 3, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-032015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 340 PM EDT MON AUG 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 335 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL EARLIER IN THE DAY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WlERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF VANCEBURG AND NORTHERN GREENUP COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONG
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-032015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 340 PM EDT MON AUG 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 335 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL EARLIER IN THE DAY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF VANCEBURG AND NORTHERN GREENUP COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONT STORMS WERE FROM PIKE COUNTY AROUND PIKETON EASTWARD INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY OF OHIO WEST OF THE CITY OF JACKSON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY SHELTER. ALSpO STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY INTENSE LIGHTING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 405 PM EDT MON AUG 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 400 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL MEIGS COUNTY OF OHIO NEAR POMEROY SOUTHWESTARD THROUGH GALLIA COUNTY NEAR RIO GRANDE TO THE CITY OF GREENUP IN GREENUP COUNTY BACK INTO CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OF OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS POSSIBLY OVER 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS, PREFERABLY IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 439 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE WESTERN PART OF WEST VIRGINIA... AT ABOUT 430 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPLEY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF JACKSON COUNTY AND ENTER WESTERN WIRT COUNTY BY AROUND 530 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO ACROSS MEvIGS, GALLIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DRIFT OVER MASON COUNTY SO THAT BY 530 PM THEY SHOULD REACH THE EASTERN PART OF MASON COUNTY. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 520 PM EDT MON AUG 03 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 515 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH GALLIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF OHIO INTO GREENUP AND LEWIS COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS POSSIBLY OVER 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS, PREFERABLY IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPL@IANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:43 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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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.