Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 1993, 8:01 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 1993, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1993, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 KCAK 250002 FFWCAK OHC167-250100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 801 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 758 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH THIS STORM WILL CAUSE URBAN STREET FLOODING. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 24, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ004-007-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 602 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 6 PM SHOWED LARGE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARRISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER AT STILLWATER IN SOUTHEAST TUSCARAWAS COUNTY AT 515 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED A LITTLE BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM WHEELING TO EAST LIVERPOOL BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NIBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
OHZ004-007-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 602 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 6 PM SHOWED LARGE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARRISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER AT STILLWATER IN SOUTHEAST TUSCARAWAS COUNTY AT 515 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED A LITTLE BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM WHEELING TO EAST LIVERPOOL BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NIBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:05 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZ004-007-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 705 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. RADAR AT 7 PM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER BELMONT COUNTY NEAR SAINT CLAIRSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA AT 20 MPH. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO...FROM ATHENS AND POMEROY WEST TO CHILLICOTHE. SOME OF THOSE STORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL COULD FALL FROM THE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NIBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:07 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
OHZ004-007-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 705 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. RADAR AT 7 PM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER BELMONT COUNTY NEAR SAINT CLAIRSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA AT 20 MPH. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO...FROM ATHENS AND POMEROY WEST TO CHILLICOTHE. SOME OF THOSE STORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIBL COULD FALL FROM THE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NIBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ004-007-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 750 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. RADAR AT 745 PM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON AND ATHENS COUNTIES. MARIETTA AND BELPRE WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWING MAY ALSO HAVE DOWNPOURS AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS THIS EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL COULD FALL FROM THIS STORM. URBAN STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS. NIBERT NIBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ004-007-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 750 PM EDT TUE AUG 24 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. RADAR AT 745 PM SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON AND ATHENS COUNTIES. MARIETTA AND BELPRE WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWING MAY ALSO HAVE DOWNPOURS AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS THIS EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL COULD FALL FROM THIS STORM. URBAN STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS. NIBERT NIBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 59 min |
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.