Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1993, 8:26 AM EST for Guernsey County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 1993, 8:26 AM EST (13:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 1993, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guernsey County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 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 041328 FFWCAK OHC059-041530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 826 AM EST THU MAR 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...GUERNSEY COUNTY THE GUERNSEY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE RUNNING HIGH. ALSO THAT WATER WAS LIKELY COVERING SOME ROADWAYS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF PLEASANT CITY AND CUMBERLAND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEP TH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IK
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, Mar 4, 5:36 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
OHZALL-041530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 535 AM EST THU MAR 4 1993 A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO. THE WARNING IS VALID FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO...THE WARNING IS FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. EARLY THIS MORNING...RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MUCH OF OHIO. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY COOL THROUGHOUT TODAY WHICH WILL CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW OVER NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE BY THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE TONIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 30S OVER THE NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 40S FAR SOUTH. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BY EVENING OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY STATEWIDE. BY FRIDAY EVENING...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN OHIO WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE...1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE A SLOWLY EVOLVING STORM SYSTEM. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW AND THEN ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS ...IT SHOULD LAST QUITE A WHILE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES IN THE WEST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY FROM 30 TO 35. WET SNOW IS LIKELY...SO AT LEAST INITIALLY IT SHOULD MELT ON THE HIGHWAYS. HOWEVER BY LATE TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DIP BELOW FREEZING ALLOWING THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE MORE READILY ON THE ROADS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVELING IN OHIO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND PLAN ON SOME EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. EARLY THIS MORNING...A COMPLEX LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS AFFECTING THE EASTERN STATES SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND AND ALSO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. LOW PRESSURE AREAS WERE OVER KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CAROLINA. BY FRIDAY MORNING...THE LOWS SHOULD BE LOCATED OVER EASTERN OHIO AND NEW JERSEY. THESE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOMORROW. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 7:31 AM EST, 55 minutes before
OHZALL-041530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 AM EST THU MAR 4 1993 A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO. THE WARNING IS VALID FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO...THE WARNING IS FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 730 AM...RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MUCH OF OHIO. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 30S OVER THE NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES TO THE MIDDLE 40S OVER THE FAR SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY COOL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT SHOULD BECOME COLD ENOUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BY EVENING OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY STATEWIDE. BY FRIDAY EVENING...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN OHIO WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE...1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE A SLOWLY EVOLVING STORM SYSTEM. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW AND THEN ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS ...IT SHOULD LAST QUITE A WHILE. THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL BE OF THE WET VARIETY. THEREFORE...AT LEAST INITIALLY IT SHOULD MELT ON THE HIGHWAYS. HOWEVER BY LATE TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DIP BELOW FREEZING ALLOWING THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE MORE READILY ON THE ROADS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVELING IN OHIO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND PLAN ON SOME EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. EARLY THIS MORNING...A COMPLEX LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS AFFECTING THE EASTERN STATES SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND AND ALSO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST.t A LARGE LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OHIO TONIGHT AND MOVE SLOWLY INTO PENNSYLVANIA ON FRIDAY. GABRIC
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.