Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1993, 11:43 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 020344 FFWCAK OHC031-059-075-020645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1143 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COSHOCTON COUNTY...GUERNSEY COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY HEAVY RAINS THTA DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL OHIO WERE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. RADAR AT AT 1135 INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO MANSFIELD. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE WARNING AREA UINTIL ABOUT 3 AM FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND CAN BE EXPECTED AND SOME SMALL STREAMS COULD BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RLB
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 1, 5:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
OHZALL-012250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 A TORNADA WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CINCINNATI...IRONTON AND PORTSMOUTH. AT 545 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POTENTIAL TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...QUICKLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. PLAN NOW DURING THE WATCH...THEN YOU WILL BE PREPARED IN THE CASE OF A WARNING. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO...THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN COULD BRING LOCALIZED FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO A FLOODED AREA. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR TO A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
OHZALL-012250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 A TORNADA WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CINCINNATI...IRONTON AND PORTSMOUTH. AT 545 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POTENTIAL TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...QUICKLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. PLAN NOW DURING THE WATCH...THEN YOU WILL BE PREPARED IN THE CASE OF A WARNING. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO...THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN COULD BRING LOCALIZED FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO A FLOODED AREA. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR TO A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST zWEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
OHZALL-020055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 755 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 A PORTION OF THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE IRONTON AND PORTSMOUTH. AT 750 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE PORTSMOUTH AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POTENTIAL TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...QUICKLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. PLAN NOW DURING THE WATCH...THEN YOU WILL BE PREPARED IN THE CASE OF A WARNING. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO...THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN COULD BRING LOCALIZED FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO OCCUR. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO A FLOODED AREA. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR TO A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZALL-020155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 855 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN...AUGLAIZE...DARKE...HARDIN...LOGAN ...MERCER AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1115 PM EDT. AT 850 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO WHILE NOT SEVERE...DID CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND THEIR HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS ACROSS OHIO...THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...THUS INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO A FLOODED AREA. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR TO A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZALL-020155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 855 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN...AUGLAIZE...DARKE...HARDIN...LOGAN ...MERCER AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1115 PM EDT. AT 850 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO WHILE NOT SEVERE...DID CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND THEIR HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS ACROSS OHIO...THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...THUS INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO A FLOODED AREA. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR TO A LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Guernsey | 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.