Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1993, 5:06 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskingum County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 042107 FFWCMH OHC119-042215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 506 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...MUSKINGUM COUNTY AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST MUSKINGUM COUNTY NEAR OTSWEGO AND THE WILLS CREEK LAKE AND DAM AREA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMETIATELY AND GET AWAY FROM WILLS CREEK. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE 2AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. GROH
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 4, 4:30 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-042130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 430 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RAINELLE AND NEAR SPRING DALE IN GREENBRIER COUNTY...OVER ALDERSON...AND JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF UNION. ELSEWHERE...AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS APPROACHING AMHERSTDALE IN LOGAN COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MADISON IN BOONE COUNTY NORTH TO MARIETTA OHIO. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAN PRDUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AN OBSERVER AT ALDERSON REPORTED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. PERSONS LIVING NEAR HISTORICALLY FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AFTER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING APPEAR LIKELY. AS OF 425 PM...NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-042130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 430 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RAINELLE AND NEAR SPRING DALE IN GREENBRIER COUNTY...OVER ALDERSON...AND JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF UNION. ELSEWHERE...AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS APPROACHING AMHERSTDALE IN LOGAN COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MADISON IN BOONE COUNTY NORTH TO MARIETTA OHIO. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAN PRDUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AN OBSERVER AT ALDERSON REPORTED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. PERSONS LIVING NEAR HISTORICALLY FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AFTER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING APPEAR LIKELY. AS OF 425 PM...NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/BURRUS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:50 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 AT 440PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WOOD...NORTHERN JACKSON...ROANE...KANAWHA...WESTERN CLAY...LINCOLN...AND NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE AFFECTING AREAS SUCH AS RIPLEY...SPENCER...CHARLESTON...MADISON...AND HAMLIN AS THEY MOVED SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WIRT...CALHOUN...WESTERN RITCHIE...CLAY... WESTERN NICHOLAS...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 6PM. THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. WITH SUCH A SLOW MOVEMENT...THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...CAUSING POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING THE STORMS INTO THIS EVENING. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS GILMER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES... AND ACROSS NORTHERN SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...AND TV INTO THIS EVENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:55 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 AT 440PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WOOD...NORTHERN JACKSON...ROANE...KANAWHA...WESTERN CLAY...LINCOLN...AND NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE AFFECTING AREAS SUCH AS RIPLEY...SPENCER...CHARLESTON...MADISON...AND HAMLIN AS THEY MOVED SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WIRT...CALHOUN...WESTERN RITCHIE...CLAY... WESTERN NICHOLAS...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 6PM. THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. WITH SUCH A SLOW MOVEMENT...THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...CAUSING POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING THE STORMS INTO THIS EVENING. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS GILMER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES... AND ACROSS NORTHERN SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...AND TV INTO THIS EVENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:00 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-042200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
500 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993
....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE TRI STATE....
AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS LOCATED IN BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL CROSS WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING MAY ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.
PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WRATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMDNTS.
END/SMITHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 5:01 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-042200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
500 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993
....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE TRI STATE....
AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS LOCATED IN BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL CROSS WAYNE AND CABELL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING MAY ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.
PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY TUNED *TO NOAA WRATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMDNTS.
END/SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 69 min |
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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.