Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 1, 1997Coshocton County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 10:20 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1997, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Coshocton County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 020219
FFWPIT
OHC031-021500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1020 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

   ...COSHOCTON COUNTY.

THE MUSKINGUM RIVER AT COSHOCTON REMAINS A LITTLE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE
OF 13 FEET AND WIL REMAIN THAT WAY OVERNIGHT. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS MAY ALSO FLOOD DURING THE NIGHT AS RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA
FROM TIME TO TIME.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU GET
ANY INDICATION THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE APPROACHING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

TIME(EST)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0620 PM     COSHOCTON                OH    FLOODING
06/01/97    COSHOCTON                      COSHOCTON ON MUSKINGUM RIVER
                                           REACHED 13.08 FT. FLOOD STAGE
                                           IS 13 FT.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

TIME(EST)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0620 PM     COSHOCTON                OH    FLOODING
06/01/97    COSHOCTON                      COSHOCTON ON MUSKINGUM RIVER
                                           REACHED 13.08 FT. FLOOD STAGE
                                           IS 13 FT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana4 hr
Jun 2, 10:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton12 hr
Jun 2, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Monroe4 hr
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Noble4 hr
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum59 min
Jun 2, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum3 hr
Jun 2, 6:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble7 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.