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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 2, 1997Muskingum County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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 2, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Muskingum County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 022127
FFWPIT
OHC119-030000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
527 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MUSKINGUM COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTIES.
TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE ZANESVILLE...SOUTH ZANESVILLE...FULTONHAM...
PHILO...MIRAM...AND BLUE ROCK STATE PARK.
 
POOR DRAINAGE...LOWLAND...AND STREET FLOODING ARE IS ALSO LIKELY.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTERSTATE 70 AND ROUTES 60 AND 22 SHOULD EXPECT
PONDING AND ROADWAY FLOODING.
 
MORE HEAVY RAIN COULD MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
 
...SAFETY TIPS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton13 hr
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, 6:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.