Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1997, 6:57 AM EDT for Columbiana 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 3, 1997, 6:57 AM EDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1997, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 KPIT 031055 FFWPIT OHC029-031400- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 657 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS HAS RESULTED IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY. AT 645 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN OVER WESTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED ON SANDY CREEK...EAST OF MINERVA AND ALONG CONSER RUN...NEAR EAST ROCHESTER. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. N DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. PM
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 3, 12:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1252 AM EDT MON JUN 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1220 AM LEWISVILLE OH FLOODING
06/03/97 MONROE STATE ROUTE 78 CLOSED.
1220 AM GRAYSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/03/97 MONROE STATE ROUTE 26 CLOSED.
1220 AM RINARD MILLS OH FLOODING
06/03/97 MONROE STATE ROUTE 26 CLOSED.
1228 AM CARLISLE OH FLOODING
06/03/97 NOBLE INTERSECTION OF RTES 724
AND 260 CLOSED.
1228 AM AVA OH FLOODING
06/03/97 NOBLE STATE ROUTE 821 AND COUNTY
H ROAD 12 CLOSED.
1228 AM CALDWELL OH FLOODING
06/03/97 NOBLE STATE ROUTE 215 CLOSED
NEAR BELLE VALLEY.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 555 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNLIKELY TODAY BUT RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH FOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY TODAY. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY MOIST AND MAY LEAD TO SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL IS GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. IF HEAVY RAINS FOCUS OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...FLOODING COULD RESULT. THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED TWO INCHES OVER MANY AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED IN THIS REGION AND ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN TODAY COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL FLOOD IF MORE THAN SIX TENTHS /0.60/ OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLS IN ONE HOUR...ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES /1.25/ IN THREE HOURS...OR TWO INCHES /2.00/ IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS. EASTERLY WINDS OFF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE MOUNTAINS ARE HELPING TO LIFT THIS MOISTURE INTO AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW...RESULTING IN AREAS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY IF THE HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP. MANUEL
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 555 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNLIKELY TODAY BUT RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH FOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY TODAY. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY MOIST AND MAY LEAD TO SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL IS GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. IF HEAVY RAINS FOCUS OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...FLOODING COULD RESULT. THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED TWO INCHES OVER MANY AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED IN THIS REGION AND ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN TODAY COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL FLOOD IF MORE THAN SIX TENTHS /0.60/ OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLS IN ONE HOUR...ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES /1.25/ IN THREE HOURS...OR TWO INCHES /2.00/ IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS. EASTERLY WINDS OFF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE MOUNTAINS ARE HELPING TO LIFT THIS MOISTURE INTO AREAS OF RAIN SHOWERS. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW...RESULTING IN AREAS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY IF THE HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP. MANUEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 23 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 8 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.