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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 18, 1997Carroll County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT for Carroll 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 18, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1997, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 182215
FFWPIT
OHC019-190100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
615 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS IS CONTINUING
TO CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN CARROLL COUNTY. ROUTE 524 IS
EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY WAS REPORTED CLOSED.
 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT
IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TOv HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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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, Jun 18, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PAZ004-007>009-013-014-020>022-029-WVZ001>004-182205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
505 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
WARREN     FOREST     CLARION     VENANGO     MERCER
LAWRENCE   BUTLER     BEAVER      ALLEGHENY   WASHINGTON
ARMSTRONG

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
HANCOCK     BROOKE    OHIO    MARSHALL

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
REST OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

KANE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ004-007>009-013-014-020>022-029-WVZ001>004-182205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
505 PM EDT WED JUN 18 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
WARREN     FOREST     CLARION     VENANGO     MERCER
LAWRENCE   BUTLER     BEAVER      ALLEGHENY   WASHINGTON
ARMSTRONG

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
HANCOCK     BROOKE    OHIO    MARSHALL

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
REST OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL ST|ATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

KANE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Tuscarawas3 hr
Jun 18, 2:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana3 hr
Jun 18, 3:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll3 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.