Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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.
- 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
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. &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 3 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.