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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 27, 1998Coshocton County, Muskingum County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1998, 4:45 AM EDT for Coshocton County, 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 27, 1998, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Muskingum County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1124 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 270846
FFWPIT
OHC031-119-271200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
445 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.

* AT 440 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO
  MOVE INTO COSHOCTON AND MUSKINGUM COUNTIES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

MAJOR FLOODING IS LIKELY IN BOTH COUNTIES. SOME PARTS HAVE RECEIVED
4 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY AND MORE IS ON THE WAY. THESE CREEKS ARE
MOST IN JEOPARDY...BIG RUN...BLOUNT RUN...BLUNT RUN...STUMP RUN...
BRUSHY FORK...JUG RUN...AND ANDERSON RUN. THE SHERIFF IS JUST
BEGINNING TO GET CALLS ABOUT FLOODING.

IN COSHOCTON COUNTY...THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF IS MOST THREATENED BY
FLOODING. SOME MUDSLIDES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. THIS INDICATES THE
GROUND IS COMPLETELY SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL TURN
TO IMMEDIATE FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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 26, 11:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1152 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 PM    CALAIS                    OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   MONROE                         WILLS CREEK OUT OF BANKS
                                          AND ONTO ROUTE 379. OTHER
                                          TOWNSHIP ROADS FLOODED.

1140 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   NOBLE                          SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
                                          WATER
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1206 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    NEWCOMERSTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     STREET FLOODING

1000 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

1030 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY   OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1206 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    NEWCOMERSTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     STREET FLOODING

1000 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

1030 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY   OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1230 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

...CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT...
Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
345 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0322 AM     MORGANTOWN               WV    WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98    MONONGALIA                     3 TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
345 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  ....CITY LOCATION....     STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...
0322 AM     MORGANTOWN               WV    WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98    MONONGALIA                     3 TREES BLOWN DOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas3 hr
Jun 26, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe58 min
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton3 hr
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont3 hr
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont55 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum60 min
Jun 26, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey54 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe59 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble57 min
Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble3 hr
Jun 26, 11:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Tuscarawas5 hr
Jun 26, 11:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe4 hr
Jun 27, 2:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum2 hr
Jun 27, 7:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum5 hr
Jun 27, 8:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas2 hr
Jun 27, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe58 min
Jun 27, 9:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZTuscarawas2 hr
Jun 27, 11:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum2 hr
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton, Tuscarawas76 min
Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZTuscarawas40 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas4 hr
Jun 27, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana58 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum31 min
Jun 27, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZColumbiana60 min
Jun 27, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZHarrison73 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZTuscarawas31 min
Jun 27, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey58 min
Jun 27, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZHarrison4 hr
Jun 27, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll63 min
Jun 27, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton29 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum61 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble59 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana4 hr
Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum4 hr
Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZGuernsey27 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZNoble59 min
Jun 27, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe69 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.