Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1998, 8:05 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 8 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 28, 1998, 8:05 AM EDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 4:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 281206 FFWPIT OHC031-059-111-119-121-282006- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 805 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. MONROE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. * UNTIL 408 PM EDT. * RAINFALL THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS EXCEEDED 5 INCHES IN MANY OF THESE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. * EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES. AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROAD CLOSURES. THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF MUSKINGUM WAS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! .END/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 28, 3:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
340 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MONROE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
1000-1030PM
1020 AM CAMERON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MONROE 3 TREES DOWN
1030 AM GNADENHUTTEN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 36 FLOODED
1130 AM 1 E NEWCOMERSTOWN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 258 FLOODED
0220 PM IMPERIAL PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY STREAMS OUT OF BANKS
0230 PM 2 NE IMPERIAL PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY MC CLAREN RUN OUT OF ITS
BANKS
0945 PM PHILO OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MUSKINGUM MANY TREES DOWN. GARAGE
BLOWN DOWN.
POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF.
1110 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
06/27/98 MARSHALL BASEMENTS FLOODED
0230 AM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 BELMONT STREAMS AND CREEK OUT OF
BANKS COUNTYWIDE. SOME
ROADS CLOSED.
0240 AM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
06/28/98 MARSHALL FLOODING ONTO ROAD NEXT TO
BIG GRAVE CREEK
0320 AM SHADYSIDE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 BELMONT WEGEE AND PIPE CREEKS OUT
OF THEIR BANKS. MINOR
FLOODING REPORTED.
0320 AM MAYNARD OH FLOODING
06/28/98 HARRISON COUNTY ROAD 56 AT US 250
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Jun 28, 3:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
340 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MONROE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
1000-1030PM
1020 AM CAMERON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MONROE 3 TREES DOWN
1030 AM GNADENHUTTEN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 36 FLOODED
1130 AM 1 E NEWCOMERSTOWN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 258 FLOODED
0220 PM IMPERIAL PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY STREAMS OUT OF BANKS
0230 PM 2 NE IMPERIAL PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY MC CLAREN RUN OUT OF ITS
BANKS
0945 PM PHILO OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MUSKINGUM MANY TREES DOWN. GARAGE
BLOWN DOWN.
POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF.
1110 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
06/27/98 MARSHALL BASEMENTS FLOODED
0230 AM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 BELMONT STREAMS AND CREEK OUT OF
BANKS COUNTYWIDE. SOME
ROADS CLOSED.
0240 AM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
06/28/98 MARSHALL FLOODING ONTO ROAD NEXT TO
BIG GRAVE CREEK
0320 AM SHADYSIDE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 BELMONT WEGEE AND PIPE CREEKS OUT
OF THEIR BANKS. MINOR
FLOODING REPORTED.
0320 AM MAYNARD OH FLOODING
06/28/98 HARRISON COUNTY ROAD 56 AT US 250
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Jun 28, 6:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
613 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(EDT) ....CITY LOCATION.... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION...
0600 AM CHAMBERSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MUSKINGUM CREEKS FLOODING AT
CHAMBERSVILLE AND
CANNELVILLE.Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
613 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998
TIME(EDT) ....CITY LOCATION.... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION...
0600 AM CHAMBERSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/28/98 MUSKINGUM CREEKS FLOODING AT
CHAMBERSVILLE AND
CANNELVILLE.Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-281600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 620 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. FLASH FLOODING IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF PITTSBURGH THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ZANESVILLE... MORGANTOWN AND WHEELING. THESE AREAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON SATURDAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE IN OHIO...WITH STORMS EFFECTING AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF ZANESVILLE. THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND FAR WESTERN MARYLAND WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN THE ZANESVILLE AREA NEED TO PHONE IN YOUR RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LAST NIGHT. ALSO CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO HAS HAD 5 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS WEEKEND. SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AGAIN TODAY. FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE. CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT MANUEL
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-281600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 620 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 1998 THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. FLASH FLOODING IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF PITTSBURGH THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ZANESVILLE... MORGANTOWN AND WHEELING. THESE AREAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON SATURDAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE IN OHIO...WITH STORMS EFFECTING AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF ZANESVILLE. THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND FAR WESTERN MARYLAND WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN THE ZANESVILLE AREA NEED TO PHONE IN YOUR RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LAST NIGHT. ALSO CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO HAS HAD 5 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS WEEKEND. SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AGAIN TODAY. FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE. CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT MANUEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 75 min |
| Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 75 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Noble | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 56 min |
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.