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Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 30, 1998Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio; Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1998, 2:19 PM EDT for Carroll County, Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Ohio; Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 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 30, 1998, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Hancock County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 301818
FFWPIT
OHC019-029-081-PAC019-WVC029-302218-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
219 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
  CARROLL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.
  COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.
  JEFFERSON COUNTY OH IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 215 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ALL OF COLUMBIANA AND NORTHERN
  CARROLL COUNTIES. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...
  BRINGING STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS..

<<CALL TO ACTION>>DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD!

.END/DAVIS

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 30, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-302000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPATED
WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1105 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING AND WILL BRING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE FLOODING IS ONGOING...AS IN EAST
CENTRAL OHIO...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. WHERE
SOILS REMAIN SATURATED...HEAVY RAINS COULD INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING. SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM THIS
AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF EAST
CENTRAL OHIO.

SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END.

FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER xINFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE AT:

WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-302000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPATED
WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1105 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING AND WILL BRING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE FLOODING IS ONGOING...AS IN EAST
CENTRAL OHIO...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. WHERE
SOILS REMAIN SATURATED...HEAVY RAINS COULD INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING. SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM THIS
AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF EAST
CENTRAL OHIO.

SKYWARN AND HAM RADIO ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END.

FOR THE LATEST UP TO DATE WEATHER xINFORMATION LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PITTSBURGH WEB SITE AT:

WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT

Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:58 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
158 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0156 PM    1 S MINERVA               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   CARROLL                        60MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
205 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0155 PM    SALEM                     OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:11 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
211 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0211 PM    NEW GARDEN                OH   1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     2 E

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
214 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0213 PM    SUMMITVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     60 MPH GUSTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	57 min
Jun 29, 9:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	32 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson	72 min
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	12 hr
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	12 hr
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	12 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble	5 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	5 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	5 hr
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	57 min
Jun 30, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	61 min
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	59 min
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas	13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	13 hr
Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Jefferson	42 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll, Tuscarawas	58 min
Jun 30, 1:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel	10 hr
Jun 30, 3:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	5 hr
Jun 30, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	58 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1998 Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998 Every 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.