Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1998, 3:18 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 13 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, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 301919 RRA FFWPIT OHC013-031-059-067-111-119-121-157- 019-029-081-010800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 318 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES... BELMONT...COSHOCTON...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...NOBLE...MONROE...MUSKINGU M...AND TUSCARAWAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES EXISTING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION A FLASH FOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING TIL 7PM FOR COLUMBIANA... CARROLL... AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. DONT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
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 30, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 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 WINDSLocal storm report, Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 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 COLUMBIANALocal storm report, Jun 30, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 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 ELocal storm report, Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 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 GUSTSLocal storm report, Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0224 PM COLUMBIANA OH WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 COLUMBIANA TREE DOWN.
0225 PM LISBON OH FLOODING
06/30/98 COLUMBIANA RT 30 ROAD FLOODING.
0232 PM EAST LIVERPOOL OH WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 COLUMBIANA TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM STRATTON OH WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 JEFFERSON BUILDING DAMAGED.
0245 PM SHIPPINGPORT PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 BEAVER 2 SE
0248 PM HOOKSTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 BEAVER 2 TREES DOWN.
0248 PM HOOKSTOWN PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 BEAVER
0254 PM PITTSBURGH INTL ARPT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY 62MH WINDS
0258 PM IMPERIAL PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO
HOMES
0258 PM IMPERIAL PA 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY
0259 PM PITTSBURGH PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY 60 MPH WINDS NORTH PARK
0305 PM PITTSBURGH PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY NORTH HILLS AREA
0305 PM PITTSBURGH PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY 55 MPH WINDS NORTH HILLS.
0308 PM BUTLER PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 BUTLER LARGE TREE DOWN RTE 68.
0310 PM PENN HILLS PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY 75 FOOT TREE RIPPED OUT OF
GROUND.
0313 PM OAKMONT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ALLEGHENY TREES DOWN. 60 MPH WINDS
0313 PM SARVER PA WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 BUTLER LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
WINDS 65 MPH.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, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| 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 | 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 |
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.