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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

May 3, 1998Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1998, 3:50 AM EDT for Coshocton County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 7 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
May 3, 1998, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1998, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1998-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIT 030751
FFWPIT
OHC031-059-111-119-121-157-031500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
350 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COSHOCTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT SUNDAY

* NUMEROUS COUNTY AND STATE ROADS REMAIN FLOODED IN THE WARNING AREA
  DUE TO HIGH WATER RESULTING FROM STREAM AND CREEK OVERFLOW AS A
  RESULT OF HEAVY RAINS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. 

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!  BE EXTRA 
CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS...AS WATER ON 
ROADWAYS IS MORE DIFFICULT TO DETECT.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER 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, May 2, 11:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1105 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1998

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

820 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   TUSCARAWAS                     SR39W NEAR DOVER SR258
                                          BETWEEN STILLWATER AND
                                          WESTCHESTER CR105 NORTH
                                          OF SANDYVILLE ALL CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER.

835 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   COSHOCTON                      NUMEROUS ROADS PARTIALLY
                                          FLOODED BUT PASSABLE
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

840 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   MUSKINGUM                      SR16 DOWN TO ONE LANE
                                          DEAN COX DRIVE AND MCGLADE
                                          SCHOOL ROAD BOTH CLOSED.
845 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   GUERNSEY                       WIDESPREAD LOW-LAND
                                          FLOODING REPORTED.  SR821
                                          BETWEEN PLEASANT CITY AND
                                          BYESVILLE CLOSED.

850 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   NOBLE                          NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED BY
                                          HIGH WATER INCLUDINE
                                          SR285, SR564, SR260,
                                          SR146, SR147, AND SR821.

855 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   MONROE                         SR145 1/2 MILE FROM
                                          INTERSECTION OF SR260
                                          CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Local storm report, May 2, 11:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
1105 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1998

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

820 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   TUSCARAWAS                     SR39W NEAR DOVER SR258
                                          BETWEEN STILLWATER AND
                                          WESTCHESTER CR105 NORTH
                                          OF SANDYVILLE ALL CLOSED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER.

835 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   COSHOCTON                      NUMEROUS ROADS PARTIALLY
                                          FLOODED BUT PASSABLE
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

840 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   MUSKINGUM                      SR16 DOWN TO ONE LANE
                                          DEAN COX DRIVE AND MCGLADE
                                          SCHOOL ROAD BOTH CLOSED.
845 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   GUERNSEY                       WIDESPREAD LOW-LAND
                                          FLOODING REPORTED.  SR821
                                          BETWEEN PLEASANT CITY AND
                                          BYESVILLE CLOSED.

850 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   NOBLE                          NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED BY
                                          HIGH WATER INCLUDINE
                                          SR285, SR564, SR260,
                                          SR146, SR147, AND SR821.

855 PM                               OH   FLOODING
05/02/98   MONROE                         SR145 1/2 MILE FROM
                                          INTERSECTION OF SR260
                                          CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas8 hr
May 3, 3:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble7 hr
May 3, 10:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble5 hr
May 3, 10:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton70 min
May 3, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe7 hr
May 3, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZNoble5 hr

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.