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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

January 8, 1998Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 4:09 AM EST for 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
Jan 8, 1998, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1998, 11:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscarawas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1998-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 1998-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 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 080910
FFWPIT
OHC013-031-059-067-119-121-157-081600-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
409 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS EXTENDED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...BELMONT COUNTY...COSHOCTON COUNTY...GUERNSEY COUNTY
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...MUSKINGUM COUNTY...NOBLE COUNTY
   ...TUSCARAWAS COUNTY
 
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. WATER FROM THESE STREAMS AND CREEKS CLOSED
MANY ROADS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME ROADS STILL REMAIN COVERED BY HIGH
WATER.
 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT
IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES TO THE FLOODING SITUATION.
 
RHD/ROR/RWH/RRR

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, Jan 7, 11:55 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1155 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

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

0745 PM    ROSEVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   MUSKINGUM                      SOME STREAMS OUT ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. MANY ROADS
                                          CLOSED OR FLOODED NEAR
                                          ROSEVILLE. SR 208 BETWEEN
                                          ADAMSVILLE AND DRESDEN
                                          CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDES.
                                          SR 16 NEAR ADAMS MILLS FLOODED
                                          ROSEVILLE STORM TOTAL 2.50
                                          INCHES

0900 PM    WILLOWBROOK               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   COSHOCTON                      COUNTY ROAD 6 ALONG MILL
                                          FORK WAS FLOODED. MINOR
                                          STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT
                                          COUNTY.

0935 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   GUERNSEY                       SOME FLOODING REPORTED ON
                                          COUNTY ROADS

0940 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   TUSCARAWAS                     SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED
                                          COUNTY-WIDE

1030 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   MONROE                         SEVERAL ROADS AND SMALL
                                          STREAMS FLOODED. STATE
                                          ROUTE 78 1 LANE CLOSED.
                                          STATE ROUTE 379 FLOODED.

1030 PM    2 N WELLSVILLE            OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   COLUMBIANA                     SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
                                          WATER ON ROADS. A TREE WAS
                                          WASHED OUT AND ACROSS A
                                          ROAD JUST NORTH OF
                                          WELLSVILLE.

1040 PM    HUNDRED                   WV   FLOODING
01/07/98   WETZEL                         CREEK OUT ALONG ROUTE 69
                                          NEAR HUNDRED.

1120 PM    HOPEDALE                  OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   HARRISON                       HIGH WATER ONTO ROSE
                                          VALLEY ROAD NEAR HOPEDALE

1120 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   CARROLL                        SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED. ONE WITH 6 TO 7
                                          FEET DEPTH OF WATER.

1125 PM    RAYLAND                   OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   JEFFERSON                      COUNTY ROAD 15 NEAR ROUTE 150
                                          FLOODED NEAR RAYLAND.

MURPHY
Local storm report, Jan 7, 11:55 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1155 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

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

0745 PM    ROSEVILLE                 OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   MUSKINGUM                      SOME STREAMS OUT ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. MANY ROADS
                                          CLOSED OR FLOODED NEAR
                                          ROSEVILLE. SR 208 BETWEEN
                                          ADAMSVILLE AND DRESDEN
                                          CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDES.
                                          SR 16 NEAR ADAMS MILLS FLOODED
                                          ROSEVILLE STORM TOTAL 2.50
                                          INCHES

0900 PM    WILLOWBROOK               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   COSHOCTON                      COUNTY ROAD 6 ALONG MILL
                                          FORK WAS FLOODED. MINOR
                                          STREAM FLOODING THROUGHOUT
                                          COUNTY.

0935 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   GUERNSEY                       SOME FLOODING REPORTED ON
                                          COUNTY ROADS

0940 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   TUSCARAWAS                     SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED
                                          COUNTY-WIDE

1030 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   MONROE                         SEVERAL ROADS AND SMALL
                                          STREAMS FLOODED. STATE
                                          ROUTE 78 1 LANE CLOSED.
                                          STATE ROUTE 379 FLOODED.

1030 PM    2 N WELLSVILLE            OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   COLUMBIANA                     SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
                                          WATER ON ROADS. A TREE WAS
                                          WASHED OUT AND ACROSS A
                                          ROAD JUST NORTH OF
                                          WELLSVILLE.

1040 PM    HUNDRED                   WV   FLOODING
01/07/98   WETZEL                         CREEK OUT ALONG ROUTE 69
                                          NEAR HUNDRED.

1120 PM    HOPEDALE                  OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   HARRISON                       HIGH WATER ONTO ROSE
                                          VALLEY ROAD NEAR HOPEDALE

1120 PM    COUNTY-WIDE               OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   CARROLL                        SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED. ONE WITH 6 TO 7
                                          FEET DEPTH OF WATER.

1125 PM    RAYLAND                   OH   FLOODING
01/07/98   JEFFERSON                      COUNTY ROAD 15 NEAR ROUTE 150
                                          FLOODED NEAR RAYLAND.

MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 7:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas8 hr
Jan 7, 7:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum, Noble8 hr
Jan 7, 9:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison7 hr
Jan 7, 9:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Monroe7 hr
Jan 7, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana, Jefferson5 hr
Jan 8, 4:09 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble7 hr
Jan 8, 4:09 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison7 hr
Jan 8, 4:49 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Jefferson6 hr
Jan 8, 10:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZGuernsey, Muskingum3 hr
Jan 8, 10:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPBZJefferson3 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.