Flash Flood in Ohio, January 2, 2006

Name: Flash Flood in Ohio, January 2, 2006
Start: 2006-01-02T20:37
End: 2006-01-02T22:45
Location: Ohio

January 2, 2006 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 2, 2:54 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:54 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
254 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
-TSRA WL CONT TO THREATEN THE SWRN CORNER OF THE CNTY WARNING
AREA...BUT HAVE BEEN FADING QUICKLY UPON CONTACT WITH COOLER/MORE
STABLE AIR N OF THE WARM FRONT.  LOW PRESSURE MOVG GENLY ALNG I70 WL
MOV OVR THE CNTY WRNG AREA BY TUE MRNG.  OMEGA FIELD/MID LVL MSTR
PROG SUGGEST THAT MORE SIGNIFICANT PCPN WL SHIFT E OF THE AREA
TNGT...SO NO FFA AFTR TDAS PRIMING...BUT ISOLD AREAS HAVE RECEIVED
AN INCH AND WL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.
OTHERWISE WL MAINTAIN CATEGORICAL POPS INTO THE EVE...WITH GRADUAL
REDUCTION TO CHC/SCT ACTIVITY FOR TUE.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
AT H5...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WE REMAIN IN A MILD WESTERLY
FLOW. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY RIDGE BUILDS ALONG THE WEST
COAST PUTTING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY IN COLDER, MORE
SEASONAL TEMPS, NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. BY SUNDAY UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS
BACK TO A MILD ZONAL FLOW. IN THE MILD ZONAL FLOW, PCPN TYPE WILL BE
GENERALLY LIQUID AND IN THE COLDER NORTHWEST FLOW, PCPN TYPE WILL
BE FROZEN. ATTM NO LARGE STORMS ARE FORECAST, BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE
QUICKLY FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT.

&&

.AVIATION...
ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN IFR CONDITIONS WL BE BRIEF AND LOCALIZED AS WARM
FRONT LIFT OVR THE CNTY WRNG AREA TDA IN ADVN OF LOW PROGGED TO MOV
EWD GENLY ALNG I70 THRU TUE.  SOME TSRA THREAT WL CONT TDA...BUT WL
ONLY GO WITH MENTION OF SRN PORTS...ZZV AND MGW...WHICH ARE JUST N
OF THE WARM FRONT AS OF 17Z.  WITH ASCENT GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
TNGT...HAVE BACK OFF THE RAFALL...BUT MAINTAINED IFR CONDITIONS AT
MOST PORTS THRU EARLY TUE WITH SATURATED LLVLS ALNG TRACK OF THE
LOW.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069 UNTIL
     MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
PA...NONE.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001>004 UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 3:46 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
346 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-
020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-032100-
GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-
VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-
ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-
FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
PRESTON-TUCKER-
346 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DUE TO THE CONTINUOUS RAIN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO
AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 2, 6:02 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
602 PM EST MON JAN 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0408 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SHADYSIDE               39.97N 80.75W
01/02/2006                   BELMONT            OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY ROAD 54 FLOODED BY PIPE CREEK. BY 445 PM, MUD

            SLIDE BLOCKED CRUISER ROAD. FLOODING SUBSIDED AFTER 6 PM.

0430 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BATESVILLE              39.91N 81.28W
01/02/2006                   NOBLE              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 ROAD FLOODED IN NORTHEAST NOBLE COUNTY, SOMEWHERE NEAR
            BATESVILLE. SUBSIDED AFTER 530 PM.

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW SENECAVILLE        39.90N 81.50W
01/02/2006                   GUERNSEY           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 ROAD FLOODED IN BUFFALO. RECEDED AFTER 6 PM.

&&

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The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Harrison

When: January 2, 8:37 PM EST to 10:45 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Bowerston
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.433, -81.183

Route 151 flooded.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, January 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5486700.