Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 7, 1990, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 1990, 7:10 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Westchester County, NY

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
455 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 1990...CORRECTION FOR TYPOS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
      WESTCHESTER

OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAINFALLS HAVE PUSHED THE SAW MILL AND
HUTCHINSON RIVERS OVER THEIR BANKFULLS AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY
FLOODING THEIR ADJACENT PARKWAYS.

THE SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
IN THORNWOOD.  THE HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY WAS CLOSED IN
THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION FROM THE MAMARONECK CONSTRUCTION AREA
NORTH TO NORTH STREET IN HARRISON WHILE IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED
ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE BETWEEN THOSE AREAS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS STILL DETECTING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...SO SOME ADDITIONAL URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

COMMUTERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR THE MORNING
RUSH HOUR.

GIGI

In the hours before

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BULLETIN...
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
345 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 1990

...A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR THE
NORTHERN HALF OF NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS PRODUCED AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF
THE METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.   NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS WERE STILL DETECTING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
IN PROGRESS IN THE LOCAL NEW YORK CITY AREA. ADDITIONALLY...
ANOTHER ORGANIZED AREA OF CONVECTION WAS STILL SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY
AND SEEMS DESTINED TO PASS ACROSS EASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED INTO THE MORNING FOR THE
POSSIBLE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD
KEEP A WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS AND LEAVE EXTRA TIMEJ FOR THIS MORNING/S COMMUTE.

THE FRONT THAT IS STALLED ALONG THE COAST IS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE
AREA AND PROVIDE UNSETTLED WEATHER INTO THE MIDWEEK PERIOD.

A FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 AM THIS MORNING.

GIGI

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.