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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

September 10, 1992Sussex County, New Jersey; Orange County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Orange County, New York. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Orange County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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 KNYC 110038 RRA
FFWNYC
NJC037-041-NYC071-110145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
836 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SUSSEX COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM EDT RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS IN WARREN AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY AND ORANGE COUNTY IN NEW YORK. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND PRODUCING
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
 
WIDESPREAD STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
 
USE EXTREME CAUTION.
 
SALERNO
 
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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 QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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, Sep 10, 5:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0508PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
06087    FILE 28   BROOME CO SO BINGHAMTON NY0030000  SEP 10-92
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): JUNE ST, NORTH ST, NY RT 26-TOWN OF
UNION; EDSON RD- TOWN OF MAINE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1620 HRS THIS DATE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES/WIRES DOWN, CHIMNEY BLOWN OVER ON
PRIVATE RESIDENCE NORTH ST AT S WILLIS AVE-TOWN OF UNION

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-2170

AUTH EMER MGR MICHAEL ASWAD                    CHELLIS      5-05 PM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 8:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	69 min
Sep 10, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 1992 Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1992 Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.