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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

August 9, 1992Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT for Passaic County, New Jersey; Orange County, New York. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 1992, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 1992, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Passaic County, NJ, Orange County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 091711
FFWNYC
NJC027-031-037-041-NYC071-091815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
108 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
 
   ...MORRIS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...PASSAIC COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SUSSEX COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK TO WESTERN WARREN COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
STALKER

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, Aug 9, 9:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0914AM EDT SUN AUG 09 1992
KPSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
03093    FILE 28   PUTNAM COUNTY WARNING POINT  NYSEM3900    AUG 09-92
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: PUTNAM COUNTY

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):  TOWN OF CARMEL  ROUTE 6 / ROUTE 52
TOWN OF KENT  ROUTE 52
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: AUG 09-92  0900 HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NO DAMAGE REPORTED

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: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

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

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

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

REMARKS: DANGEROUS LIGHTENING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS BEING REPORTED IN
NORTH EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY

AUTH PHONE #: 914 225-4300

AUTH LIEUT WILLIAM SCHALLOCK                   HOSMER/0910

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Morris, Sussex, Warren	67 min
Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Orange	67 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.