Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
710 PM EDT THU SEP 03 1992

...LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF MORRIS...PASSAIC...
AND BERGEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ACROSS ROCKLAND AND
WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.

BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING RAIN GAGES AND SPOTTER REPORTS IN
THESE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE COUNTIES IN URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING TONIGHT AND TO AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS...THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON MOST ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THESE
COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINS
ARE MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS AND IN SOME LOCALITIES THEY HAVE
RECEIVED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS
NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHOULD BE CONCERNED FOR FLOODING ALONG
THE SAW MILL RIVER AND BRONX RIVER PARKWAYS...RAIN GAGES AND SPOTTER
REPORTS IN THIS AREA INDICATE ALMOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 615 THIS
EVENING.

AT 645 THIS EVENING THE WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN CELLS WERE LOCATED IN PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTIES IN NEW
JERSEY AND ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN NEW YORK. RESIDENTS IN
PUTNAM COUNTY CAN EXPECT THESE HEAVY RAIZN CELLS TO MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THEIR COUNTY BY 715 THIS EVENING.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

CAROPOLO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
745 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992

...FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM...
...FLOOD WARNING FOR BERGEN COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM...
...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 900 PM EDT...

A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED
FROM NEW ROCHELLE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY INTO MOST OF BERGEN COUNTY...SOUTHEAST PASSAIC
COUNTY AND CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY AS FAR WEST AS DOVER.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  WHILE THE HEAVIER
RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS PASSAIC AND MORRIS
COUNTIES...IT COULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO OVER SOUTHERN
BERGEN AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR NEW HAVEN AND NORWALK
CONNECTICUT AND JUST NORTH OF SEA ISLAND CITY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

LIGHTER SHOWERS AND WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MOST OF THE REST
OF CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK CITY...WESTERN LONG ISLAND...COASTAL
SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND FROM ALBANY SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE
DELAWARE COUNTY CATSKILLS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE THE WATER/S DEPTH.  PLEASE
BE WARY WHEN DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAY IF THE WATER LEVEL IS HIGHER
THAN TWO FEET.  YOU CAN GET SWEPT ArWAY INTO DEEPER WATER.

GIGI

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
815 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON'S SEVERE WX EVENT

TIME (EDT)      COUNTY           LOCATION                EVENT
----------    -----------  ---------------------  ---------------------
620 PM        WESTCHESTER       SCARSDALE         POSSIBLE TORNADO
                                                  REPORTS OF DOWNED
                                                  TREES AND ROOF DAMAGE

DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE SITE TOMORROW TO DETERMINE
IF DAMAGE WAS DONE BY A TORNADO OR STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS.

GIGI

CTZ002-004-005-040030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
830 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT THIS EVENING...

AT 820 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT EXTENDING FROM THE HAMDEN/NEW HAVEN AREA...SOUTHWEST TO
BRIDGEPORT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH THE
BULK OF THE HEAVY RAINS NOW OUT OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND.

IN JUST TWO HOURS...NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN /1.80/ HAD FALLEN
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT...LEADING TO A FAIR AND
PLEASANT LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
BINGHAM

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  CORRECTED HEADER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
840 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT THIS EVENING...

AT 820 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT EXTENDING FROM THE HAMDEN/NEW HAVEN AREA...SOUTHWEST TO
BRIDGEPORT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH THE
BULK OF THE HEAVY RAINS NOW OUT OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND.

IN JUST TWO HOURS...NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN /1.80/ HAD FALLEN
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT...LEADING TO A FAIR AND
PLEASANT LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
BINGHAM

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-040200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
845 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992

...FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM...
...FLOOD WARNING FOR BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM...
...PLEASE DO NOT USE AFTER 1000 PM EDT...

THE NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR
SEVERAL HOURS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY WAS
CURRENTLY EXITING EASTERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEAR WHITE PLAINS. IT
EXTENDED EASTNORTHEAST ALONG ALL OF COASTAL CONNECTICUT FROM GREENWICH
TO NEW HAVEN.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONNECTICUT AND OVER THE ATLANTIC JUST SOUTHEAST
OF ATLANTIC CITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN PROGRESS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
THE LOCAL NEW YORK CITY AREA...ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
LONG ISLAND...LONG ISLAND SOUND AND MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SOUTH
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

MOVEMENT WAS EASTNORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED OVER AREAS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
EXPERIENCING FLOODING...IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR SOME STREAMS TO
RECEDE WITHIN THEIR BANKS AND FOR ROADWAY PONDING TO LESSON.  PLEASE
AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS IF YOU MUST DRIVE AND DO NOT CROSS ANY
FLOODED ROADWAY UNLESS YOUR ARE SURE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER IS LESS
THAN TWO FEET.

GIGI