Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1992, 2:43 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 060644 FFWBDL CTC003-007-009-061245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 243 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...NEW HAVEN COUNTY SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONNECTICUT IN THE TOWN OF DURHAM DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. IN ADDITION...ROAD FLOODING HAS OCCURED IN HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SEKELSKY
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
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
CTZ005-006-0607000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 930 PM EDT FRI JUN 05 1992 ...POSSIBLE LOCAL COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT SHORE DURING HIGH TIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH HIGH TIDE MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING A FEW HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER HIGH TIDE TOMORROW MORNING. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AROUND 4:30 AM . PERSONS LIVING IN COASTAL AREAS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT SHORE LINE T_HAT ARE EASILY FLOODED DURING HIGH TIDE AND GUSTY EASTERLY WIND SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR MINOR FLOODING TOMORROW MORNING AND TAKE AND NEEDED PRECAUTIONS. WALKER.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NYZ014>17-NJZ01-05-07-15-061000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1213 AM EDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT... AT 1205 AM RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST ON NEW YORK CITY MOVING NORTHWARD ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS WILL ACROSS EASTERN NASSAU AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES OF LONG ISLAND IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WITH PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA NO EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED NOR WERE THERE REPORTS OF HAIL HOWEVER LOCAL STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AND CAUTION1 SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING. ES
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NYZ014>17-NJZ01-05-07-15-061000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1213 AM EDT SAT JUNE 6 1992 ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LONG ISLAND... AT 1205 AM RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST ON NEW YORK CITY MOVING NORTHWARD ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS WILL ACROSS EASTERN NASSAU AND WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES OF LONG ISLAND IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WITH PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA NO EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED NOR WERE THERE REPORTS OF HAIL HOWEVER LOCAL STREET FLOODING IS POSS9IBLE AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN TRAVELING. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.