Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New York, NY

April 1, 1993Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1993, 8:17 AM EST for Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 1993, 8:17 AM EST (13:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 1993, 11:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
765 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 011319
FFWNYC
NYC005-047-059-061-071-079-081-085-087-103-011645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
817 AM EST THU APR 1 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...BRONX COUNTY...KINGS COUNTY...NASSAU COUNTY
   ...NEW YORK COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY...QUEENS COUNTY
   ...RICHMOND COUNTY...ROCKLAND COUNTY...SUFFOLK COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WAS FALLING ON GROUND
ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAIN AND SNOW MELT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND ROADS.
 
 
 
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.
 *

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXRichmond3 hr
Apr 1, 8:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx, New York3 hr
Apr 1, 8:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXKings, Queens3 hr
Apr 1, 8:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk3 hr
Apr 1, 1:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXWestchester7 hr
Apr 1, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk60 min

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.