Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 1994, 3:28 PM EDT for Bronx County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1994, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bronx County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1722 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 KNYC 081930 FFWNYC NYC005-119-082030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 328 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...BRONX COUNTY...WESTCHESTER COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY WAS MOVING INTO THE BRONX AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION TORRENTIAL RAINS ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. SEACAUCUS NEW JERSEY PICKED UP 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS STORM IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. EY &
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, Jul 8, 12:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
NYZ067>81-NJZ001>014-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1245 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY...AND OVER ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK...AS WELL AS SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...PARTICULARLY PIKE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY NEAR WARWICK...AND OVER SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY NEAR PHILIPSBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ORANGE...SUSSEX...AND WARREN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EY
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour before
CTZ005-010-081915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 225 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM... AT 220 PM...RADAR INDICATED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INCLUDING THE GREENWICH...STAMFORD...AND DANBURY AREAS BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE ASSOCIATED THE THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
CTZ005-010-081945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST FAIRFIELD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GREENWICH AND STAMFORD AREAS HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER A SEVERE THREAT. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:18 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
CTZ005-010-081945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNI2NG FOR SOUTHWEST FAIRFIELD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GREENWICH AND STAMFORD AREAS HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER A SEVERE THREAT. BINGHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Westchester | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 67 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.