Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT for Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockland County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 081947 FFWNYC NYC087-082245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 345 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN ROCKLAND COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY CAUSING SEVERE FLOODING. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 59 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 17 minutes 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, 30 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, 27 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 | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Westchester | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Westchester | 62 min |
| 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.