Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Jul 17, 1995, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 1995, 1:45 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Bergen County, NJ

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 180338
FFWNYC
NJC003-180545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1136 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY. SPOTTERS REPORTED SOME
UNPASSABLE PORTIONS OF RT 17 IN EAST RUTHERFORD AND THROUGHOUT THE
LENGTH OF RT 21 THROUGH THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 1 INCH PER HOUR.
 
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.
 
HAYES
 
&

In the hours before

NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-180900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTH NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1040 PM EDT MON JUL 18 1995

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH NEW JERSEY TONIGHT...

A FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH
NEW JERSEY...SUSSEX...WARREN...HUNTERDON...PASSAIC...MORRIS....
SOMERSET...BERGEN...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION...MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
AREA. EARLIER...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF
RAIN  /1.51 IN CORNWALL AND 1.25 IN WARWICK OF ORANGE COUNTY/NEW
YORK/ IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA
TONIGHT.

AS THE FRONT STRUGGLES EASTWARD OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY
EVENING...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP IN A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE
FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST. WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TRANSPORTING DRYER
AIR ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A
BRIGHT AND DRY WEDNESDAY.

GC

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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