Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1995, 11:48 PM EDT for Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1995, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1995, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 180350 FFWNYC NYC005-047-059-061-081-180545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1148 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 LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...BRONX COUNTY...KINGS COUNTY...NASSAU COUNTY ...NEW YORK COUNTY...QUEENS COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. MANY REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANHATTAN...WITH TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED NEAR CENTRAL PARK. 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. HAYES &
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 17, 10:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 11:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 117 min |
| Jul 18, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 118 min |
| Jul 18, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.