Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1995, 1:33 AM EST for Rockland County, New York; Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 1995, 1:33 AM EST (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 1995, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Rockland County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 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 120637 FFWNYC NJC003-013-031-039-NYC087-120930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 133 AM EST SUN NOV 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ...BERGEN COUNTY...ESSEX COUNTY...PASSAIC COUNTY...UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...ROCKLAND COUNTY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAS CAUSED MANY SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING AREA TO EXPERIENCE SHARP RISES. SOME OF THESE STREAMS WILL EXCEED BANKFULL CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MCKILLOP
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, Nov 11, 9:00 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-120600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 900 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING LONG ISLAND... VERY STRONG WINDS ARE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AROUND OUR AREA. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED REPORTED THUS FAR WAS A GUST OF 54 MPH AT WEST NYACK NEW YORK...IN ROCKLAND COUNTY. NO DOUBT THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE THE WINDS ARE GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH - TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WINDS ARE GENERALLY BLOWING AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. IN THE BRONX THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF A FIRE LIEUTENANT STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A TREE. IN LITTLE FALLS NEW JERSEY...IN PASSAIC COUNTY...A TREE FELL ON A CAR AND TRAPPED THE PERSON INSIDE. WITH REGARD TO THE RAIN - GENERALLY BETWEEN 1/2 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN SO FAR. AN ADDITIONAL 3/4 TO 1 INCH IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WIDESPREAD STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE SPOTS THAT USUALLY FLOOD DURING A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. THE SHARP COLD FRONT IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE ACRSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER. THE WINDS WILL DROP OFF A BIT ONCE THE FRONT GOES THROUGH. HOWEVER THE MOST DAMAGING WINDS ARE WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. SO THE WORST...IN TERMS OF WIND...MAY STILL LIE AHEAD OF US. EY
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 9:07 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-120600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 900 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING LONG ISLAND... VERY STRONG WINDS ARE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AROUND OUR AREA. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED REPORTED THUS FAR WAS A GUST OF 54 MPH AT WEST NYACK NEW YORK...IN ROCKLAND COUNTY. NO DOUBT THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE THE WINDS ARE GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH - TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WINDS ARE GENERALLY BLOWING AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. IN THE BRONX THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF A FIRE LIEUTENANT STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A TREE. IN LITTLE FALLS NEW JERSEY...IN PASSAIC COUNTY...A TREE FELL ON A CAR AND TRAPPED THE PERSON INSIDE. WITH REGARD TO THE RAIN - GENERALLY BETWEEN 1/2 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN SO FAR. AN ADDITIONAL 3/4 TO 1 INCH IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WIDESPREAD STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE SPOTS THAT USUALLY FLOOD DURING A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. THE SHARP COLD FRONT IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE ACRSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER. THE WINDS WILL DROP OFF A BIT ONCE THE FRONT GOES THROUGH. HOWEVER THE MOST DAMAGING WINDS ARE WITH THE FRONT ITSELF. SO THE WORST...IN TERMS OF WIND...MAY STILL LIE AHEAD OF US. EY
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 11:57 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-121100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1157 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING LONG ISLAND... AT 1145 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN COVERING THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. THE RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY. IT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER. THE FRONT IS CAUSING HAVOC AROUND THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE BLOWING AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS BEING REPORTED. WIND GUSTS OF 63 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WEST NYACK NEW YORK...62 MPH IN TETERBORO AND 61 MPH IN MERRICK. WINDS TO NEAR 75 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT LONG BEACH ON LONG ISLAND. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES..EVEN SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. MOST OF THE DAMAGING WINDS ARE WITH THE FRONT ITSELF SO WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG UNTIL IT CROSSES THE AREA. WITH REGARD TO RAINFALL...GENERALLY 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN SPOTS THAT FLOOD FREQUENTLY SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED INTO THE AREA VERY QUICKLY. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DROP ABOUT 20 DEGREES IN AN HOUR. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BUT REMAIN QUITE STRONG. GOUDSWARD
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 11:58 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-121100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1157 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCLUDING LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING LONG ISLAND... AT 1145 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN COVERING THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. THE RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY. IT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER. THE FRONT IS CAUSING HAVOC AROUND THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE BLOWING AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS BEING REPORTED. WIND GUSTS OF 63 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WEST NYACK NEW YORK...62 MPH IN TETERBORO AND 61 MPH IN MERRICK. WINDS TO NEAR 75 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT LONG BEACH ON LONG ISLAND. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES..EVEN SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. MOST OF THE DAMAGING WINDS ARE WITH THE FRONT ITSELF SO WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG UNTIL IT CROSSES THE AREA. WITH REGARD TO RAINFALL...GENERALLY 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN SPOTS THAT FLOOD FREQUENTLY SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED INTO THE AREA VERY QUICKLY. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DROP ABOUT 20 DEGREES IN AN HOUR. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BUT REMAIN QUITE STRONG. GOUDSWARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 1:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 1995Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.