Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

April 16, 1996Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Westchester County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1996, 6:05 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1996, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1996, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Westchester County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1996-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1996-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 161006
FFWNYC
CTC001-NYC119-161300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
605 AM EDT TUE APR 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. MANY ROADWAYS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO FLOOD. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING AND MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LIKELY.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE I(NTO 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.
 
MET/PW

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, Apr 16, 5:25 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-161500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
525 AM EDT TUE APR 16 1996

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR ALL
OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NEW
YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT FOR TIMES OF HIGH
TIDES THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES
EARLY THIS MORNING AND WAS AFFECTING MUCH OF THE EAST COAST. THE
STORM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST INTO MAINE BY THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY THIS
AFTERNOON.

AHEAD OF THE FRONT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND THE
NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WITH A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AND TAPER OFF DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW
LYING AREAS. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WERE ACCOMPANYING THE STORM. THE WINDS WILL
CAUSE TIDES TO RUN AROUND 2 FT ABOVE NORMAL AND MODERATE FLOODING OF
THE COASTAL AREAS IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THE RAIN WILL END TONIGHT WITH SOME CLEARING WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM
MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO ACT
QU
ICKLY IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR.

MET

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 1996Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.