Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1996, 12:00 PM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, New York. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 31, 1996, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1996, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 311600 FFWNYC NYC047-059-081-103-NYZ501-311800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1200 PM EDT WED JUL 31 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...KINGS COUNTY...NASSAU COUNTY...QUEENS COUNTY ...WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY ...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SUFFOLK... NASSAU...QUEENS...AND KINGS COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MORICHES INLET UNTIL 2 PM. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO EFFECT THE WARNING AREA PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED WIDESPREAD STREET...ROADWAY...AND BASEMENT FLOODING. AT 1200 PM THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OCCURRING OVER NASSAU COUNTY AND THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF JONES BEACH. THE STORMS WILL EFFECT WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS SHORTLY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE OVER QUEENS AND KINGS COUNTY BY 1 PM AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY FLOODING RAINS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. 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. MCKILLLOP
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 31, 6:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
NYZ071-073-076>079-CTZ009>012-311500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 555 AM EDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG LONG ISLAND SOUND TONIGHT... A FULL MOON COMBINED WITH AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE VERY CLOSE TO LEVELS WHERE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS. HIGH TIDE OCCURS RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A FOOT ABOVE THE ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS. THE AREA THAT APPEARS MOST VULNERABLE FOR ANY FLOODING IS THE SOUTHEAST FACING COASTAL AREAS FROM THE BRONX NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT. HIGH TIDES IS THIS AREA WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TONIGHT THAN THEY WERE LAST NIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE... HIGH TIDE LAST NIGHT AT STAMFORD CONNECTICUT WAS 9.6 FEET ABOVE MLLW. TONIGHT THE HIGH TIDE AT 1256 AM IS FORECAST TO BE 10.0 FEET ABOVE MLLW. THE IS JUST AT THE LEVEL THAT MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS. OTHER AREAS AROUND THE SOUND ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW LEVELS WHERE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS BY AT LEAST HALF A FOOT...BUT SOME MINOR FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. STAY TURNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNING ON THIS COASTAL SITUATION. TONGUE
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-312000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK 1015 AM EDT WED JUL 31 1996 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES... ...SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED STREET AND URBAN FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HIGH ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES ALONG WITH EASTERLY WINDS COULD PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. LATE MORNING HIGH TIDES OVER COASTAL CONNECTICUT...ALONG WITH THE EAST WINDS COULD CREATE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. NEXT HIGH TIDES WOULD BE TONIGHT WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A WESTERLY DIRECTION AROUND MIDNIGHT WHICH COULD END THE THREAT OF ANY FLOODING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL...PARTICULARLY TO THE WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE URBAN FLOODING. BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS EXPECTED...ANOTHER COOL SUMMER DAY IS ON TAP AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE DAY. ONCE THE LOW PASSES THROUGH...DRIER AIR WILL WORK IT/S WAY INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. MORE SUMMERLIKE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM UP AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. WICHROWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Richmond | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 10:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 10:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Richmond | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 10:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 10:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 10:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 67 min |
Nearby
Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.