Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Jul 31, 1996, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 31, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Suffolk County, NY

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KNYC 311810
FFWNYC
NYC103-311930-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
208 PM EDT WED JUL 31 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WHICH CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS...STREAMS AND BASEMENTS IN A
ESHORT DURATION. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY
AND MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES AN 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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR I*N 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.

In the hours 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

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

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.