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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS New York, NY

August 2, 1996Bergen County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT for Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1996, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Bergen County, NJ

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 1996-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 022336
FFWNYC
NJC003-030030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
735 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED OVER BERGEN COUNTY NEAR SADDLE RIVER. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY
RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR WITH
THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE
SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTRA CAUTION WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE OR
LOW LYING AREAS.
 
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.

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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.