Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS New York, NY

July 22, 1997Bronx County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1997, 1:58 AM EDT for Bronx County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. 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 22, 1997, 1:58 AM EDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1997, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Bronx County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1997-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 220558
FFWNYC
NJC003-NYC005-220800-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
158 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...BRONX COUNTY
 
AT 155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ANOTHER AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DUMP IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVER
THESE SAME AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
 
THIS WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING FROzM THE PREVIOUS DOWNPOURS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk60 min
Jul 22, 1:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXNassau, Suffolk117 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1997Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.