Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 9, 1998Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1998, 2:24 PM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 9, 1998, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1998, 6:30 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1998-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 1998-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 332 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 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 KBOS 091924
FFWBOS
CTC003-013-015-092330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
224 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...HARTFORD COUNTY...TOLLAND COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...WINDHAM COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW REDEVELOPING AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
OVER NEW JERSEY AND THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CONNECTICUT. THESE
AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CONNECTICUT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN
POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS.
 
SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN HARTFORD...TOLLAND
...AND WINDHAM COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SMALL
STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN AREAS SUCH AS NEWINGTON...WEST
HARTFORD...SOUTHINGTON...AND WOODSTO(CK VALLEY.
 
MOST DEATHS IN 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.
 
VALLEE
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 8:28 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region6 hr
Mar 9, 6:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region5 hr
Mar 9, 6:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region5 hr

Nearby

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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.