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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS New York, NY

June 14, 1998Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 6:29 AM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 14, 1998, 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 141030
FFWNYC
CTC011-141625-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
629 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT

   ...NEW LONDON COUNTY

AT 6.15 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN
APPROACHING THE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE RAIN WAS MOVING
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING AS THE RAIN CROSSES THE COUNTY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN SINCE THIS STORM BEGAN...MOST OF IT ON
SATURDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY
OCCURRING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

EY

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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.