Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1998, 10:02 AM EST for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 13 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, 10:02 AM EST (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1998, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:20 AM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 420 AM EST MON MAR 9 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH TODAY... ...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND IN OUR AREA TODAY WAS CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY AND ON INTO EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PUSH THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS THIS MORNING. BY MID MORNING...THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE PUSHED THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. RAIN INCLUDING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND EVEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT WILL AFFECT OUR REGION THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE RUSH HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE CAUSING WIDESPREAD PONDING ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING. COMMUTERS THIS MORNING ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE APPROPRIATE CAUTION FOR LOW VISIBILITY WET WEATHER DRIVING. IN ADDITION...QUICKER RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE TOWARD BANKFULL. THE RAIN WILL BE MORE INTERMITTENT IN NATURE THIS AFTERNOON AS IT TAKES THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH THE LAST OF THE ACTIVITY CLEARING EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS BY MIDNIGHT OR SO. EAST WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AT SIMILAR SPEEDS THIS MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THIS SOUTH WIND WILL BE MUCH STRONGER JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...SO ANY THUNDERSTORM OR EVEN A HEAVIER SHOWER TODAY CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CONTINUED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THIS REASON. WITH THE WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL SOAR TOWARD 60 OVER PARTS OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN AREA AND EVEN WELL INLAND BY LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES BE HELD CLOSER TO 50 OUT OVER LONG ISLAND AS WATER TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GRADUAL TURN TO COLDER WEATHER THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY WILL ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL...BUT THE WEATHER SHOULD BE DRY DURING THIS PERIOD. IN THE MEANTIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION TODAY AND ISSUE STATEMENTS ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE WARNINGS AS NECESSARY. AS SUCH...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA OUTLETS OR CHECK OUR HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. MAZZA
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:20 AM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 420 AM EST MON MAR 9 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH TODAY... ...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND IN OUR AREA TODAY WAS CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY AND ON INTO EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PUSH THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS THIS MORNING. BY MID MORNING...THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE PUSHED THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. RAIN INCLUDING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND EVEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT WILL AFFECT OUR REGION THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE RUSH HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE CAUSING WIDESPREAD PONDING ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING. COMMUTERS THIS MORNING ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE APPROPRIATE CAUTION FOR LOW VISIBILITY WET WEATHER DRIVING. IN ADDITION...QUICKER RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE TOWARD BANKFULL. THE RAIN WILL BE MORE INTERMITTENT IN NATURE THIS AFTERNOON AS IT TAKES THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH THE LAST OF THE ACTIVITY CLEARING EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS BY MIDNIGHT OR SO. EAST WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AT SIMILAR SPEEDS THIS MORNING AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THIS SOUTH WIND WILL BE MUCH STRONGER JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...SO ANY THUNDERSTORM OR EVEN A HEAVIER SHOWER TODAY CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CONTINUED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THIS REASON. WITH THE WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL SOAR TOWARD 60 OVER PARTS OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN AREA AND EVEN WELL INLAND BY LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES BE HELD CLOSER TO 50 OUT OVER LONG ISLAND AS WATER TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GRADUAL TURN TO COLDER WEATHER THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY WILL ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL...BUT THE WEATHER SHOULD BE DRY DURING THIS PERIOD. IN THE MEANTIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION TODAY AND ISSUE STATEMENTS ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE WARNINGS AS NECESSARY. AS SUCH...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA OUTLETS OR CHECK OUR HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. MAZZA
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 105 min |
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.