Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1998, 6:15 PM EST for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 105 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
- Mar 9, 1998, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1998, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 092316 FFWNYC CTC007-009-011-100100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 615 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT ...NEW LONDON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. SOME OF THESE ISOLATED CELLS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND. NEW HAVEN COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE MAINLY MODERATE RAIN FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE HEAVIER RAINSHOWERS WILL MAINLY EFFECT NEW LONDON COUNTY AND POINTS NORTHEAST AND EAST THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUES TO RISE. THE RIVER WAS AT 9.20 FEET AT 530PM. THE YANTIC RIVER IN NORWICH IS RISING AND IS CURRENTLY 2 FEET BELOW BANKFULL. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL OCCUR DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THE HEAVY SHOWERS COULD DUMP 1/2 TO 1 INCH AMOUNTS. THE AREA IS ALREADY VERY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT EQUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MCKILLOP
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, 3:12 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 312 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH 7 PM... ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAPS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...OR STORM SYSTEM WAS OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW HAS PUSHED COPIOUS MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ADDITIONALLY THE MAHWAH IS NEAR FLOOD AS IS THE QUINNIPIAC OF CONNECTICUT. THESE STREAMS SHOULD CREST EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE FLOOD DANGER SHOULD ABATE. COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW...FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO OUR REGION TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME CLOUDS AND MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES. OUR REGION WILL TURN COLDER...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:12 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 312 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH 7 PM... ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAPS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...OR STORM SYSTEM WAS OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW HAS PUSHED COPIOUS MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ADDITIONALLY THE MAHWAH IS NEAR FLOOD AS IS THE QUINNIPIAC OF CONNECTICUT. THESE STREAMS SHOULD CREST EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE FLOOD DANGER SHOULD ABATE. COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW...FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO OUR REGION TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME CLOUDS AND MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES. OUR REGION WILL TURN COLDER...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 345 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998...CORRECTED... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WARNING FOR NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH 7 PM... ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAPS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...OR STORM SYSTEM WAS OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW HAS PUSHED COPIOUS MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ADDITIONALLY THE MAHWAH IS NEAR FLOOD AS IS THE QUINNIPIAC OF CONNECTICUT. THESE STREAMS SHOULD CREST EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE FLOOD DANGER SHOULD ABATE. COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW...FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO OUR REGION TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME CLOUDS AND MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES. OUR REGION WILL TURN COLDER...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WOOLDRIDGE
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 345 PM EST MON MAR 9 1998...CORRECTED... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WARNING FOR NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT... ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH 7 PM... ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAPS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE...OR STORM SYSTEM WAS OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW HAS PUSHED COPIOUS MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS A RESULT THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ADDITIONALLY THE MAHWAH IS NEAR FLOOD AS IS THE QUINNIPIAC OF CONNECTICUT. THESE STREAMS SHOULD CREST EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE FLOOD DANGER SHOULD ABATE. COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW...FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO OUR REGION TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME CLOUDS AND MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES. OUR REGION WILL TURN COLDER...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WOOLDRIDGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 13 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.