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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS New York, NY

August 12, 2000Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2000, 2:17 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 12, 2000, 2:17 AM EDT (06:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2000, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2000-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 383 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 2000-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KOKX 120620
FFWOKX
CTC001-120915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
217 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

  IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
     SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT...

* AT 217 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD
COUNTY NEAR DARIEN.

* SOME OF THE FLOOD PRONE HIGHWAYS AND ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA
INCLUDE...I-95 EXIT 8 THROUGH 18.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING
WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN UPTON NY.

LAT...LON 4132 7324 4108 7318 4096 7362 4131 7353

TONGUE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 11:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region86 min
Aug 12, 12:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region3 hr

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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.