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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New York, NY

March 30, 2001Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2001, 4:03 PM EST for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut 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
Mar 30, 2001, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2001, 7:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2001-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2001-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KOKX 302106
FFWNYC
CTC007-011-310000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
403 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
  NEW LONDON
  EASTERN MIDDLESEX

* UNTIL 700 PM EST.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE IS STILL CONTINUING TO 
FALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE AREA STILL COULD GET UP TO ONE HALF INCHES 
OF RAINFALL BEFORE IT SUBSIDES EARLY THIS EVENING. 

THE YANTIC RIVER COULD CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR OR JUST OVER 
BANKFULL BY AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

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

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 4153 7264 4131 7255 4138 7190 4159 7198

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region3 hr
Mar 30, 12:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.