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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS New York, NY

June 26, 2002Bronx County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2002, 5:38 PM EDT for Bronx County, New York. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2002, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bronx County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.6 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 2002-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1435 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KOKX 262138
FFWOKX
NYC005-270015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
538 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EAST TREMONT

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER CO-OP CITY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW
  ROCHELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

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

LAT...LON 4090 7390 4081 7389 4082 7379 4089 7378
          4089 7384

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, New York37 min
Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange67 min
Jun 26, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester43 min
Jun 26, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX72 min
Jun 26, 2:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx118 min
Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester48 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange31 min
Jun 26, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam49 min
Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester51 min
Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland41 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX65 min
Jun 26, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Westchester42 min
Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau55 min
Jun 26, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk53 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX70 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.