Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New York, NY

July 19, 2002Rockland County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2002, 4:49 PM EDT for Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2002, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rockland County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2002-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 591 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KOKX 192049
FFWOKX
NYC087-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
448 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NYACK...NEW CITY...NANUET...
  HAVERSTRAW

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 446 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HAVERSTRAW TO NANUET...OR FROM 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PEEKSKILL TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NANUET...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER HAVERSTRAW AT 455 PM EDT
  OVER UPPER NYACK...ORANGEBURG...NYACK AT 500 PM EDT
  OVER ORANGEBURG AT 505 PM EDT

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 4126 7399 4107 7404 4102 7393 4117 7391

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland43 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester62 min
Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland32 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.