Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2003, 4:37 AM EDT for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 83 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
- Aug 8, 2003, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2003, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KOKX 080839 FFWOKX CTC009-081000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 437 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 600 AM EDT * AT 437 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN...NEAR THE TOWN OF BRANFORD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURING WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MILFORD TO WALLINGFORD THROUGH 600 AM. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCKLAND...BRANFORD...AND NORTH BRANFORD. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 7287 4129 7261 4144 7276 4136 7303 $$ EKSTER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KOKX 080922 FFSOKX CTC009-081000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 520 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... AT 517 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CITY OF EAST HAVEN AND BRANFORD. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BRANFORD REPORTED THAT SOME STREETS ARE FLOODING...WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING PARTS OF ROUTE 1. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 6 AM. CITIES MOST LIKELY TO EXPEREINCE FLASH FLOODING ARE BRANFORD...NORTH BRANFORD...EAST HAVEN...ROCKLAND...AND NEW HAVEN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT $$ EKSTER LAT...LON 4128 7290 4126 7275 4140 7264 4142 7275
000 WGUS71 KOKX 080959 FFSOKX CTC009-081045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 556 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 AM... AT 555 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY STILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 730 AM...CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITIES OF NEW HAVEN...EAST HAVEN...BRANFORD...AND NORTH BRANFORD. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HYDROPLANING. $$ EKSTER LAT...LON 4126 7294 4127 7274 4134 7263 4141 7275
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 97 min |
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.