Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Aug 17, 2003, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY

000 
WGUS51 KOKX 172021
FFWOKX
NYC071-079-172215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
417 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER NORTHWESTERN 
ORANGE COUNTY AND PUTNAM COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA HAVE 
ALREADY RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SLOW 
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS MEANS THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE 
SAME AREAS FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR 
DANGEROUS FLOODING TO DEVELOP.

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 4153 7479 4136 7470 4132 7412 4138 7360
          4154 7358 4164 7430

000 
WGUS71 KOKX 172126
FFSOKX
NYC071-079-172230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
526 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR 
NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AND PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK HAS 
BEEN CANCELED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 
WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE 
FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

$$

LAT...LON 4160 7398 4149 7393 4155 7352 4136 7352
          4134 7395 4113 7424 4125 7451 4139 7476
          4151 7476 4152 7449 4164 7433

GOODMAN

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.