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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New York, NY

May 12, 2004Bergen County, Essex County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2004, 3:58 PM EDT for Bergen County, Essex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2004, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2004-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 121958
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-122100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
358 PM EDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
  NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIDGEFIELD THE WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

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 4072 7435 4082 7394 4101 7394 4087 7435
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KOKX 122056
FFSOKX
NJC003-013-122145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
452 PM EDT WED MAY 12 2004


...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BERGEN AND ESSEX COUNTIES HAS 
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT 
FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH 
WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPassaic28 min
May 12, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXPassaic50 min
May 12, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen49 min
May 12, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex24 min
May 12, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson44 min
May 12, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXUnion35 min
May 12, 4:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXUnion43 min
May 12, 5:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXUnion3 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.