Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS New York, NY

June 25, 20045 counties in New York; Hudson County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2004, 5:59 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York; Hudson County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2004, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hudson County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2004-06-25Temperature 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 2004-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 252200
FFWOKX
NJC017-NYC005-047-061-081-085-260000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
559 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT ONLY 
  ABOUT 10 MPH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN 
AREAS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 4089 7395 4066 7416 4058 7424 4053 7403
      4064 7387 4078 7377 4086 7383

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange46 min
Jun 25, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland26 min
Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester45 min
Jun 25, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland29 min
Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester45 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond91 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.