Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS New York, NY
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.
- 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
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 7383The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 91 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.