Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2005, 3:38 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut; Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2005, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne New Canaan, CT | WIDESPREAD FLOODING |
| Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Armonk, NY | ROAD FLOODING - ROUTE 22 IMPASSABLE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 753 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 291942 FFWOKX CTC001-NYC119-292245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 338 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. * UNTIL 645 PM EDT. * AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEAR NEAR NEW CANAAN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DOBBS FERRY...NEW CANAAN...NORTH TARRYTOWN... SHELTON...TARRYTOWN...BEDFORD...GEORGETOWN...HAWTHORNE... NORTH GREENWICH... TRUMBULL...WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT AND ARDSLEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. A FLASH FLOODING 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON NY. LAT...LON 4137 7313 4127 7306 4098 7389 4111 7390 $$ GOODMAN
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KOKX 292115
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
515 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005
CTC001-NYC119-292245-
FAIRFIELD CT-WESTCHESTER NY-
515 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FAIRFIELD AND WESTCHESTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 510 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN NEW YORK. ROUTE 22 IN
ARMONK HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE. THE WARNED AREA HAS
RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE ABOUT 330 PM.
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DOBBS FERRY...NEW CANAAN...NORTH
TARRYTOWN...SHELTON...TARRYTOWN...BEDFORD...GEORGETOWN...HAWTHORNE...
NORTH GREENWICH...TRUMBULL...WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT AND ARDSLEY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4137 7313 4127 7306 4098 7389 4103 7388
4111 7390
$$
MET000
WGUS71 KOKX 292246
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
645 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005
CTC001-NYC119-292345-
FAIRFIELD CT-WESTCHESTER NY-
645 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FAIRFIELD AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PAST
HOUR OR SO AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
RAIN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
LAT...LON 4137 7313 4127 7306 4098 7389 4103 7388
4111 7390
$$
METThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2005Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.