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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2006, 5:28 PM EDT for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 21, 2006, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 5:48 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Elizabeth, NJ | SERIOUS FLOODING THROUGHOUT TOWN. SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KOKX 212128 FFWOKX NJC039-212330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 528 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT... * AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION... SUMMIT AND ELIZABETH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4058 7446 4058 7420 4071 7413 4072 7443 $$ AL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KOKX 212332 FFSOKX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 730 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 NJC039-212337- UNION NJ- 730 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM EDT... HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER MANY ROADS ARE STILL COVERED WITH STANDING WATER...ESPECIALLY IN THE ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP. WHILE THE SITUATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO WORSEN...IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE WATERS TO RECEDE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4058 7446 4058 7420 4071 7413 4072 7443 $$ AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 20 min |
| Jul 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson, Union | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Hudson | 97 min |
| Jul 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Union | 59 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.