Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT for Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 min. 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bergen County, NJ
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Milford, NJ | RT 17 CLOSED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS DUE TO EXCESSIVE FLOODING. STREETS NOT PASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 242201 FFWOKX NJC003-242245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 600 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT... * AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH IN ONE HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TETERBORO...RIDGEWOOD...RAMSEY...PARAMUS...ORADELL...NORWOOD... HACKENSACK...FORT LEE...ENGLEWOOD AND BERGENFIELD. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4078 7413 4081 7395 4098 7389 4111 7420 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 24, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 250 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 .NEAR TERM (TONIGHT)... UPSTREAM SHOWERS SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER BEFORE WEAKENING FURTHER OVERNIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR ANY PRECIP SHOULD OCCUR THIS EVENING AND AREAL COVERAGE WILL REMAIN AROUND 50 PERCENT OR SO. WILL UNDERCUT POPS SLIGHTLY FROM CURRENT DATABASE. && .SHORT TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... WARM FRONT REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST OF MAINE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS RESULTS IN ONSHORE E/SE FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. STILL TOUGH FORECAST AS AREA REMAINS UNSETTLED. FAST WESTERLY UPPER FLOW PREVAILS WITH A SERIES OF WEAK IMPULSES TRAVERSING QUICKLY EAST. GFS AND NAM DO OUTPUT PRECIP HERE AND THERE AND IT WILL BE HARD TO KEEP ANY PERIOD DRY IN THE DATABASE. THIS WILL REFLECT A CHANGE IN CURRENT GRIDS AS WARM FRONT REMAINS IN AREAS VICINITY. GUIDANCE TEMPS ARE CLOSE...AND WILL GENERAL ACCEPT THEM WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER ANTICIPATED. MOS TEMPS ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... WET PATTERN CONTINUES EARLY IN THE PERIOD AS WARM FRONT APPROACHES IN FAST WESTERLY FLOW SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT MONDAY. THIS IN RESPONSE TO BUILDING HEIGHTS IN THE MID WEST WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING NEW ENGLAND LATE MONDAY. THIS SURFACE FRONT LOOKS TO SAG JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA LATER MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY AS IT REMAINS PARALLEL TO MID AND UPPER LEVEL STEERING FLOW. A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE CENTERS RIDE ALONG THIS FRONT AND WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER UNSETTLED DURING THE TIME PERIOD. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THEN...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY PROVIDING LOW POPS AND DRY WEATHER. SHOULD BE A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE THIS TIME FRAME. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS...UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER TO MOD 60S. HPC NUMBERS LOOK GOOD. && .AVIATION... VFR CIGS/VSBYS GENERALLY EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS ARE GENERALLY FROM THE SE AT 5 TO 10KT AND WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. AFTER 12Z TOMORROW...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NE AND REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 10KT. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ACROSS THE TERMINALS. ANY SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP SHOULD HAVE LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IN OPERATIONS. TERMINALS IN OUTLYING LOCATIONS MAY SEE SOME FOG DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT...LOWERING VSBY TO MVFR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. && .MARINE... TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WATERS. LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP SEAS BELOW SCA INTO FRIDAY. GRADIENT SLOWLY TIGHTENS WITH RIDGING BLDG NORTH OF THE AREA WATERS AND THE WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE FRI NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE SLOWLY BUT AT THIS TIME WILL KEEP THEM BELOW SCA CRITERIA. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS OVER THE WATERS THROUGH SAT NIGHT WITH WINDS/SEAS REMAINING BELOW SCA CRITERIA. LOW PRES APPROACHES FROM THE WEST SUN NIGHT AND MON...POSSIBLY INCREASING WINDS/SEAS TO SCA CRITERIA. && .HYDROLOGY... LOOKING AT LOCALIZED PRECIP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. COULD SEE AMOUNTS GREATER THAN AN INCH...BUT SPREAD OUT OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS. AREAS RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE OK. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && BC/PW/NF
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 12:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1244 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-251300- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1244 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. ANZ330-335-338-350-353-355-251300- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1244 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 545 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 NJZ003-242215- BERGEN- 545 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR BERGEN COUNTY... AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENGLEWOOD...OR NEAR EAST TREMONT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:51 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 551 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 NYZ073-242230- BRONX- 551 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR BRONX COUNTY... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVERDALE...OR NEAR EAST TREMONT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR EAST TREMONT BY 600 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 556 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 NYZ071-242230- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 556 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY... AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR YONKERS...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR NEW ROCHELLE BY 625 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
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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.