Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2007, 3:10 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 27, 2007, 3:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2007, 3:10 AM EDT (07:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2007, 3:15 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2007, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:15 AM EDT | FLOOD | Lodi, NJ | RTE 46 IN LODI CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newark, NJ | I-280 FLOODED. |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kearny, NJ | HWY 508 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wayne, NJ | TWO LANES CLOSED ON RTE. 46 |
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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 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 270715
FFWOKX
NJC003-013-017-031-039-271015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
310 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 305 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG SMALL
STREAMS WILL BE LIKELY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 AM.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
LAT...LON 4074 7436 4086 7431 4090 7433 4089 7426
4098 7428 4112 7421 4112 7420 4100 7390
4089 7392 4066 7407 4065 7414 4071 7411
4060 7421 4059 7446 4059 7446 4064 7439
4066 7446
$$
CNJThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Hudson, Passaic | 13 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 115 min |
| Apr 27, 9:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 115 min |
| Apr 27, 10:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.