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Flood Watch 7, NWS New York, NY

September 5, 20089 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS New York, NY issued this flood watch at Sep 5, 2008, 4:38 AM EDT for 9 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 6, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2008, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 6, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 7, 2008, 1:50 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 5, 2:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:20 AM EDT, 23 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 7:15 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	OKX		6 hr
Sep 5, 12:17 PM EDT	Inland Tropical Storm Watch	OKX	Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester	44 hr
Sep 5, 12:17 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	OKX		24 hr
Sep 5, 12:17 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	OKX	Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Suffolk, Westchester	24 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2008 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2008 Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2008 Every flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.